Biography of George D May, Scott Co, AR

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Submitted by: Charlene Holland <Char@presys.com>
        Date: 9 Sep 1998
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	In the fertile farming districts of Scott County, Ark., Mr. May has
been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is now the owner of 100 acres
of good land, one mile east of Waldron, on which he has made many
improvements and now has sixty-one acres under cultivation. He was born
in Tennessee January 11, 1811, being the eldest son born to William and
Anna May, both of whom were born in the Old North State, the father being
a soldier in the War of 1812, a farmer by occupation, and passed from
life in Tennessee. George D. May was brought up to a thorough knowledge
of farm life by his father, and after he had attained his majority he
began to make his own way in the world, and in 1840 came to Arkansas and
settled in Sebastian County, where he was married in 1844 to Miss Frances
Landers, a native of the Blue-Grass State. Soon after his marriage he
purchased a farm on which he lived for about sixteen years, but during
the greater put of the Rebellion he was a resident of Texas. After the
war had closed he returned to Arkansas, this time taking up his abode in
Scott County, settling on the place on which he is now residing, where he
has a comfortable home and sufficient means to make life enjoyable. His
estimable wife was called from life, in 1866, having borne him a family
of six children, the following five of whom are living: Mary R. (a
resident of Texas), Maggie (Mrs. Forster), Jennie (Mrs. Gilbreath), Ella
(Mrs. Harvey), and George W. (who is a physician of Little River County).
Ann is deceased. Mr. May married his second wife in 1871, she being Mrs.
Elizabeth Eastus, her father being one of the early settlers of this
county from Tennessee, and a prominent and successful farmer. Mr. and Mrs.
May have two children: Francis Joseph and Walter. Mr. May is one of the
worthy residents of this section, and is strictly honorable and upright
in every respect. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.