NameJames Mays
Birthabt 1836, Kentucky
Deathaft 1900
FatherWilliam Mays Jr. (~1813-<1880)
MotherAnna Click (~1815-)
Marriage20 Sep 1860, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMargaret Slusher, GGG Aunt
Birth18 Sep 1839, Floyd Co., Virginia
Deathaft 1900
FatherJoseph H. Slusher (1817->1880)
MotherNancy Ann Wade (1819->1900)
Children
1 FSarilda Mays, 1C3R
Birth11 Jun 1863, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death28 Mar 1938, Vale, Rowan Co., Kentucky
2 MWilliam Mays, 1C3R
Birth10 Apr 1866, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth1868, Morgan Co., Kentucky
4 MJames L. Mays, 1C3R
BirthMay 1870, Elliott Co., Kentucky
5 MAustin Mays, 1C3R
BirthApr 1872, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Death5 May 1914, Carter Co., Kentucky
6 FSamantha D. Mays (Twin), 1C3R
Birth16 Dec 1874, Elliott Co., Kentucky
7 MThomas Loyd Mays (Twin), 1C3R
Birth16 Dec 1874, Elliott Co., Kentucky
8 FOlive L. Mays, 1C3R
Birth1876, Elliott Co., Kentucky
9 MJoseph Mays, 1C3R
Birth28 Feb 1879, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Census Notes for James & Margaret (Family)
1870 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Martinsburg precinct, enumerated 7 June, lists on pp. 2-3 as family #11:
Mays, James, 35, farmer, b. Ky; Margarett, 30, b. Va; Sarilda, 7, b. Ky; William, 5, b. Ky; Belle, 2, b. Ky; James, 1/12, b. May, Ky; Mays, Susan, 45, b. Ky; Mays, Francis (f), 89, b. Va.

1880 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Martinsburg precinct, enumerated 10 June, lists on p. 16 as family #120:
Mays, James, 46, b. Ky Ky Ky; Margaret, 40, wife, b. Va Va Va; Sarilda, 17, dau; William, 16, son; Isabell, 12, dau; James L., son, 10; Austin, son, 8; Samantha (D? L? S?), 5; Oliver L., son; Joseph, 1, son. All children born Ky Ky Va.

1900 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Sandy Hook precinct, enumerated 22 June, lists on p. 18B as family #287/291:
Mays, James, 67, b. Oct 1832, Ky Ky Ky; Margaret, wife, 63, b. Sep 1836, Va Va Va, married 40 years, mother of 12 children, 8 living; Loyd, son, 25, b. Dec 1874, Ky Ky Va; Joseph, son, 21, b. June 1879, Ky Ky Va; Letishie, niece, 21, b. Sep 1878, Ky Ky Ky, single.

The preceding household is that of John Crisp and their daughter Sarilda.
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