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Elmore May, a well-known planter lives in Jackson Township, but his birth occurred at Laurens County, S. C, April 21, 1849. He is a son of Thomas J. and Eliza May, the former a native of South Carolina, who died in that State in 1858; the latter also of the same State. To them were born four children, three of whom are now living, viz.: John P., Martha C. (wife of William D. Johnson), and the subject of this sketch. The mother having died about 1851, the father married for his second wife Miss Lizzie Sterling, and they are the parents of one daughter, Eliza (now Mrs. James Millan). Mr. Elmore May, he whose history is the object of this sketch, emigrated from the scenes of his birth and childhood in 1870, and settled in Ouachita County, Ark. December 15, 1875, he married Miss Sarah J. Shell, of Nevada County, a daughter of John W. and Nancy M. (Battle) Shell, and born November 13, 1856. Of the seven children born to them, six are now living, Walter S. being dead. Those living are Wiley J., Martha C, Franklin, Lalla L., Charles E. and Ellen E. Mr. May is a member of the Masonic order, being secretary of his lodge, and both his wife and himself belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He owns 312 acres of valuable farming land, and is exceedingly public spirited, and willing at all times to advance any worthy cause. He is thoroughly esteemed and liked in the neighborhood in which he makes his home.