Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William McElvain, Sr. and [Unk] Caldwell




Husband William McElvain, Sr. 1

           Born:  - Lancaster Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died:  - ? Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA
         Buried: 
       Marriage:  - Lancaster Co, PA



Wife [Unk] Caldwell 1

           Born:  - ? Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died:  - ? Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA
         Buried: 


Children
1 M William McElvain, Jr. 1

            AKA: William McElvaine 2
           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1909 - Washington Twp, Butler Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy Conway (      -Bef 1895) 2


2 M Samuel McElvain 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - William McElvain, Sr.


After marriage, he and his wife resided in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, for a time, then moved to Westmoreland County, and in 1807 came on to Butler County. He cleared up a farm in Clay Township, and both died on this place.


General Notes: Wife - [Unk] Caldwell


At this time, difficulties of travel and communication made members of a family, when separated, practically strangers to the others' movements, although living what we would now consider but a short distance apart-in fact in adjoining states. This is exemplified by the experience of Mrs. McElvain. A few years after they had set up housekeeping in Lancaster County, she formed a desire to visit her parents in Vir­ginia, and as a result she and her husband started out on horseback, Mrs. McElvain carrying her infant child in her arms. Ar­riving at her old home she found her par­ents had moved away, and all the neigh­bors could vouchsafe in reply to her ques­tioning was that the family had moved fur­ther South. She never heard from them again.

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Sources


1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1192.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1039.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1195.


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