William Middleton Mays and Nancy Elizabeth Benn

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Husband William Middleton Mays ¹

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           Born: Nov 1840 - Pennsylvania
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           Died: 1907
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         Father: James Hamilton Mays (1813/1814-1874) 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth "Betsey" Arters (Abt 1823-1898) 4

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       Marriage: 1868

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Wife Nancy Elizabeth Benn

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            AKA: Nancy Bemis 1
           Born: Apr 1846 - Pennsylvania
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           Died: 1915
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         Father: Rev. Jesse P. Benn (1815-1875) 5 6
         Mother: Sarah Hughes (1817-      ) 5 6

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Children

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1 M James Parr Mays ⁷

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           Born: 16 Oct 1868 - Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA
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           Died: 12 Feb 1928 - Montebello, CA
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         Spouse: Frances Elizabeth Forshner (      -      )

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2 M George Elmer Mays ⁷

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           Born: May 1870 - Pennsylvania
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3 F Ernie V. Mays

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            AKA: Ennie Mays 7
           Born: Abt 1872 - Pennsylvania
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4 M Roy William Mays

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            AKA: Willis Roy Mays 7
           Born: Abt 1875 - Pennsylvania
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           Died: 1940
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         Spouse: Mabel Mays (      -      )
           Marr: 1898

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5 F Hattie Mays ⁷

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           Born: Abt 1878 - Pennsylvania
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6 M Benn Wade Mays

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           Born: 11 Feb 1887 - Bloomfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA
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           Died: 1953 - Clifton Springs, Ontario Co, NY
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         Spouse: Zelma Lucille Snapp (      -      )

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General Notes: Husband - William Middleton Mays

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Crawford Co, PA

1 Cassandra S. W. Beckman, The Descendants of Thomas Washington and Henrietta (Myers) Mays in America 1786 - 1991 (Blue Mounds, WI: Self-published, 1991), Pg 18.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1028.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 843, 854.

4 Cassandra S. W. Beckman, The Descendants of Thomas Washington and Henrietta (Myers) Mays in America 1786 - 1991 (Blue Mounds, WI: Self-published, 1991), Pg 2.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 466.

6 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 280.

7 Cassandra S. W. Beckman, The Descendants of Thomas Washington and Henrietta (Myers) Mays in America 1786 - 1991 (Blue Mounds, WI: Self-published, 1991), Pg 19.