History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 759. [Nicholas County] [Carlisle City and Precinct] CHARLES M. MAY, teacher, P. O. Carlisle, was born in Vermont, Aug. 12, 1833, to Gen. Benjamin and Jerusha (Gilbert) May. He was a merchant by occupation, was born in Vermont in 1799, and died in 1838. She was also born in Vermont in 1805, and is now living in Washington, D. C. The result of their union was four children, viz: Daniel, Louis, Mary and Charles, our subject. He was educated at the Middlebury College, Vermont, where he graduated in 1853, and three years later, was made A. M., since which time he has been engaged in teaching school. He was principal of the school at May's Lick for several years, and then took charge of the Minerva Seminary in Mason County, where he remained four years. He also had charge of a school at Flemingsburg, and was connected with Augusta College three years, and after serving his connection with the latter institution, he removed to Carlisle and is now engaged in teaching a private, high grade school, which numbers about forty students, members of the best families in Carlisle. He was married at Minerva, Ky., Aug. 20, 1874, to Miss Asenath Dinwiddie McIntire, who was born to James and Miss (Hunt) McIntire, in Oct. 1838, and died Oct. 18, 1878, without issue. Mr. May is a thoroughly educated man and ranks high in his profession, and socially enjoys the highest esteem of the whole community. Although a strict and thorough teacher, he possesses the faculty of obtaining the love and respect of all his students. Politically, he is a Republican. May Gilbert McIntire Hunt = Mason-KY Fleming-KY VT Washington-DC http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nicholas/may.cm.txt