The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-04-12
THE LATE H.lH. MAY.

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and became at once the only subject
of interest to all our citizens. It had
been generally known for day or
two that lie was very sick, and that
members of his family bad been sum.
moned to his bedside; this, in con.
nection with the fact that he had been
in feeble health for the last few years,
excited the fears of all. The shock,
when at length the sad news came,
was general and profound. His neigh
bors and fellow citizens who had
known bim 80 intimately and so long,
with almost every one of whom he had
had, in the course Of y long and active
life, business relations or social inter.
course, met each other with chastened
hearts that day, speaking to each other
with quivering lips.
There are names that deserve more
than passing notice from the jour
nalist of the day, for when the good
citizen and honest man is called away
it is 6t occasion for the press to
print the moral of his life, inciting a
worthy emulation of his many virtues
and desire to profit by his shining
example. 1t is in this spirit we writS
this article, referring only to the more
prominent poinys in his life history,
and to those trails Of character which
distinguished him as a neighbOr and
citizen. There is, indeed, another
spbere--that Of the family aud the
home, sacredly guarded from the
public eye and forever forbidden, by
its very sanctity, to be described by
the most familiar pen, into which we
may not enter.
The public can never know the
great worth Of that private character
which so eAdeared him to those of his
own household OF their loss in his
death there is no adequate measure.
The cloud of sorrow which the af-
Fiction has caused to settle upon their
hearts and homes must be illumed
from the heaveDward side, or forever re-
main without It's silver lining. Yet the
whole community will deeply sympa,
thize with the bereaved family, though
they may not hope to assuage their
grief
The name of Huntington May will
long be remembered by those who
knew him in life, and his acquaintance
extenued to all classes of citizens.
Throughout this whole region his was
a we'll known form and face. The
Allegheny Valley was his field Of
operations all the windings of the
Beautiful River were as familiar to
him as the paths he trod in boyhood
His extensive business brought him in
contact with men Of varied habits and
requirements, but all found in him the
same upright, honest friend and
brother. His modest, retiring disposi.
ton was sometimes mistaken for un
friendly reserve, but larger acquaint
ance never failed to discover his
warmth of heart, and knit all to him
with true respect and esteem.
The subject of this sketch was born
at Bangor, Maine, in the year 1910
He came at the age Of eleven, with his
parents. to this then almost uuinhab
tied region. The family at first resided
at Franklin, where his father, the Rev
Hezekiah May, preached for a shor
time, removing soon after to Tionesta
Here this devoted servant of God, whC
had previously been sent into the
wilds of Maine as a Missionary by the
New England Society for the promo
tion of the Gospel, continued his la
bors, aided and supported by hi
gifted wife. Margeret White May, o
blessed memory.
Descended thus from Puritan stock
reared by such self.sacriiciDg, devoted
parents, amid the hardships Ofa wild
erness home, he grew into manhood
physically robust and powerful. So
cially, gentle and generous morally
upright and pure. Add to this that
his faith in the religious principles and