This came in under WVA FOOTSTEPS this morning. MAY, RICE, SEAGRAVES, GRAY, ADKINS, FARLEY Joan Wyatt wrote: > > History of West Virginia, Old and New > Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. > Chicago & New York, Volume 111 > Page 370 > John F. May, M.D.- Logan Co. > > John F. May M.D. All the years of his active life Doctor May has > been identified with some work that has a vital part in the welfare of > his community. He was a teacher for many years, later took up and > studied medicine, and after practicing some years in his native state of > Kentucky moved to West Virginia, and has been one of the leading mine > physicians of Logan County. His present location is at Rossmore in that > county, on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad branch from Logan to Omar. > He was born in Johnson County, Kentucky, September 9, 1869. His > family established themselves in the Big Sandy Valley in Eastern > Kentucky more than a century ago. His great-grandfather left old > Virginia in 1810, and while coming down the Big Sandy found at the mouth > of Middle Creek what seemed to him an ideal place for a home with > abundance of game to supply him with food. He took up his claim there, > and lived in that locality until his death. The grandfather of Doctor > May was prominent in politics and a power in that community. He died in > 1855. Doctor May is a son of Thomas Green and Martha (Rice) May, both > natives of Kentucky. His father was a farmer and stock man, was a deacon > in the Baptist Church and a member of the Masonic Order. He had a > brother in the civil war. > John F. May attended common schools in Johnson Co., also the > Baptist Seminary, known as the Enterprise High School, and soon > afterward began his work as a school teacher, a vocation he followed for > seventeen years. While teaching he pursued normal cources, and finally, > in 1902, he took up the study of medicine in the University of Kentucky > at Louisville, where he graduated M.D. in 1905. During the following > five years Doctor May practiced in Boyd Co., Kentucky, at Princess Post > Office. Since then his professional work has been in Logan Co., West > Virginia. For eight years he practiced at Ethel and in the City of > Logan, and for two years was associated with Doctor Farley at Holden. > Since December, 1921, he has been located at Rossmore as physician for > the Logan Mining Company and the Switizer Coal Company. > In 1891, at Flat Gap, Kentucky, Doctor May married Miss Charlotte > Seagraves, daughter of E. G. and Sarah (Gray) Seagraves, her father a > native of Kentucky and her mother of Tennessee. E.G. Seagraves for > twenty years was a school teacher and was also a farmer and merchant. > Doctor and Mrs. May have one child, Grace May, now Mrs. Lucian Adkins. > She and her two children, Frank and Charles reside with Doctor May. > Doctor May is a Baptist, is a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner and a > republican. > > ==== WV-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > WV-FOOTSTEPS/USGENWEB NOTICE: > These messages may NOT be reproduced in > any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or > persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, > must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal > representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb > archivist with proof of this consent. > **********************************************************************