Joseph Monroe May (1812 - 1890)

Born 1812 in Amite County Mississippi, USA

Husband of Lucinda (Pendarvis) May — married about 1838 in Mississippi

Husband of Sarah Frances (Kirkland) May — married 26 Nov 1868 in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1890 at about age 78 in Jackson Parish Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Joseph May was a Mississippian.

Joseph Monroe May, son of John David May & Mary "Polly" Farley, was born in Mississippi in 1812.^[1]

He homesteaded 324 acres in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.^[1]

He married three times:
First, to Lucinda Pendarvis in 1838, in Mississippi. They had ten children:^[1]

1. Elizabeth
2. James
3. William Robert
4. Pinkney
5. Berry
6. Amanda
7. John Calvin
8. Harrietta
9. Louisa A
10. Joseph Harvey

He was twenty-four when he was counted on the census with Lucinda and six children in Jackson Parish, Louisiana in 1850.^[2]

Second he married Catherine L. Smith-Hunter, after c.1855. They had two children: ^[1]

1. Levi
2. Rittie Ann

He married his third wife, Sarah Francis Kirkland-Meredith, on 26 Nov 1868 in Caldwell Parish Louisiana. They had four children:^[1]

1. Robert Matthew
2. Irby Benjamin
3. Obediah Doss
4. Maudie Caladonia

These children are listed on the 1880 census with their father, Joseph and mother Sarah.^[3]

"He was a well respected member of the community, a farmer, owned a grist mill and 'owned some fine horses'."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 10 June 2021, memorial page for Joseph Monroe May (1812–26 Aug 1890), Find A Grave: Memorial #7771013, citing Hickory Springs Cemetery, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Doug McBroom (contributor 46954190).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJW-K2L : 22 December 2020), Joseph Mays, Jackson, Louisiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

   Joseph Mays Male 24 Mississippi

   Lycinda Mays Female 25 Mississippi

   Jas Mays Male 11 Mississippi

   Wm Mays Male 9 Mississippi

   Pinkney May Male 7 Mississippi

   Benry Mays Male 5 Mississippi

   Amanda Mays Female 4 Mississippi

   John Mays Male 2 Mississippi

3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6R-P26 : Mon Sep 18 05:01:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph M. May and Sarah May, 1880.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L77F-QNT for more information to pull, with citations.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-May/6000000010955120955