Louisa Sanders May Crutcher, circa 1870



LOUISA SANDERS MAY CRUTCHER
Born 1851 - Died 1908



Louisa Sanders May was born February 5, 1851 at Hillsboro, in Coffee Co. Tenn. She and Thomas Robert Crutcher were married March 10, 1870. She died March 24, 1908 at Joshua, Texas.

Read her story as told by her daughter





Robert May & Susanna G. Jarratt
Married 1814

Robert May
Parents: ?
Born: Feb. 18, 1784 in Virginia
Died: Nov. 7, 1857 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee
Place of Burial: T.F. Holden Farm, Eaglesville Pike

Susannah G. Jarratt
Parents: Thomas Jarratt & Susannah G. Thompson
Born: Nov. 3, 1794 in Virginia
Died: April 27, 1872 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee
Place of Burial: T.F. Holden Farm, Eaglesville Pike

Children
John B. May b. 1815 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. 1854 (was mentally abnormal)

Thomas J. May b. 1818 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. 1863, married America Howell, then Sarah R. King

Sarah J. May b. 1816 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. 1854, married James Reaves in 1833

Susanna T. May b. 1817 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. 1876, married Charles Smith on Sept. 21, 1837, then Eldridge Smotherman on July 17, 1844

Judith Mims May b. 1822 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. 1852, married Joshua King on July 15, 1839

Mary N. May b. Nov. 28, 1824 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. 1860, married Thomas Hendricks, then David Manier

William Woodson May b. Oct. 1, 1826 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. May 31, 1902, buried in Coffee Co. Tennessee, married Sarah Jackson Beasley in Aug. 1847

Frances May b. Mar. 10, 1830 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. 1876, married Alexander Gregory on Dec. 15, 1845

Rebecca S. May b. 1828 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. 1854, married Jonathan Smotherman on April 16, 1845

Evelina D. May b. Dec. 3, 1833 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. July 18, 1913, married Joseph H. Cromer

Hester Ann May b. Feb. 20, 1836 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. ? (young), married John Henry Holt

Robert B. May b. Jan. 28, 1823 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. 1876, married Catherine Burns

George S. May b. Feb. 15, 1832 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. 1833 as an infant.

Source of information: Thelma Carrell Jones who used the following resources:
Two books compiled by cousin Ethel Taylor Ford: "Thomas Taylor and Benjamin Branch of Nashville, Tennessee and related families. Also "The MAI-MAZE Dictionary", Will for Robert May 1857, 1850 Census




William Woodson May & Sarah Jackson Beasley
Married Aug. 26, 1847 in Rutherford. Co. Tennessee

William Woodson May
Parents: Robert May & Susanna G. Jarratt
Born: Oct. 1, 1826 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee
Died: May 31, 1902 in Coffee Co. Tennessee
Place of Burial: Hillsboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Sarah Jackson Beasley
Parents: ?
Born: Dec. 5, 1832 in Tennessee
Died: March 15, 1894 in Coffee Co. Tennessee
Place of Burial: Unknown

Children
Winfield Scott May b. June 10, 1848 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. April 27, 1922, married Annie W. Manor on Sept. 26, 1880

Louisa Sanders May b. Feb. 5, 1851 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. Mar. 24, 1908, buried at Joshua, Johnson Co. Texas, married Thomas Robert Crutcher on March 10, 1870

Susan Elizabeth May b. Nov. 18, 1853 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. ?, married Giles Dunn

Thomas B. May b. May 16, 1857 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee, d. June 30, 1939, buried at Joshua, Johnson Co. Texas, married Elizabeth A. Campbell

William Woodson May b. Jan. 27, 1862 in Coffee Co. Tennessee, d. June 2, 1928, married Frances T. Wade on Aug. 16, 1885

Olevia T. May b. June 20, 1866 in Coffee Co. Tennessee, d. Sept. 3, 1898, buried at Joshua, Johnson Co. Texas, married John Bruce

Adolphas Adam May b. July 1, 1869 in Coffee Co. Tennessee, d. July 19, 1941, buried in Coffee Co. Tenn., married Cora Morgan

Joseph May b. Nov. 18, 1871 in Coffee Co. Tennessee, d. Oct. 30, 1928, married Candace Eddy, in 1891, then Annie Kinnard in 1908

Josephine May b. Nov. 18, 1871 in Coffee Co. Tennessee, d. ?, never married.

Alice Kile May b. Mar. 18, 1875 in Coffee Co. Tennessee, married Edd Pratt on Nov. 4, 1896

Rowanna May b. Feb. 12, 1878 in Coffee Co. Tennessee, married Thomas Lucian Crockett in Nov. 1896

Source of information: Thelma Carrell Jones who used the following resources:
Family Bible kept by Louisa Sanders May, Civil War record of William Woodson May, Census 1850-60-1900, Marriage Bond William Woodson May





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