Pioneer in the mail order seed business.  Family links:  Parents:  Richard May (1849 – 1912)  Rosa Ernest May (1854 – 1931)  Spouse:  Gertrude Frances Welch May (1892 – 1973)*  Children:  Mary Frances May Rankin (1917 – 1996)*  Edward Welch May (1919 – 1997)*  Siblings:  Flora May Snee (1875 – 1961)*  Earl May (1888 – 1946)  Sada Ellenor May Wolford (1892 – 1978)* *Calculated relationship