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Pleasant Mays 1795–1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1795

Birth Location: Virginia

Death Date: 1900

Death Location: Boone County, WV

Father: John Jr.

Mother: Mary Boggan

Spouse(s): Mary Clardy

Children(s): Martha Mays, Joseph Mays, Jane Mays, Thomas Mays, Pleasant Jr., Michael Mays, Catherine Mays, James Mays, Mary Mays

Pleasant Mays was born in 1795 in Virginia, the child of John Joseph May Jr And Mary Penelope Polly Boggan. Pleasant Mays married Mary Cloud Clardy, and had children including Catherine Elizabeth Mays, James Watson Mays, Jane Mays, Joseph Samuel Mays, Martha J Mays, Mary Frances Mays, Michael R Mays, Pleasant Mays Jr, Thomas Mays. Pleasant Mays passed away in 1900 in Boone County, WV.

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Biography

  • Pleasant Mays was born in 1795 in Virginia, the child of John Joseph May Jr And Mary Penelope Polly Boggan.
  • Pleasant Mays married Mary Cloud Clardy, and had children including Catherine Elizabeth Mays, James Watson Mays, Jane Mays, Joseph Samuel Mays, Martha J Mays, Mary Frances Mays, Michael R Mays, Pleasant Mays Jr, Thomas Mays.
  • Pleasant Mays passed away in 1900 in Boone County, WV.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Jr.
1756–1819
Birth Location: Wadesborough, Anson, NC
JJ
Mary Boggan
1763–
Birth Location: Wadesboro, Anson, NC
MB

Spouses(s)

Mary Clardy
1806–1876
Birth Location: Halifax County, VA
MC

Children(s)

Martha Mays
1825–
Birth Location: –
MM
Joseph Mays
1851–
Birth Location: Boone, Franklin, Virginia, USA
JM
Jane Mays
1840–
Birth Location: Virginia
JM
Thomas Mays
1831–
Birth Location: –
TM
Pleasant Jr.
1844–
Birth Location: –
PJ
Michael Mays
1842–
Birth Location: –
MM
Catherine Mays
1848–
Birth Location: –
CM
James Mays
1840–
Birth Location: –
JM
Mary Mays
1827–1911
Birth Location: Halifax County, VA
MM

Pleasant Mays's Ancestors

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Pleasant Mays
1795–1900
Birth Place: Virginia
Parents
John Joseph May Jr.
1756–1819
Wadesborough, Anson, NC
Mary (Penelope (Polly)) Boggan
1763–
Wadesboro, Anson, NC
Grandparents
John (Joseph May) Sr.
1725–
Carolin, Virginia
Ann Pleasant
1715–
South Carolina, Usa
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Pleasant Mays's Descendants

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Pleasant Mays (1795–1900) m. Mary (Cloud) Clardy (1806–18 Aug 1876)
  1. 1. Martha (J.) Mays 1825–
  2. 2. Joseph (Samuel) Mays 1851–
  3. 3. Jane Mays 1840–
  4. 4. Thomas Mays 1831–
  5. 5. Pleasant (Mays) Jr. 1844–
  6. 6. Michael (R.) Mays 1842–
  7. 7. Catherine (Elizabeth) Mays 1848–
  8. 8. James (Watson) Mays 1840–
    1. 1. Elizabeth Mays 1881–
    2. 2. Lula (Jane) Mays 1879–1949
    3. 3. Mary (Ann) Mays 1873–1940
  9. 9. Mary (Frances) Mays 1827–1911 m. James Whitten 1819–1918
    1. 1. William Whitten 1850–
    2. 2. Joseph (Michael) Whitten 1864–1956
    3. 3. George (Washington) Whitten 1852–1929 m. Martha Estep 1857–1933
      1. 1. Florence Whitten 1882–
    4. 4. Mary (Frances) Whitten 1856–1933
    5. 5. Tabitha (Cummine) Whitten 1859–1943 m. Henry (Andres) Linville 1857–1939
      1. 1. Mary (Frances) Linville 1880–1944
      2. 2. John (Sherman) Linville 1885–1965
      3. 3. Roy (T.) Linville 1888–1984
      4. 4. Allie (Linville) Dotson 1905–2000
      5. 5. Hayes Linville 1891–1973
      6. 6. William (Freeman) Linville 1882–1958 m. Lillie (Mae) Lambert 1882–1961
        1. 1. Ethel (Peachie) Linville 1899–1988 m. Dennie ((Dennis)) Stowers 1892–1946
        2. 2. Dollie (Mae) Linville –1997
        3. 3. James (Alva) Linville 1914–
        4. 4. Heson Linville 1909–1921
        5. 5. Ruth Linville 1924–1939
        6. 6. Alma Linville 1916–1988
        7. 7. Flossie Linville 1904–1973
        8. 8. Zella Linville 1911–1982
        9. 9. Opal (J.) Linville 1919–1975 m. Demarcus (Alzon) Bowman 1910–1990
        10. 10. Hershel (O'Dell) Linville 1906–1943 m. Nona Kingrey 1905–
        11. 11. Harley (N.) Linville 1902–1965
    6. 6. Ettice ((Ella) Camelia) Whitten 1869–1952 m. Henry (Washington) Stowers 1864–1932
      1. 1. Dewey Stowers 1903–1978
      2. 2. Versa (V.) Stowers 1897–1930
      3. 3. Ashby Stowers 1905–1958
      4. 4. Dennie ((Dennis)) Stowers 1892–1946 m. Ethel (Peachie) Linville 1899–1988
      5. 5. Sadie ((Sada) Ray) Stowers 1907–2002 m. Bernie Dingess 1904–1967
      6. 6. Hurll Stowers 1901–1972 m. Gladys Linville 1910–1977
      7. 7. Whitfield Stowers 1887–1961
      8. 8. Donnie Stowers 1889–
      9. 9. Scott Stowers 1899–1973
      10. 10. Hillard Stowers 1894–1976
      11. 11. Spurge ((On)) Stowers 1893–1968
    7. 7. Martha (Jane) Whitten 1858–1935 m. Samuel (Alexander) Egnor 1855–1933
      1. 1. Gifford (Fred) Egnor 1903–1977
      2. 2. Alice Egnor 1871–1908
      3. 3. James (Shelton) Egnor 1884–1970
      4. 4. Archibald (Madison) Egnor 1882–1954
    8. 8. Charles Whitten 1871–1960

Pleasant Mays's Timeline

2 Records

1795
1795
Birth of Pleasant Mays in Virginia
Virginia
1900
1900
Age 105
Death of Pleasant Mays in Boone County, WV
Boone County, WV

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1795
    Event Place: Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Boone County, WV
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