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DANIEL WILLIAM MAY  (MAY 102-06)

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10-11-2022

CAPT. DANIEL WILLIAM MAY {SR}  (MAY 102-06)

BORN:1827, Jun 28 in Lawrence County TN

  DIED:1892, May 28 in Fannin County TX

  BURIED:Burns Cemetery

  FATHER: Daniel May MAY 102
  MOTHER:
Mary Elizabeth Puckett

*MARRIED: Martha Caroline Martin on Oct , 1845

   BORN:1828, Jan 19 in TN

   DIED:1898, Jan 6 in TX

   BURRIED: CEMETERY

   FATHER: James Martin 1796-1862

   MOTHER: Elizabeth C. Findley 1798-1879

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1-M George H 

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2-F Anna Elizabeth 

  BORN:1848, Mar 12

  DIED:1915, Apr 15

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   BORN:1845 Giles County TN

   DIED:1931 Fannin County TX

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4-M James

  BORN:1853

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5-M Thomas 

  BORN:1855

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6-M Amanda 

  BORN:1857

  DIED:1953, Nov 3 in Fannin TX

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7-M Daniel William Jr. 

  BORN:1863

  DIED:1897, Sept

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8-M Mary Frances

  BORN:1864, Jun 16 in Lawrence Co. TN

  DIED:1957,  Mar 22 in Cooke Co TX

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*MARRIED:Joseph Harvey Walker

   BORN:1858, Mar 22 in Calhoun Co AR

   DIED:1929, Aug 13 in Cooke County TX

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9-M Joseph L 

  BORN:1864

  DIED:1892, Jan 2

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10-M Robert Caredeth

  BORN:1870, Jan 12 in TN

  DIED:1934, Nov 29 in Fannin Co TX

  BURIED:CEMETERY

*MARRIED:Mary Agnes Wright on 1899, Apr 26

   BORN:1875 in CT

   DIED:1957, Jul 38 in Bexar County TX

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1

GEORGE H

1847-?

2 ANNA ELIZABETH HICKMAN 1848-1915
3 JOHN 1853-?
4 JAMES 1853-?
5 THOMAS 1855-?
6 AMANDA 1857-1953
7 DANIEL WILLIAMS JR 1863-1897
8 MARY FRANCES WALKER 1864-1892
9 JOSEPH L  
10 ROBERT CAREDETH  

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Daniel William May Sr. joined the Confederate Army at the start of the Civil War. He was one of the organizers of the Co "B" 23rd Regiment Infantry of Tennessee Volunteers CSA in Lawrence County, Tennessee. He entered service as a 1st Lieutenant and soon achieved the rank of Captain. After he was in the April 6, 1862 battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing) in Southwestern Tennessee (Hardin and McNairy Counties). After Shiloh Daniel left the Infantry to join the Cavalry with Nathan Bedford Forrest.  On November 17, 1963 during a battle close to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee Daniel was captured and sent as a prisoner of war to Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio were he remained until May 10, 1865 when he took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States and was release from prison. He returned to Tennessee. At the time he was captured he was officially listed as being in Company D, Biffle's 19th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry.

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