May Paddock

F, b. 3 October 1892, d. 1 November 1918
FatherRichard Bolles Paddock b. 2 Dec 1859, d. b 9 Mar 1901
MotherGrace Pershing b. 29 Mar 1869, d. 5 Apr 1904
     May was born on Monday, 3 October 1892 at Missouri. 23 April 1910, May was listed on the U.S. Federal Census at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, at s. 28th Street. Enumerated in this household were Mary E. Butler [45 Missouri][widow], sister: May Pershing [39 Missouri], niece: May Paddock [18 Missouri], nephew: Richard B. [19 Missouri]. Mary is an Editor and publisher of a legal paper; May Pershng is a piano teacher. Mary is renting her home.1 May married Frank Benjamin Tipton. May departed this life on Friday, 1 November 1918 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, at age 26 years and 29 days.

Death Notice: Lincoln, Neb. Nov. 1 - Mrs May Tipton, a niece of General John J. Pershing and a sister of Colonel Richard Paddock, a member of General Pershing's staff, died here today. Death was due to blood poisoning. Mrs. Tipton's deathoccurrd at the home of Mrs. D. M. Butler, a sister of General Pershing. [Grand Island [Nebraska Daily Independent, Friday 1 November 1918].

She was buried at Lincoln in Wyuka Cemetery.2

Family

Frank Benjamin Tipton b. 1892
Child

Citations

  1. [S26] 1910 United States Federal Census, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska - Enumeration District 80, Sheet 8B, Line 70.
  2. [S63] Find a Grave, Courtesy of Tony and Cindy Lloyd.