H. S. May, a farmer near Pharisburg, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, January 9. 1830. He is a son of William and Sarah (Burchfield) May, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Irish And the latter of German descent. Our subject early commenced the life of a farmer, and has spent his life in that occupation. He occupies a farm of fifty-three acres of land, one and one-half miles south of Pharisburg, which he cultivates in a successful manner. In 1867, he married Virginia (Evans) McAdow, widow of James W. McAdow, deceased; by this union one child has been born, viz.: Frances Lena, born February 12, 1870. Mr. May is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the M. P. Church. Mrs. May is of Irish and English descent, her parents both being natives of the "Old Dominion," the father of Irish and the mother of English parentage.