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WILLIAM T. MAY, one of the early pioneers of Hammond Township, was born April 9, 1831, in Daviess County, Ky. He is the third son in the family of twelve boys and six girls, born to William and Maria, May, both natives of Kentucky. His father, a lawyer and farmer, came to Spencer County in 1839, and was one of the leading members of the Rockport bar for upward of twenty years. In 1840 he assessed Spencer County, and six years afterward was judge of the Probate Court. He afterward lived for several years in Warren County, Ill. In 1865 he returned to Spencer County, and located on a farm in Hammond Township, where he remained until his death, August 14, 1876. His wife died in 1836. William T. May received a common school education. After attaining his majority he purchased a shingle machine, and followed the business of shingle-making with marked success for several years. November 2, 1856, he married Nancy Donham, a native of Ohio, to whom five children, Robert, Emma E., Sabina R., Cora D. and Clara, have been born. After marriage he bought forty acres of land where he now lives. He taught school for a number of winters, but abandoned it on account of low wages. Mr. May is an enterprising farmer, who keeps himself abreast with the times. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife of the United Brethren Church.