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Reuben May (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.)

b. 1815-06-23 d. 1902-09-26

Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Emariah Honaker May in Pike County, Kentucky, on March 5, 1835. Father of Julia Ann May, Louisa May, Mary May, William May, Thomas May, Zuinglieus May, James May, Isabella V. May, Robert D. May, Alonzo F. May, Albert B. May, Reuben R. May, and Hugh L. May. Resident of Pike County in 1840. Farmer in Clay County in 1850. Farmer in Clay County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel from January 15, 1862 to May 6, 1863. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from May 13, 1863 to October 5, 1864. Wounded at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pike County, p. 268.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 124A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 22-3.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0215.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0224.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0483.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pike County Marriages, Film 00839494, p. 143.

"Father and Son Pass Away," _The Vernon County Censor (Viroqua, WI), p. 1.

"Reuben May (1815-1902)," Find A Grave, Memorial 36844413, accessed July 18, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36844413.

Citation

May, Reuben. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205698 (November 12, 2026).

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