The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-18
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heath DUE TO A FALL.
V. May Fatally Injured Tues
day Afternoon.

day Afternoon.
Anna. Y May, 20, one of Brattle.
a.' most respected citizens, fell in
y" h.,n On the Bradley estate Tues.
y ot,rrnoon and received injuries
,emlted in his death the next
w; When found he was lying
i' M foo; of the stairwac uncon.
,, 's with blood flowing freely from
s'e eors and nose. Medical assistance
Immediately summoned and he
" taken 10 his home at "a Western
W .rc II was found that he had re.
,rej fracture Of the skull near
y r'i hasa Of the brain. Mr.. May new.
.sroinpd consciousness. 1t was at
~ tbogpht that an operation would
paw tbc trouble but DR.. Walter II,
Tnsor who was summoned from
s.rncdeId. Mass, Tuesday night, pro-
.rnrel the case hopeless. The aeci.
s't probably took place as Mr.. May
". descending the stairs from the
."nsr floor of the barn. The stairway
lark. narrow and very steep. Mr..
v,r wont 10 the barn about . o clock
: zee his horse and hardly ten min
w.. ofterward George Horner, an EN-.
'Syao of Bradley estate, found him.
Wr Nav was born in Wardsboro
NJ o. 1887. He received his early
sSsotion there, but when a young
nan engaged as a clerk in a general
ga,a in West Fitchburg, Mass, of
.fsb he was afterward the proprie-
L., He remained there for several
gus and then returned to Wards
Nn and built a house in which he
meped general store. In 1870 he
rs,t TO Lynn, Mass, where he took
,iarge of the general merchandise
E,1ess that was owned by his
imber. Mattison May. At his death
NJ Nav purchased the store and
iTal in Lynn six years. Failing
Intb then compelled Mr.. May to re-
trp and he moved to Newfane where
h rested for the greater part of
u,r, He was then unable to secure
q. manager for the Wardsboro store,
which he still owned, and was obliged
10 give it his personal attention. At
IN selling it year afterward he
3ne to Brattleboro moving on the
farm now owned by Wilson Brown
He lived there for six years. In 1854
he gave mp farming and moved to "a
Prospect street where he remained
wear. He then purchased the resi-,
isrca at @ Chase street and lived
there up to two years ago when he
bought the place at "a Western ave-
lue.
In 1855 Mr.. May bought the whole
ah icwelry business of A. B. Clapp.
He continued in this for nearly two
ears travelling about the state in its
interest. He next bought the stock
i the store which William Eames now
WINS in Newfane. The building
mrned year later. In 1890 he pur-
.based the Elliot street fish market
md continued it until 1892 when he
ought the real estate business of F.
Bailey. He continued in that bust
less until his death.
Mr. May married Martha A. Un-
erwood in Townshend Nov. IL, 1861.
he died March 26, 1908. He married
nnie Parsons in Brattleboro June
|. 1906. Besides a wife he leaves
wo daughters, Mrs. Alice NJ. Hoyt
nd Miss Minnie B. May, both of
rattleboro, a brother, Silas M. May
Wardsboro, and two grandchildren,
aymond and Howard Hoyt. The fu,
era will be held this afternoon at 2
clock at his late home.
A. V. May was man whose gem
i temperament and absolute honesty
Id won him many friends. He was
FRIGHT in all his business dealings,
and thoughtful toward
Jose less fortunate than himself and
leerful in the face of adversely. In
e pursuit of his real estate business
had made many friends throughout
e county and by all of these he will
, remembered as a man of integrity
r. May had been member OF the
cal Methodist church for many
,ars and at the time of his death
as one of its stewards.