1850 Census, Clinton District, Monongalia Co., VA (following Susanna Shahan and the family of Caleb and Susanna Williams)
William May age 68 b PA; Mary May age 65 b MD; James May age 21 b VA; Mary Ann Burks age 16 b VA. [1]
James W. May age 27 son of William and Mary May, widower, native of Monongalia County, married Ann Smith age 22, b. England d/o Richard & Ann Smith. 6 Jul 1858 [2][3]
1860 Census, Clinton District, Monongalia County, VA
Mays, James W. age 31 b VA Anna Mays age 25 b England; Almeda Shehan domestic age 18 b VA
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1870 Census, Clinton Dist., Monongalia Co. series M593 roll 1694 page 332A line 22 dwelling 260 family 254:
May, James 44 M W Farmer b. W. Va.
May, Ann 36 F W Keeps House b. England
May, Mary J. 3 F W b. W. Va.
[5]
1880 Census: James's birthplace is given as England, and Anne's as Virginia! They've been flipped. James W. May age 45 b England as were parents; Anne May age 40 b VA as were parents; Mary J. May age 10 b WV father b VA mother b England; Sophia A. May b WV; Jacob W> May age 5 b WV. [6]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DD-BCH : 12 April 2016), William May, Monongalia county, Monongalia, Virginia, United States; citing family 75, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBCJ-RJZ : 11 February 2018), James W May and Ann Smith, 1858; citing Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 840,910.
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4R-726 : 12 April 2016), James May, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 34, family 254, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,193.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TM-ZMZ : 15 July 2017), James W May, Clinton, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 94, sheet 183D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1409; FHL microfilm 1,255,409.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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