Brief Life History of James Marion
When James Marion May was born on 5 December 1860, in Pike, Arkansas, United States, his father, Robert May, was 24 and his mother, Mary Jane Crump, was 23. He married Mary Elizabeth Hairston on 5 January 1887, in Nevada, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Parker Township, Nevada, Arkansas, United States for about 40 years and Friendship, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States in 1987. He died on 4 August 1946, in Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Bodcaw, Nevada, Arkansas, United States.
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- J M May, "United States Census, 1940"
- J M May, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- James Mar May, "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1873
Historical Boundaries 1873: Hempstead, Arkansas, United States
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English male personal name May, a pet form of Matthew (see Mayhew ).
English, Dutch, and German: from a personal name or nickname taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then. In England, this name was possibly also a pet form of Mary or Margaret. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Denmark.
English: nickname from Middle English mey, may ‘kinsman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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