Brief Life History of John Wilson
When John Wilson Mays was born on 15 October 1853, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Terry Mays, was 27 and his mother, Susan Caroline Parrish, was 18. He married Lula Cook in October 1900, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Banister, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 30 September 1937, in Danville, Virginia, United States, at the age of 83.
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- John W Mays in household of Thomas T Mays, "United States Census, 1860"
- J W Mays, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- John W Mays, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1874 · Incorporation
Chatham incorporated in 1874.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Mayes .
German: variant of Mais .
Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Thomas . In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Maijs.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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