In the 1880 U.S. Census, there is a Letta May, age one, listed with Julian and Mattie May in Gentry County, Missouri. By the time of the 1900 U.S. Census, Lettie May was a student at the Normal School at Madison Lake, South Dakota, now Dakota State University. She was 21 in 1900. A very brief article in the July 23, 1920 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal stated:
Miss Lettie May of Washington D.C., is spending three weeks with Miss Waye Wonnell of S. Columbus Ave.
On August 21, 1931, Lettie May died in Brooklyn, New York. Her
occupation was listed as accountant, and her parents were Julian May and
Martha Black. Lettie's remains were returned to Sandusky, Ohio for
burial at Oakland Cemetery. These brief obituaries are found in the 1931 OBITUARY NOTEBOOK at Sandusky Library.
So far I have not been able to determine exactly when Lettie May resided in Sandusky, but the fact that she was buried at Oakland Cemetery indicates that she most likely did have ties to the area.
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