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1847–1868

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Birth Date
3 July 1829
Death Date
27 September 1916
Gender
Male
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James May

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  • The May family came to America in 1865. James was traveled across the plains with his daughter, second wife, step-daughter and a little girl named "Tilt". Occupation, slubber.

Leonard G. Rice Company (1867)

  • Age at Departure: 38
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Mary Saxton (Age: 37)
  • Ruth May (Age: 13)
  • Clara Saxton (Age: 13)
  • [child] Tilt (Age: Unknown)

Sources

  • "Death Roll," Salt Lake Herald, 28 Sep. 1916, 4.
  • Fox, Ruth May, "From England to Salt Lake Valley in 1867," Improvement Era , July 1935, 408-9, 450.
  • Fox, Ruth May, "My Story," 11-13.  Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • Fox, Ruth May, My Story , by Leonard Grant Fox [1973],12-13.
  • Fox, Ruth May, [Reminiscences], in Our Pioneer Heritage,20 vols. [1958-77], 7:342-44.