Joseph
Emanuel
"Manny"
Mays
Born in Parke County, Indiana
Ancestors 
Son of Allen Mays
and Sarah Elizabeth (Funkhouser) Mays
Brother of
Josephine (Mays) Woods, Willanna (Mays) Green, Emily Virginia (Mays) Harris, Mary Lusillah (Mays) Ryker and David Franklin Mays
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 82
in Elk County, Kansas
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Biography
Joseph E ("Manny)") Mays was born in Parke County, Indiana, 1860, son of Allen Mays and Sarah Funkhouser, grew up in Allen County, Kansas, where he married Mary J. Cadmus, July 31, 1883. They began married life in Pratt County, Kansas, where he farmed in Richland Township for about twenty years. By 1910 he and his family were living in Sedgwick County, Kansas and by 1925 he and Mary were living in Liberal, Seward County, Kansas. Manny passed away at the home of his son, Walter, in Elk County, Kansas in 1943.
Sources
- United States Census, 1870, Kansas, Allen County, Deer Creek Township, family #29, p. 5.
- United States Census, 1880, Allen County, Deer Creek Township, family #68,p. 15D
- Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com
- Kansas State Census, 1885, Pratt County, Richland Township, family 42, Digital image at Ancestry.com.
- United States Census, 1900, Kansas, Pratt County, Richland Township, family #78, p. 4.
- Unites States Census, 1910, Kansas, Sedgwick County, Afton Township, family #57,p. 3B.
- Kansas State Census, 1925, Seward County, Liberal, family #16, no page #.Digital image at Ancestry.com.
- Tombstone inscription, Longton Cemetery, Longton, Elk County, Kansas. Find-A-Grave memorial #137692373.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~0.78%
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