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William Pinkney Mays 1869 – 1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 May 1869

Birth Location: Alexander North Carolina

Death Date: 21 Jun 1940

Death Location: Taylorsville, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA

Father: Jackson Mays

Mother: Orpha Pope

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Ethel Little

William Pinkney Mays was born in 1869 in Alexander North Carolina, the child of Jackson Mays and Orpha Mahalie Pope. William Pinkney Mays had children including Ethel Eugenia Little. William Pinkney Mays passed away in 1940 in Taylorsville, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • William Pinkney Mays was born in 1869 in Alexander North Carolina, the child of Jackson Mays and Orpha Mahalie Pope.
  • William Pinkney Mays had children including Ethel Eugenia Little.
  • William Pinkney Mays passed away in 1940 in Taylorsville, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Mays's Ancestors

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William Mays
1869 – 1940
Birth Place: Alexander North Carolina
Parents
Jackson Mays
1832 – 1908
Catawba Co., N.C.
Orpha (Mahalie) Pope
1835 – 1915
Catawba, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Matilda ("Tildy") Mays
1814 – 1876
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
George (Silos) Pope
1805 – 1880
Lincoln, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Larkin Mays
1785 – 1866
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Mays's Descendants

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William (Pinkney) Mays (21 May 1869 – 21 Jun 1940)
  1. 1. Ethel (Eugenia) Little (23 September 1912 – 26 October 1999)
    1. 1. Dale Little
    2. 2. Patsy Warren

William Mays's Timeline

2 Records

1869
21 May 1869
Birth of William Pinkney Mays in Alexander North Carolina
Alexander North Carolina
1940
21 Jun 1940
Age 71
Death of William Pinkney Mays in Taylorsville, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA
Taylorsville, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 May 1869
    Event Place: Alexander North Carolina
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jun 1940
    Event Place: Taylorsville, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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