dated 8 Oct 1856; proved 13 Dec 1856; Leonard May of the twp of Sharm (Shurm) Co. of Richland, state of OH....
my beloved wife Catharine May....
my sons John May, Paul May, Henry May, Jonathan May, Leonard May & Samuel May....
my daughters Layanna Banack, Sophia Raush, Catharine Ann May, [&] Polly May....
my two grandsons, William May (heir of my son William May, deceased) & Jonathan S May, son of my son Paul May....
executors: sons Henry May & Leonard May...
signed by Leonard May; witnessed by John Ferrell & Susan Bloom