Mays Family from Western Kentucky

MY FAMILY TREE INCLUDES MEMBERS FROM MY KENTUCKY ROOTS, INCLUDING THE MAYS', THE GARDNER'S, AND THE PATTERSON'S. I AM ALSO RESEARCHING THE MCGARY FAMILY. I FOUND RESEARCH LEFT BY MY FATHER THAT A MCGARY WAS ONE OF HIS GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER'S ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE CONNECTION YET. THERE ARE ALSO BEGINNINGS OF ENTRIES FROM THE PEMBERTON'S FROM THE TOLEDO, OHIO AREA. THE PEMBERTSON'S ARE MY MOTHERS SIDE OF THE FAMILY. I AM TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE FROM THAT PART OF THE FAMILY TO HELP ME WITH RESEARCH ON THE PEMBERTON'S.

WE HELD FAMILY REUNIONS EVERY TWO YEARS AFTER LOSING SIX CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS IN JUST TWO YEARS FROM 1994 TO 1996. THE FIRST REUNION IN 1997 WAS IN MAHOMET, ILLINOIS. THE SECOND IN 1999 WAS IN ROCKY POINT, N CAROLINA. THE THIRD IN 2001 WAS IN TWINSBURG, OHIO. THE FOURTH WAS HELD IN 2003 IN MAHOMET, ILLINOIS.

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• The Mays family from Western Kentucky. (1547 KB)
  Contains the Mays', Gardner's and Patterson's from Western Kentucky and Northern Tennessee.

Family Photos

• JACOB C GARDNER FAMILY ABOUT 1880. (241 KB)
  MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS JACOB GARDNER AND LUCINDA ADAMS GARDNER SEATED FRONT. JACOB WAS A CIVIL WAR VETERAN. LUCINDA WAS NATIVE AMERICAN.
• HANSEL & RUTH PEMBERTON MAYS (28 KB)
  MY MOTHER AND FATHER. TAKEN ABOUT 1944.
• WILLIAM TERRY MAYS FAMILY ABOUT 1880. (113 KB)
  WILLIAM TERRY MAYS STANDING SECOND FROM LEFT. SEATED IN FRONT OF HIM IS BELIEVED TO BE HIS PARENTS WILLIAM JOHN MAYS AND ELIZABETH BRODIE PATTERSON MAYS.
• 1997 REUNION IN MAHOMET, ILLINOIS (241 KB)
  THIS ONE HELD AT LAKE OF THE WOODS IN MAHOMET, ILLINOIS.
• WILLIAM VAUGHN MAYS FAMILY ABOUT 1913. (127 KB)
  WILLIAM VAUGHN MAYS AND CLARICE ROMER PEASE MAYS WITH WILLIAM COY MAYS STANDING, DAVID PYRTLE MAYS ON DAD'S LAP AND BOYD RUSSELL MAYS ON MOM'S LAP. CLARICE AND BOYD RUSSEL DIED WITHIN MONTHS OF THIS PHOTO BEING TAKEN. WILLIAM VAUGHN MAYS IS MY GRANDFATHER FROM HIS SECOND MARRIAGE TO IOLA GARDNER.
• 1999 REUNION IN ROCKY POINT, N CAROLINA (156 KB)
  THIS ONE WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF ROBERT AND MELANIE HANCOCK IN ROCKY POINT, N CAROLINA.
• WILLIAM VAUGHN MAYS AS A YOUNG MAN. (150 KB)
  MY GRANDFATHER. TAKEN ABOUT 1908.
• 2001 REUNION IN TWINSBURG, OHIO (193 KB)
  THIS ONE HELD AT GLEN-CHAMBERLIN PARK IN TWINSBURG, OHIO.
• 2003 REUNION IN MAHOMET, ILLINOIS (204 KB)
  THIS ONE HELD AT THE HOME OF HANSEL AND NANCY GILLIS IN MAHOMET, ILLINOIS.
• WILLIAM MOSES AND IOLA GARDNER MAYS SAMPLES (50 KB)
  MY GRANDPARENTS ON MY FATHER'S SIDE. WILLIAM WAS MY DAD'S STEPFATHER. HIS DAD WILLIAM VAUGHN MAYS DIED WHEN DAD WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD.
• GUY EARL AND ADELAIDE ROBERTS PEMBERTON (14 KB)
  MY GRANDPARENTS ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY. TAKEN ON THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
• JOE ANDERSON COOK FAMILY ABOUT 1880. (42 KB)
  MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS JOE ANDERSON COOK AND NANCY HARRIS COOK ARE ON THE LEFT. ADELIA CARRIE COOK IS THE SECOND FROM RIGHT. SHE WAS MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER (IOLA GARDNER'S MOM).