John W. May |
John W. May, son of Reuben and Susannah 'Cato' May, enlisted in 1862 in the Co. K, 4th CAV Confederate States Army (CSA)at Princton (Jackson Co.,), AL. He was wounded & taken prisoner at Ft. Donnelson, KY in 1863; was a Prisoner of War in Alton, IL; discharged in 1864, transferred to Rock Island, IL and exchanged in 1864 at Point Lookout, MD. John married Nancy Frances Howard in Madison Co., AL in 1866; they lived in Giles Co., TN in the late 1800's, early 1900's. He and Nancy are buried at the Old Cumberland Prysb. Church Cemetery at Elkton, TN. John applied for a pension for his CSA service in 1893 from McNairy Co., TN, wit. Charles LUTTRELL of Lincoln Co., TN & J.S. Brady of Chester Co., TN. He was listed as a military prisoner in Louisville, KY, in St. John's USA Gen Hospital in Paducah, KY in 1863. John May was on the 1870 census of Lynchburg, Lincoln Co., TN; 1880 census of Franklin Co., TN as a laborer. John and second wife, Emma Unknown, were listed as boarders in the home of daughter, Mattie & her husband, William Williams, on the 1900 Hardin Co., TN Census. Date of death established from military records from Nashville, TN; as he did not apply for 1909 spring-quarter pension check. In that correspondence, it was confirmed by the postmaster of Aspen Hill, TN that John W. May was deceased, and his widow, Emma May, had remarried. |
Submitted by:Gladys Shannon