When Louisa Richman was born on 10 August 1863, in Delaware, Indiana, United States, her father, Daniel Richman, was 36 and her mother, Susanna Coffman, was 29. She married Andrew Jackson May on 12 February 1888, in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Salem Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States for about 50 years. She died on 8 July 1941, in Delaware, Indiana, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sunderland Cemetery, Daleville, Delaware, Indiana, United States.