Biography

02/24/1793 - 09/21/1844


MAY, John, a Representative from York County; born, February 24, 1793 in York County, Pennsylvania; captain, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Regiment, United States Army (1814, War of 1812); elected, delegate, York County Democratic Convention (1822); elected, auditor, Dover (1826-1833); elected, auditor, York County (1834-1837); cabinet, furniture, and coffin manufacturer and seller; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1840; died, September 21, 1844 in York, York County, Pennsylvania; interred, Salem Union Cemetery, Dover, York County, Pennsylvania.


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