Brief Life History of James Horton
When James Horton May was born on 23 January 1880, in Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, United States, his father, Benjamin Houston May, was 35 and his mother, Harriet Jane Kelly, was 30. He married Millie Parrott O'Dell on 23 December 1906. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 2, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 30 March 1955, in Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 75.
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- Jim H May, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Horton May - birth: 23 January 1880; United States
- James H. May, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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World Events (8)
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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