Florence Cornelia May

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1910, District of Columbia, Washington City, Precinct 9, District 190, Image 14 of 31. Age 30 yrs., married 13 yrs., mother of 4 children, 4 children living.

• Census, 1920, Virginia, Fairfax County, Falls Church District, Image 9 of 23. Age 38 yrs., Sales Lady, Department Store.

• Census, 1930, District of Columbia, Washington, District 182, Image 47 of 63. Age 50 yrs., age of first marriage 18 yrs.

• Obituary, Nov 1940, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. On Thursday, November 4, 1940, at 249 Carroll Street, NW, Washington, DC, Florence C. Rhine, wife of John Augustus Rhine . She is survived by three daughters, Mrs Alberta Read, Mrs Beulah R Padgett, Mrs Edith May Smallwood, of Maryland; a son Robert Lee Rhine of Alexandria, Virginia; two brothers, Robert Lee May and Charles M. May of Alexandria, Virginia; three sisters. Mrs. Alma McDonald, Mrs E Sullivan of Washington, D.C. and Mrs Bertha Norwood of Arlington, Virginia. Remains resting at the Wheatley Funeral home, Alexandria, Virginia until 9 am Sunday, November 17. Funeral services at her late residence in Spotsylvania County at 12 o'clock noon. Interment Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Florence married John Augustus Rhine, son of Augustus W. Rhine and Hellen B. Beckwith, on 17 Apr 1897 in Washington, District of Columbia. (John Augustus Rhine was born on 30 Aug 1874 in Colesville, Maryland, died on 9 Jan 1947 in Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia and was buried in Mount Comfort Cemetery, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia.)