Winfield McIlvaine and Elizabeth Scott Stewart

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Husband Winfield McIlvaine ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Jan 1856 - Somerset Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Sheshbazzar Bentley McIlvaine (1829-      ) 1 2 3
         Mother: Catherine Hill (1830-      ) 2 4

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       Marriage: 19 Oct 1892 1 5

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Wife Elizabeth Scott Stewart ^{1 5 6}

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         Father: Galbraith Stewart (Abt 1813-1877) 6 7
         Mother: Phoebe McKeever (      -Aft 1889) 6 8

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General Notes: Husband - Winfield McIlvaine

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He received his first educational training in the public schools. Later he attended Canonsburg Academy for two years, and in the winter of 1876-77 taught in the public schools of Somerset township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. In the autumn of 1877 he entered the sophomore class of Washington and Jefferson College, and in June, 1880, was graduated with honors from that institution. Previously, in June, 1879, he had registered as a law student with his cousin, later the Hon. J. A. McIlvaine, president judge of the Forty-seventh Judicial District of Pennsylvania, completing his legal studies under his direction. The two years immediately following his graduation were spent partly on his father's farm, recuperating his physical powers, and partly in teaching. In the fall of 1882 he entered politics, serving as secretary of the Republican County Committee during the campaign of that and the three succeeding years. At June term, 1883, he was admitted to the bar of Washington County. In the fall of the same year he purchased from E. F. Acheson an interest in the Washington Observer, and from 1886 was manager of the paper. During all this time, he still took an active part in politics, and his paper was the recognized exponent of Republican principles in Washington county. In October, 1890, however, he sold his interest in the Observer to his partner, Mr. Acheson, and, on January 1 of the following year, entered into partnership with J. F. Taylor in the general practice of the law, at Washington. In religion Mr. McIlvaine was a Presbyterian, being a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington. [CBRWC, 201]

He was educated in the local schools and at Canonsburg Academy, attending that institution for two years. During the winter of 1876-7 he taught in the district schools of Somerset Township, and in the autumn of the latter year he entered as a sophomore, Washington and Jefferson College, from which he was graduated with honors, in June, 1880. Prior to this, in June, 1879, he had commenced his law studies, in the office and under the direction of his cousin, Hon. J. A. McIlvaine, later president judge of the Forty-seventh Judicial District. The two years immediately following his graduation were spent on his father's farm with a view to recuperating his physical powers, which had been greatly taxed by his close application to his studies. He also engaged in teaching school to some extent, during this period.
In the autumn of 1882, he began his activity in politics, as secretary of the Republican County Committee, in which capacity he served during the campaign of that and the three succeeding years. In 1883, at the June term of court, he was admitted to the bar of Washington County, and in the autumn of the same year, he purchased of Hon. E. F. Acheson, an interest in the Washington "Observer," which was the recognized exponent of Republican principles in Washington County. He continued in this relation until October, 1890, when he disposed of his interest to Mr. Acheson. On January 1, 1891, he entered into the general practice of law in association with Hon. J. F. Taylor, the partnership of Taylor and McIlvaine continuing until June 25, 1895, and enjoying a prestige throughout that whole section of Pennsylvania. After the dissolution of this firm, Mr. McIlvaine became a partner of W. S. Parker, Esq., under the name and style of Parker & McIlvaine, a combination of legal talent which continued until April 1, 1904, when the firm was enlarged to that of Parker, McIlvaine and Clark, by the addition of Norman E. Clark, Esq. This firm continued until April 1, 1907, when Mr. Parker withdrew, leaving the firm as McIlvaine and Clark. Mr. McIlvaine was also identified with various enterprises of Washington, and was a director of the Washington Trust Company. [TCHWWC, 642]

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Scott Stewart

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Washington, Washington Co, PA

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 201.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 641.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1069.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 201, 742.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 642.

6 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 330.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 201, 969.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 969.