William Hamilton McIlhattan and Katherine Stewart

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Husband William Hamilton McIlhattan ¹

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           Born: 30 May 1890 - Knox, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Father: Edwin S. McIlhattan (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Anna Pickens (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 10 Mar 1922 2

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Wife Katherine Stewart ²

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           Born:  - West Monterey, Clarion Co, PA
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         Father: W. W. Stewart (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 F Patricia McIlhattan ²

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           Born: 19 Sep 1923 2
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2 M Edwin Stewart McIlhattan ²

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           Born: 26 Sep 1929 2
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General Notes: Husband - William Hamilton McIlhattan

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He graduated from Edenburg High School at Knox, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, in 1909. Even then determined to devote himself to education as his life work, he gained practical experience by teaching rural schools for two years. Then he attended Clarion State Normal School at Clarion, graduating in 1912. Returning to his teaching, Mr. McIlhattan became assistant principal at East Brady, where he remained a year. Two years as head of the Science Department in Leechburg High School was followed by another two years in which Mr. McIlhattan returned to the East Brady schools as supervising principal. By this time the United States had entered the first World War and Mr. McIlhattan enlisted in the army in 1917 and was sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, where, after three months training, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 78th Field Artillery, Regular Army, stationed at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas. After a few months at Camp Logan, Lieutenant McIlhattan was sent to the Brigade School of Fire at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he studied until July 5, 1918, when his company received orders to New York for transport to France. While overseas, Lieutenant McIlhattan was made an instructor in field artillery. Later he was appointed reconnaissance officer for his company and then assigned to military intelligence duties. In 1919, his unit was ordered to Fort Dix, New Jersey, and there, in June, Lieutenant McIlhattan was returned to civil life with an honorable discharge. He returned to East Brady where he took up his old duty as supervising principal but, after two years, he went to Brookville, as supervising principal. In that position, Mr. McIlhattan served for seven years, following his term there, with five years as supervising principal in Somerset. And then, in 1934, he was elected superintendent of schools for Greensburg, his present post. During his teaching, following his discharge from the army, Mr. McIlhattan was busy increasing his training in his profession. In 1922, he was awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree following his graduation from the University of Pittsburgh. In 1927, he was awarded his Master of Arts degree from Columbia University, New York City, and his superintendent's diploma from the same university. He was later a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh, studying for his Doctorate. Besides his customary teaching duties during the regular school years, Mr. McIlhattan also taught in the summer session of State Teachers College at Clarion, Pennsylvania, during the terms of 1922 and 1928. His influence as an educator included activities in educational organizations and education committees. He was a member of the National Education Association; a member of the Department of Superintendence; a member of the committee working with the Carnegie Foundation since 1928 (a post for which Mr. McIlhattan was selected by the State Superintendent of Education); a member of two committees of the Ten Year Program of Education for Pennsylvania (1. Committee on Teacher Preparation, 2. Committee on Secondary Education); a member of the Secondary Education Committee of the Department of Superintendence (1934); a member of the Pennsylvania School Men's Club; and a member of Phi Delta Kappa and Phi Sigma Pi. Mr. McIlhattan preserved his war associations by membership also in the Robert G. Kotuch Post, No. 318, American Legion, of Greensburg. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, belonging to Edinburg Lodge, No. 550, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Coudersport Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. A Presbyterian, and elder in the church, Mr. McIlhattan was at one time president of the Kiwanis Club of Brookville and also a member of the Greensburg Rotary Club. He also belonged to the Hannastown Country Club. He found diversion in hunting.

1 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 48.

2 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 49.