May Family Photos
Being updated 1Q2005

The family and descendants of
John May, Jr. [1781-1849]

Samuel | Elizabeth | John III |
Cornelius | Thomas | Mary | Rebecca | Nancy | Jeptha
Alfred | Catherine | Lafayette | Jane | Andrew

Anyone who has photos to share can contact Fred T. May

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John May, Jr. | Samuel | Thomas | Elizabeth | Daniel | Mary | Reuben | Tlepolard

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Thomas Waldo May
2nd of 11 children of John & Elizabeth
b: 12 Dec 1812 North Carolina or Kentucky
d: 6 Mar 1880 Oregon City, OR
buried in Carus Cemetery
 Beaver Cr, Clackamas Co, OR

...+ Nancy Caroline McNeeley
Mar: 20 Sep 1832 Shelby Co., near Tower Hill, IL
b: 24 Mar 1813 m: 20 Sep 1832
    Shelby Co., near Tower Hill, IL
d: 13 Dec 1859
buried in Carus Cemetery

 

Carus Cemetery: May family graves
Beaver Cr, Clackamas, Co, OR
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May, T. W., b. 12 Dec 1812, d. 06 Mar 1880
May, Nancy C, b. 1813?, d. 1859
May, Alice, b. 1875, d. 12 Nov 1887
May, Barney, No Dates
May, Jeptha, b. 26 Apr 1820, d. 26 Apr 1890
May, Julia A, b. Can't read dates, stone buried.
May, Lillie Belle, b. 18 Mar 1879, d. 30 Oct 1949
May, Olive, No Dates
May, Sarah, d. 12 Nov 1874
May, Stephen Louise, d. 16 Jun 1962; 18 yrs 8 mos,

*** Father of Amy Ann Sharrock May
Sharrock, Everhard, b. 1790, d. 1866

Need PHOTO

See brief family story
a photo of his daughter, Sophia Jane May.

Jeptha May
6th of 11 children of John & Elizabeth
b: 26 Apr 1820 Floyd County, KY
d: 26 Apr 1890 Oregon City, OR
buried in Carus Cemetery
Beaver Cr, Clackamas Co, OR

....+ Amy Ann Sharrock,
Mar: 1846 Tower Hill, IL
b: 17 May 1828 Richland Co., OH
m: 1846 Tower Hill, IL
d: 5 Nov 1912 Oregon City, OR
buried in Carus Cemetery

See above for family burials in Carus Cemetery.
Amy not listed, but her father is.

Need PHOTO

 

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7th child
William Sylvester May

 Lafayette May
9th of 11 children of John & Elizabeth
b: 28 May 1825 d: 14 July 1876

----- + Nancy Caroline Abbott
Mar: 26 Nov 1861 Clackamas County, OR
b. 1 Sep 1844 d. 12 Feb 1875
-- 2nd Wife
----- +Susan Ball

Lafayette and his brother Thomas were partners in the sawmill business in Canby, OR. In 1849 Lafayette went from Shelby Co, Illinois to the California gold rush with his brother-in-law, John Sharrock and then moved to Oregon.
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Old Canby Cemetery - now known as Baker Prairie Cemetery - in Clackamas Co., Oregon


Grave of Lafayette May
& his wife Nancy


Nancy's mother