The McIlhany Family
extracted from
Some Virginia Families
by
H.M. McIlhany, Jr.
1903
The McIlhany Family
§112. John McIlhany of Scotland was the founder of this family in America. I have not attempted to trace his home or ancestors prior to the time of his coming to this country. He was an ardent supported of Charles Edward, the “Young Pretender”, grandson of James II of England, and followed him faithfully from the time that he landed in Scotland, July 25, 1745, till his final defeat at Culloden Moor, April 16, 1746. With many of the survivors of this unfortunate struggle he was compelled to leave the country immediately. He was at the time about to be married to Rosannah Stuart, who her daughter Hannah Parker and other immediate descendants always said was a near relative of the Young Pretender, and thus a member of the Royal Stuart family. They were hurriedly married and sailed for America, landing at Yorktown, Virginia. They soon made their way to that portion of Fairfax County which in 1757 became Loudoun County. A deed in the Fairfax court records dated Feb. 16, 1756, speaks of him as John McIlhany, Farmer, and mentions Rosannah his wife and Thomas McIlhany his son. He seems to have acquired quite a good deal of property in Loudoun County and some in Botetourt County. On July 12, 1757, he was appointed by the Governor as a member of the first bench of County Justices, and in that capacity he served almost continuously till the time of his death. On Nov. 5, 1768 he was commissioned by Lord Botetourt, the Governor of the Colony, as High Sheriff of the County. The original commission is now hanging in the Chairman’s office at the University of Virginia. In Nov. 1769 he is spoken of in the Order Book at “John McIlhany of the Parish of Cameron in the County of Loudoun, Gent. Sheriff.” It may not be out of place to say that in those days “the Sheriff was the Executive officer of the County Court, which was composed of a body of gentleman selected and appointed by the Governor for their standing and intelligence, who served without salary or fees, and were entitled in rotation to the post of High Sheriff, to which a good salary was attached. This office they usually farmed out to a deputy, and thus avoided the disagreeable duties it entailed. Then to be High Sheriff was to be high born”.
John McIlhany’s will was made March 27, 1773, and approved in court May 10, 1773. In signing it he spelled his name “McIlhaney”, but the “e” has since been dropped. He mentions as legatees his wife Rosannah, his sons Thomas, James and John, and daughters Rachael, Mary and Hannah. His wife and son James were the executors of his will. I have not attempted to trace accurately the descendants of any of these children except James.
§113. Mr. J. Mortimer Kilgour is authority for the statement that the McIlhanys were originally Scottish Episcopalians. When they settled in upper Loudoun County, there was no church nearer to them than Leesburg, and hence there were really no church privileges for them to enjoy. When the Wesleyan movement began to spread in this country, the Rev. Robert Strawbridge (?), an Episcopal clergyman from Fredrick, Md, joined in the movement and held revival services in an old brick school house at the place where Rehoboth Church now stands. Nearly all the McIlhany family, especially the girls, became interested in his preaching, and were really the organizers and builders of the Rehoboth church. It is not certain whether Mr. Strawbridge ever separated from the Church or not. Loudoun became the great stronghold of Methodism in Virginia. The best preachers came there, and the country was in a continual state of revival. While nearly all the family became Methodists, many have since returned to the Episcopal Church. None of the name remain in Loudoun county today.
I. John White.
II. Robert White; m. 1st…. Hardy; m. 2nd ….. Hunter.
III. Thomas White, m. Jane Nixon: issue,-
1. James White, m. Elizabeth Best: issue,- Thomas William and Mary Jane (m. her cousin Josiah T. White; see below).
2. Thomas White, m. Mahala Householder: issue,- Thomas, Sciota, Flavius and Fletcher.
3. William White.
IV. James White, m. Mary Vernanda: issue,-
1. John H. White, m. Melinda George: issue,- Mary Elizabeth, James George (m. Julia Brown), Thomas Mortimer, Anne Eliza, Robert (m. Laura Chamberlain), Joshua, William and John.
2. Joshua White, m. Ann Brown: issue,- Frederick, Julia (m. Martin Wheeler), Edwin (m. Minnie Helm), Elizabeth (m. …. Brown), George (m. Emma John), James Day, Frank and William.
3. Rosannah White, m. John George: issue,- Cecilia (m. Ebenezer Grubb: issue,- Laban, Anna [m. James White, and had – James Mortimer, Anna Louise, John Wallace and Augusta Cecilia], Wallace, Roberta, Esther, John, Walter and Harry), John, Lydia, Mary Louisa, Roberta, Wallace, James, Edgar and Robert.
4. Mary White, m. …. Roberts.
5. Louisa White, m. …. Smith.
6. James White.
7. Robert White.
V. Rachael White, m. Nov. 11, 1805, Mahlon Janney: issue,-
1. Josiah Janney, m. Orra Campbell: issue,- Belle (m. Dr. Turner), Walter and Campbell.
2. Rosannah Janney, m. James Best: issue,- Dr. William Janney (m. Fannie Jefferson: issue,- Dr. Janey, Carl, May, Frank, and Gertrude), Rachael, Amanda, Mary Elizabeth, Josiah Albert, Charles, Orra Jane (m. …. Jefferson) and Thomas.
VI. Josiah White.
VII. Mary White. m. John Jones: issue,- Rachael.
VIII. Beneah White, m. Frances Saunders: issue,-
1. Mary Elizabeth, m. 1st. Henry St. George Tucker Strother: issue,- Kate and Willis; m. 2nd. Charles Strother.
2. Aaron R. White.
3. Josiah T. White, m. his cousin Mary Jane White: see above: issue,- Frances Elizabeth, James Beneah, Thomas William, Annie Allen (m. James Manor: issue,- Virginius, Everett and Jeanette), Sue Carson, Leigh Richmond, Jeanette Ross, Catherine Duncan, William Respass and Mary Best.
4. George White.
5. Alfred White.
6. Franklin White.
§114. JAMES McILHANY, son of John and Rosannah Stuart McIlhany, was born Sept. 22, 1749; d. “Ithaca”, Sept. 17, 1804; m. in 1778, Mrs. Margaret Tribbey-Williams (b. Mar. 2, 1760; d. March 11, 1837). An obituary written at the time of his death says of him, that “the early part of his life was devoted to the pursuits of husbandry, and (after the death of his father) to the protection and support of his mother and her orphan children. At the age of twenty-five he joined the American Army, and assisted in avenging his country’s wrongs. In the beginning his advantages of fortune and education were few, but nature had given him a mind of the first order, and formed in her finest mould, which afforded a wonderful instance of the power of native genius in rising to the highest degree of respectability when aided by unremitting perseverance and inflexible integrity. He lived as he died in peace with all his neighbors, beloved and respected by all who knew him”.
His landed possessions were enormous. It is said that he owned 9000 acres of land in one body around the Short Hill, near Hillsboro, and extending as far as Lovettsville, and 4000 acres in another body on Goose Creek near Lincoln. He was a great business man, and would doubtless have been very wealthy, had he not died when still comparatively young. Each of his children is said to have received property valued at $50,000.00. Shortly after his death his personal property alone was appraised at $19,010.00.
His home near Hillsboro was called “Ithaca”. The old mansion was long since destroyed by fire, and nearly all of his extensive possessions have passed out of the hands of the family. The household furnishings were massive and antique. The silver service was superb, some of it being still in the possession of his descendants. He spent a great deal of money on the education of his children. The best teachers available were employed at his home continuously, and two of his three sons completed their education at Princeton.
In the burying ground at “Ithaca” at least twenty-two members of the family are interred. Not having been attended to for many years, the plot is in now wretched condition, and some of the inscriptions are almost illegible. But many of the dates given herewith were taken from these stones.
James McIlhany was prominent in many ways, his influence extending far beyond his own community. He sat on the bench of County Justices along with James Monroe and others, and later became High Sheriff of the County. In the Order Book under date of April 11, 1781 it was “ordered that James McIlhany, Gent., be paid Two Hundred Pounds of Tobacco according to Law for attending Court Eight Days as a Witness against the several non-conformists in his Disctric”.
§115. The Records in the War Department state that “James McIlhany served as 1st lieutenant and captain, in the 5th, known also as the 9th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. Josiah Parker, Revolutionary War. His name appears on the rolls for the period from November 28, 1776, to May, 1778, on which he is reported as having been commissioned 1st lieutenant March 25, 1776, and he is reported on the muster and pay rolls of Capt. John Anderson’s Company, same regiment, for June, 1778, with rank given as Captain, which roll shows that he resigned June 18. This roll is dated at Brunswick, July 5, 1778.” See also Heitman’s “Historical Register”, and the “Virginia Magazine of History and Biography”, Vol. II, p. 250. In the Revolutionary Records in the State Land Office, Book 3, p. 345, under date of May 24, 1834, there is a warrant for 4000 acres of land issued to the heirs of James McIlhany, deceased, on account of his services as Captain in the Continental Line for three years. It has always been said that he was a Major in Morgan’s rifle brigade, but I have been able to find no authority for this, except the mention of “Majr. McIlhaney” among the officers of Virginia troops listed in the “Virginia Magazine of History and Biography”, Vol. VII, p. 27.
The wife of James McIlhany, Margaret Tribbey-Williams, was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Fabian Tribbey, who were living in Loudoun County as late as 1793. It is said that her parents immigrated to this country from Wales. They were Quakers, but the family separated from that church on account of the Revolutionary War, several of the brothers being in the Continental Army. Her first husband was a Mr. Thomas Williams, by whom she had one son Uriah Williams, who died unmarried Sept. 25, 1804, aged 27 years. She was an elegant woman, tall and queenly looking, almost masculine in her strength of character and very pronounced in her religious views. She was remarkably intelligent and especially fond of history. It is related of her that she would often have some of her orphan grand-children roused at 4 o’clock in the morning to read Roman history to her. So advanced were her ideas that she became convinced very early that slavery was an evil, and accordingly freed all her slaves, sending them over the border to Pennsylvania.
They had at lease nine children, as follows:
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I. NANCY McILHANY, b. “Ithaca”, Oct. 2, 1779; d. “Stony Point”, Oct. 24, 1842; m. 1st. “Ithaca” in 1799, Nathaniel Davisson (his will made April 28, 1806, was approved Oct. 13, 1806 in the Loudoun County Court; he was a lawyer; p. Maj. Daniel Davisson, an early pioneer and Indian fighter, and Prudence Izzard, a niece of Aaron Burr); m. 2nd. Loudoun County, Feb. 6, 1808, John White of that County (b. Dec. 16, 1774; d. April 24, 1835); they lived at “Stony Point” which was her share of her father’s estate. She had three children by her first marriage, and six by the second.
1. MARGARET ROSANNAH DAVISSON, b. Loudoun County, August 14, 1800; e. Winchester; d. Council Bluffs, Ia., July 22, 1862; m. Winchester, Nov. 11, 1817, Richard Milton. For their descendants see MILTON FAMILY, §§165-170.
2. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS DAVISSON, b. Clarksburg, W. Va., March 25, 1803; d. “Stony Point”, May 30, 1869; m. Leesburg, May 29, 1832, Elizabeth Derrickson Wickes (b. “Snow Hill”, Md., Dec. 24, 1812; d. Hillsboro, August 31, 1881; p. Rev. William Wickes and Sophia Pryse). He was educated at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., and studied law with Judge Tucker in Winchester. Later he studied medicine, and practiced in Hillsboro the remainder of his life.
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1) SOPHIA ANNE DAVISSON, b. ib. March 8, 1833; m. ib. April 9, 1861, Dr. James William Taylor (b. Hillsboro. Sept. 13, 1832; see §188). They lived until recently at Hillsboro, but now reside at Leesburg. Dr. Taylor is a retired physician.
a. FREDERICK WILLIAM TAYLOR, b. Hillsboro, Jan. 21, 1862; studied at the Universtiy of Virginia, and took the M. D. degree at the University of Maryland. He is practicing in Baltimore, Md.
b. NELSON WEST TAYLOR, b. Hillsboro, Oct. 27, 1863; d. ib. June 21, 1866.
c. ANN ELIZA TAYLOR, b. ib. Jan. 4, 1867; d. ib. May 30, 1869.
d. ELIZABETH DAVISSON TAYLOR, b. ib. Jan. 26, 1869; m. Hamilton, June 24, 1896, Dr. Henry Randall Elliott (b. Washington, D.C., July 14, 1874; p. Henry Randall Elliott and Helen Thompkins of Washington. He took the degree of M.D. at the University of Va. in 1895); l. Leesburg, where he is a physician.
a) RANDALL DAVISSON TAYLOR ELLIOTT, b. Hillsboro, August 31, 1897.
e. JAMES BRATTON WHITE TAYLOR, b. ib. Sept. 12, 1870; d. ib. Sept. 4, 1871.
f. VIRGINIA TAYLOR, b. ib. July 27, 1872; m. 1st. Washington, D.C., April 25, 1892, George Addison Fowle (b. “Franconia”, Fairfax County, July 20, 1867); m. 2nd. Leesburg, Jan. 21, 1899, Frederick Philip Metzger; l. Washington, D.C., where he is in the government sercive.
2) ROSANNAH DAVISSON, b. Hillsboro, Oct. 15, 1835; d. Warrenton, Dec. 13, 1869; m. Hillsboro, June 2, 1858, Rev. John Francis Poulton (b. Loudoun County, Feb. 22, 1831; d. Richmond, March 11, 1901. He was a Methodist minister).
a. EDGAR DAVISSON POULTON, b. Suffolk, April 7, 1859; e. Bethel Military Academy; keeps a book store at Front Royal.
b. ARTHUR WESTWOOD POULTON, b. Culpeper C., H., April 21, 1861; e. Bethel Academy; is in business at Augusta, Ga.
c. ELIZABETH DAVISSON POULTON, b. Charlotte County, Oct. 8, 1863; e. Fauquier Female Institute; l. Kyle, Tex.
d. JOHN CLARKSON POULTON, b. Charlotte County, July 16, 1865; e. Warrenton; m. Kyle, Hays County, Tex., June 25, 1896, Nellie May Mitchell (b. San Marcos, Texas, August 7, 1874; p. Christopher Columbus Mitchell and Julia Nance); l. Kyle, Texas, where he is ranching.
a) JOHN COLUMBUS POULTON, b. ib. Sept. 26, 1897.
b) CHARLES HILLIARD POULTON, b. ib. Sept. 8, 1901.
e. ROSE DAVISSON POULTON, b. Alexandria, Aug. 11, 1867; e. Winchester; l. Warrenton.
f. HUGH TAYLOR POULTON, b. ib. Dec. 5, 1869; l. Washington, D.C.
3) AGNES DAVISSON, b. Hillsboro, Jan. 13, 1838; d. ib. Feb. 7, 1856.
4) ELIZABETH DAVISSON, b. ib. Oct. 14, 1839; d. ib. Sept. 13, 1847.
5) JOHN WILLIAM DAVISSON, b. ib. May 26, 1841; m. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 23, 1886, Nettie Petronia Hendrix (b. ib. July 31, 1867; p. John C. and Mary E. Hendrix of Atlanta). During the Civil War he served in the 8th Va. Regiment of Infantry and 38th Bat. of Cavalry, two years in each. He is in the real estate business in Atlanta, Ga.
a. MARY ELIZABETH DAVISSON, b. ib. April 20, 1889.
6) ETTA DAVISSON, b. Hillsboro, about 1850; l. Herndon, Va.
7) AUGUSTUS DAVISSON, b. Hillsboro, July 25, 1857. He attended Vanderbilt and Johns-Hopkins Universities, at the former place winning a medal and the scholarship in Philosophy. He has been pastor of several Methodist and two Congregational Churches, and is now pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Charleston, S.C.
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3. THEODORE NATHANIEL DAVISSON, b. “Long Wood”, Loudoun County, Jan 30, 1806; d. Jeffersonton, Culpeper County, August 4, 1890; m. “Stone Hill”, Loudoun County, March 22, 1830, Sarah Rogers; see ROGERS FAMILY, §227. He was at one time Adjutant of a Militia Regiment. He lived for five years at “Liberty Hall” in Culpeper County, and the latter part of his life he spent at Jeffersonton.
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4. AGNES BRATTON WHITE, b. “Stony Point”, Feb. 25, 1809; e. Leesburg; d. “Salentum”, Loudoun County, in Nov. 1875; m. “Stony Point”, April 17, 1834, James Bratton White (b. Hillsboro; d. Hamilton, about 1884; p. Josiah White and Sarah Roach; gr. p. Josiah White – James and Elizabeth Roach). They lived at “Salentum”.
5. JAMES McILHANY WHITE, b. “Stony Point”, June 5, 1811; d. ib. Sept. 10, 1831.
6. JOHN MORTIMER WHITE, b. ib. Aug. 27, 1813; d. ib. young and unmarried.
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7. MARY ELIZABETH WHITE, b. ib. March 9, 1816; d. Hamilton, Jan. 22, 1891; m. “Stony Point”, Dec. 28, 1833, Hiram McVeigh (b. Middleburg, Sept. 3, 1798; d. Hannibal, Mo., Nov. 25, 1865; p. Jesse McVeigh and Ann Rogers of Loudoun County; see ROGERS FAMILY, §233. He was a successful merchant at Middleburg, Va., and Hannibal, Mo.).
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8. ANN CECILIA WHITE, b. “Stony Point”, May 17, 1819; d. Alexandria, Feb. 23, 1892; m. “Stony Point”, May 16, 1839. Alexander Ross Milton; see MILTON FAMILY §146).
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9. ROBERT JOSIAH THOMAS WHITE, b. “Stony Point”, Feb. 27, 1822; e. Alexandria and at Dickinson College, Penn.; d. Hamilton, May 18, 1889; m. Hillsboro, about 1859, Mary Louisa Taylor (b. Hillsboro; d. Little Rock, Ark., March 13, 1869; see §188). He was a lawyer by profession. For eight years he was a member of the Virginia Legislature, holding a seat in both houses at different times. He was also a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1850. During the fifteen years of his residence in Arkansas, he was at one time Secretary of State for the State.
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II. ROSANNAH McILHANY, b. “Ithaca”, in 1781; d. “Locust Thicket”, Nov. 16, 1821; m. “Ithaca”, in Aug. 1801, Lewis Ellzey, (b. Mt. Middleton, Loudoun County, in April 1780; d. Aldie, in August 1841; p. William Ellzey and Alice Blackburn. He was a lawyer and a very highly educated man, and taught a boys’ school for a number of years. He served in the war of 1812). They lived at “Locust Thicket” in Loudoun County.
1. MARGARET TRIBBEY ELLZEY, b. ib. June 8, 1802; d. ib. Nov. 4, 1804.
2. ALICE BLACKBURN ELLZEY, b. ib. Jan. 7, 1809; d. ib. March 15, 1810.
3. ANNE ELIZABETH ELLZEY, b. ib. Sept. 18, 1811; d. near Williamsburg, Callaway County, Mo., Sept. 12, 1865; m. “Locust Thicket”, April 14, 1829, Edward Sanford Washington (b. near Fairfax C.H., April 14, 1808; d. Callaway County, Mo., April 22, 1885; p. Edward Washington and Betsy Sanford. He was a farmer and stock-raiser). From Loudoun County they moved to Scott and Fayette Counties, Ky., and thence in 1849 to Callaway County, Mo.
1) GEORGE WILLIAM WASHINGTON, b. Scott County, Ky., Feb. 12, 1832; e. Fulton, Mo.; m. Callaway County, Mo., Sept. 27, 1866, Elizabeth McClanathan Tate (b. ib. Nov. 9, 1831; p. Isaac Tate and Jane W. Henderson; gr. p. Daniel Henderson and Martha Steele). He is farming and stock-raising near Fulton, Mo.
a. ANNE ELLZEY WASHINGTON, b. Callaway County, Mo., Jan. 23, 1870; e. Synodical College, Fulton, Mo.; d. ib. Dec. 3, 1892.
b. JANE MILTON WASHINGTON, b. Callaway County, Mo., Dec. 22, 1872; graduated with honors at the Synodical College in 1894; l. at home.
c. EDNA SANFORD WASHINGTON, b. Callaway County, Mo., Oct. 7, 1875; graduated with honors at the Synodical College in 1896; is clerking at Fulton, Mo.
2) LEWIS ELLZEY WASHINGTON, b. near Lexingon, Kyl, August 12, 1835; e. Central College, Howard County, Mo.; m. Callaway County, Mo., Dec. 27, 1874, Marion Bryan (b. ib. Dec. 10, 1855; p. John Bryan and Charlotte Windson of Virginia; gr. p. Burton and Elizabeth Windsor). He is farming near Portland, Mo.
a. EDWARD MILTON WASHINGTON, b. Callaway County, Mo., Oct. 5, 1875; e. Westminster College, Fulton, Mo.; m. Eufaula, Ind. Ter., Oct. 19, 1898, Sarah Kathryn Simpson (b. ib. August 3, 1878). He is a book-keeper in the Eufaula National Bank.
a) MARION MORRIS WASHINGTON, b. ib. May 14, 1900.
b. BETTIE MARION WASHINGTON, b. Callaway County, Mo., March 20, 1878; d. Montgomery County, Mo., May 12, 1879.
c. LOTTIE LEWIS WASHINGTON, b. ib. Sept. 5, 1880; e. Synodical Female College, Fulton, Mo.
d. WILLIE DOUGLAS WASHINGTON, b. Montgomery County, Mo., March 27, 1883; is a salesman at Eufaula, Ind. Ter.
e. VERA ALICE WASHINGTON, b. Montgomery County, Mo., Oct. 23, 1886.
f. LEWIS ELLZEY WASHINGTON, b. Callaway County, Mo., Nov. 23, 1894.
3) ROSANNAH McILHANY WASHINGTON, b. near Lexington, Ky., August 2, 1837; e. Fulton, Mo.; l. ib.
4) MARSHALL WASHINGTON, b. near Lexington, Ky., May 10, 1839; e. Central College, Fayette, Mo.; m. Wellsville, Mo., Sept. 10, 1879; Elizabeth Arnold (b. St. Charles, Mo., Oct. 29, 1856; p. W. H. Arnold of Danville, Mo.). He served in Price’s Army during the Civil War. He is a livestock dealer at Montgomery City and St. Louis, Mo.
a. VIRGINIA WASHINGTON, b. Wellsville, Mo., June 21, 1880; d. ib. June 20, 1881.
b. MARSHALL WASHINGTON, b. ib. March 11, 1882.
c. LUCILE WASHINGTON, b. ib. July 31, 1884.
d. JOSEPH WASHINGTON, b. Montgomery City, Mo., Oct. 21, 1887.
e. MARGARET WASHINGTON, b. ib. Dec. 11, 1896; d. ib. Dec 17, 1896.
5) JOSEPH HOUGH WASHINGTON, b. near Lexington, Ky., June 29, 1841. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and died at St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 29, 1862, from disease contracted in prison.
6) EDWARD SANFORD WASHINGTON, b. near Lexington, Ky., August 26, 1843; d. near Williamsburg, Mo., July 21, 1860.
7) ALFRED OFFUTT WASHINGTON, b. near Lexington, Ky., Oct. 5, 1845; e. Williamsburg and High Hill, Mo.; m. near Williamsburg, Mo., Dec. 5, 1876, Mary Jane Langtry (b. Callaway County, Mo., Oct. 18, 1850; p. William Langtry and Sarah Hamilton; gr. p. William and Kitty Arbuckle Langtry – John and Sarah Hamilton). He is farming and stock-raising near Williamsburg, Callaway County, Mo.
a. JOSIE LEWIS WASHINGTON, b. ib. Oct. 16, 1877.
b. SARAH ELLZEY WASHINGTON, b. ib. Dec. 29, 1878.
c. LUTIE SANFORD WASHIGTON, b. ib. Apr. 14, 1880.
d. JOHN LANGRY WASHINGTON, b. ib. Sept. 10, 1882.
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4. MARY CECILIA ELLZEY, b. “Locust Thicket”, May 4, 1814; d. ib. Sept. 15, 1860; m. “Ithaca”, Jan. 10, 1832, John Richard White (b. Hillsboro, Oct. 7, 1810; d. ib. March 5, 1886. He was a merchant and farmer, and a brother of James Bratton White, §119).
1) ROSANNAH McILHANY WHITE, b. ib. Oct. 2, 1833; d. ib. Dec. 25, 1833.
2) SARAH LOUISA WHITE, b. ib. March 6, 1836; d. ib. April 25, 1838.
3) ELIZABETH VIRGINIA WHITE, b. ib. July 11, 1839; d. ib. Feb. 25, 1840.
4) JOHN RICHARD WHITE, b. ib. March 4, 1842; m. Berryville, June 12, 1872, Margaretta Holmes McGuire (b. “Norwood”, Clarke County, June 12, 1845; d. Sioux City, Ia., Jan. 21, 1891; p. William David McGuire and Nancy Boyd Moss; gr. p. Edward McGuire and Gertrude Holmes); l. Sioux City, Ia.
a. NANNIE MOSS WHITE, b. ib. May 30, 1873; m. Berryville, May 30, 1901, Francis Beverly Whiting; l. near Millwood; he is a lawyer.
b. MARY ELLZEY WHITE, b. Sioux City, Ia., Nov. 11, 1874; l. Berryville.
c. WILLIAM McGUIRE WHITE, b. Sioux City, Ia., Feb. 24, 1878; d. ib. July 4, 1878.
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5) LUCY ELLZEY WHITE, b. “Locust Thicket”, Feb. 6, 1846; m. ib. Dec. 4, 1867, Francis Stribling Pennybacker; see STRIBLING FAMILY, §59.
6) ANN ELIZA WHITE, b. ib. Sept. 29, 1848; d. Charleston, S.C., May 28, 1884; m. Berryville, June 11, 1872, Rev. William Taliaferro Thompson; see STRIBLING FAMILY, §35.
a. MARY ELLZEY THOMPSON, b. “Locust Thicket”, August 27, 1873; l. Washington, D.C.
7) AGNES BRATTON WHITE, b. “Locust Thicket”, Oct. 26, 1850; e. Berryville; m. Frederick City, Md., April 12, 1875, Thomas Edwin Hough (b. Old Town, Md., August 8, 1843; d. near Hillsboro, July 16, 1902; p. William Hough and Louisa Offutt); l. “Mountain Glen”, near Hillsboro.
a. FRANK PENNYBACKER WHITE HOUGH, b. Hillsboro, July 11, 1884.
b. LEWIS ELLZEY HOUGH, b. ib. Jan. 9, 1887.
5. CATHERINE LEWIS ELLZEY, b. “Locust Thicket”, June 15, 1816; d. ib. July 7, 1820.
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6. ROSE MORTIMER ELLZEY, b. ib. Oct. 18, 1818; m. Hillsboro, Dec. 10, 1839, Col. Francis McCormick (b. “Weehaw”, Clarke County, Oct. 20, 1801; d. “Frankford”, near Berryville, April 16, 1872; see §199); l. ib.
1) MARY ELIZA McCORMICK, b. “Weehaw”, Oct. 18, 1810; e. Richmond Seminary; m. “Frankford”, Dec. 17, 1867, Col. Marshall McDonald (b. Rommey, W. Va., Oct. 18, 1836; d. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1, 1895; p. Angus William McDonald and Lucy Ann Naylor; gr. p. Angus William McDonald and Mary McGuire – William Naylor and Ann Sanford. He was a Colonel in the Confederate Army, a professor at the Virginia Military Institute, and later Commissioner of Fisheries in the United States); l. “Frankford”. She has been twice elected Treasurer General of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was one of the first invited to organize that Society.
a. MARY McDONALD, b. and d. Lexington, in March 1869; lived only six days.
b. ROSE MORTIMER ELIZEY McDONALD, b. Lexington, Nov. 23, 1871; e. Norwood Institute, Washington, D.C.; is principal of a school at Berryville.
c. ANGUS McDONALD, b. Lexington, May 28, 1873; e. University of Virginia, and took the LL B. degree at the National University in Washington. He served in the 3rd Va. Inft. during the Spanish War, and also with the English Army in South Africa. He is in business in Idaho.
d. NANNIE FRANK McDONALD, b. Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 1883; d. ib. April 10, 1886.
2) MARGARETTA McCORMICK, b. “Frankford”, April 9, 1843; d. ib. May 4, 1885.
3) CYRUS McCORMICK, b. ib. April 27, 1845; e. V.M.I. and University of Virginia, and graduated in medicine at the University of Maryland; m. Alexandria, Sept. 28, 1869, Anne Elizabeth Taylor (b. Alexandria, July 12, 1847; p. Lawrence Berry Taylor and Catherine Virginia Powell; gr. p. Robert I. Taylor and Mollie Elizabeth Berry – Dr. William L. Powell and Ann Maria Powell, both grand-children of Col. William Levin Powell, a member of the first Philadelphia Congress and Colonel of the 16th Va. Volunteers in the Revolutionary War. In 1863 he joined the 6th Va. Cavalry, and in the latter part of the War was a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio. He is a physician at Berryville.)
a. FRANK McCORMICK, b. “Cool Spring”, Clarke County, July 9, 1870; d. Berryville, August, 9, 1892.
b. NANNIE POWELL McCORMICK, b. Theological Seminary, near Alexandria, April 12, 1872; e. Berryville; m. ib. June 14, 1899, Maj. Charles Ellet Cabell (b. Nelson County, Nov. 22, 1871; he is a lawyer at Big Stone Gap; he served with distinction in the U.S. Army during the War with Spain).
a) ANNE ELIZABETH CABELL, b. Berryville, May 20, 1900.
b) MARY VIRGINIA ELLET CABELL, b. ib. May 3, 1902.
c. LAWRENCE BERRY TAYLOR McCORMICK, b. Theological Seminary, July 12, 1874; took the degree of B.L. at Columbian University, Washington, in 1895; is practicing law in Temple, Tex.
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4) NANNIE FRANK McCORMICK, b. “Frankford”, Feb. 16, 1847; e. Piedmont Institute, Charlottsville; m. “Frankford”, Dec. 19, 1871, Thomas McCormick, her first cousin (b. “Elmington”, August 4, 1848; d. “Frankford”, July 10, 1901; see §201); l. ib.
a. ROSE ELLZEY McCORMICK, b. ib. July 19, 1873; e. Edgehill; l. “Frankford”.
b. ELIZA McCORMICK, b. ib. Sept. 28, 1874; d. ib. July 28, 1875.
c. FRANK McCORMICK, b. ib. May 17, 1877; e. University of Va.; is farming at “Frankford”.
d. HANNAH HOLLIDAY McCORMICK, b. “Frankford”, May 13, 1881; d. ib. August 4, 1881.
5) SAMUEL McCORMICK, b. ib. July 5, 1849; e. Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, where he took the B. L. degree in 1871; m. Berryville, Dec. 7, 1882, Esther Maria Lewis (b. “Monterety”, Clarke County, August 6, 1856; p. George Washington Lewis and Emily Contee Johnson; gr. p. Lorenzo Lewis and Esther Maria Coxe – Reverdy Johnson, once Minister to England); l. Berryville.
a. EMILY CONTEE McCORMICK, b. “Monterey”, Sept. 15, 1885.
b. MARY LEWIS McCORMICK, b. “Norwood”, Oct. 11, 1887; d. ib. July 17, 1888.
c. EDWARD LEWIS McCORMICK, b. Berryville, May 22, 1895.
6) FRANCIS McCORMICK, b. “Frankford”, Oct. 15, 1851; d. ib. Nov. 20, 1862.
7) ROSE ELLZEY McCORMICK, b. ib. July 21, 1855; e. Virginia Female Institute, Staunton; m. “Frankford”, April 28, 1885, Lorenzo Lewis (b. Baltimore, Md., March 11, 1853; d. “Fielding”, Clarke County, Feb. 27, 1887. He was a brother of Esther Maria Lewis, above, and lived at “Fielding”); l. “Frankford”.
a. GEORGE WASHINGTON LEWIS, b. “Fielding”, July 22, 1886; l. “Frankford”.
8) HANNAH TAYLOR McCORMICK, b. ib. June 16, 1858; d. ib. August 8, 1881.
III. ELIZABETH McILHANY, b. “Ithaca”, in 1783; d. ib. Jan. 7, 1811. “She was in every way a very superior woman.”
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IV. JOHN McILHANY, b. “Ithaca”, in 1785; d. “Milton Hall”, Loudoun County, April 7, 1808; m. “Milton Valley”, Frederick County, March 13, 1806, Harriot Milton; for her ancestry, see MILTON FAMILY, §161. He was educated under a private tutor, and entered the Junior Class at Princeton College in November, 1803; but a year later he had to discontinue his studies and return home on account of his father’s death. His home, “Milton Hall”, adjoined “Ithaca”. He died suddenly at the very beginning of a most promising life, leaving an infant son.
1. TALIAFERRO MILTON McILHANY, b. “Milton Valley”, May 24, 1807; e. at a military school; d. “Cherry Hill”, Charles County, Md., Sept. 11, 1850; m. “Stone Hill”, Loudoun County, Nov. 20, 1827, Ann Rogers; see ROGERS FAMILY, §228. He was an ardent Whig, and represented his party in the Virginia Legislature in 1841. He lived at “Milton Hall” till about 1846, when he removed to Washington City. Shortly before his death he received an appointment to a prominent government office there.
1) HARRIOT ANN McILHANY, b. “Stone Hill”, August 6, 1828; m. Warrenton. April 26, 1855, William Perry Hilleary (b. “Mt. Pleasant”, Md., Oct. 17, 1825; d. Warrenton, August 2, 1890; p. Tilghman Hilleary and Ann Worthington; gr. p. John Hilleary and Ann Perry – William Worthington and a Ms. Granby; all of Maryland. He went to California in 1849 and remained there for several years. The latter part of his life, he lived at Warrenton, engaged in the real estate business); l. Staunton.
a. RICHARD WASHINGTON HILLEARY, b. Mt. Pleasant, Md., Feb. 20, 1856; e. Bethel Military Academy; m. Cumberland, Md., Nov. 8, 1882, Heriot Jane Annan (b. ib. Feb. 11, 1859; d. Washingon, D.C., July 8, 1901; p. James R. Annan and Priscilla I. Perry; gr. p. Dr. Daniel Annan and Jane Roberdeau). He is a merchant in Warrenton. For a number of years he has been a member of the town council and a vestryman in the Episcopal Church.
a) RICHARD PERRY HILLEARY, b. ib. May 15, 1884.
b) WILLIAM BENT HILLEARY, b. ib. March 1, 1886.
c) VIRGINIA MILTON HILLEARY, b. ib. July 10, 1888.
b. HUGH WORTHINGTON HILLEARY, b. “Conway Grove”, Warrenton, Oct. 13, 1857; e. Bethel Military Academy, and studied law at the University of Va.; l. Stuanton; in the real estate business. He is a vestryman in the Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
c. ANNIE MILTON HILLEARY, b. Hastings, Minn., July 31, 1859; e. Fauquier Female Institute; l. Staunton.
d. WILLIAM MURRAY HILLEARY, b. “Dakota”, near Warrenton, Dec. 1, 1867; e. Bethel Military Academy and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; m. Staunton, Oct. 4, 1899, Susan Baldwin Cochran (b. ib. July 17, 1867; p. George Moffett Cochran and Margaret Lynn Peyton; gr. p. George Moffett Cochran and Maria Teresa Boys – John Howe Peyton and Ann Montgomery Lewis). He is head book-keeper in the Augusta National Bank at Stauton.
a) MARGARET PEYTON HILLEARY, b. ib. Sept. 28, 1900.
2) MARY LOUISA McILHANY, b. “Stonehill”, Oct. 5, 1829; m. Washington, D.C., Sept. 5, 1848, William Winter Rennoe (b. “Littleton”, Charles County, Md., Sept. 25, 1822; d. Nanjemoy, Md., Sept. 14, 1850; p. William Rennoe and Catherine Adams); l. Staunton.
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3) JOHN WILLIAM McILHANY, b. “Milton Hall”, July 25, 1835; d. Staunton, August 16, 1891; e. Episcopal High School, Alexandria, and studied medicine at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, whence he seceded with a number of students in 1860 to the Richmond Medical College, where he took his M.D. degree; m. “Huntley”, near Warrenton, Feb. 5, 1861, Margaret Bispham Skinker (b. ib. Dec. 26, 1837; d. Warrenton, Feb. 22, 1896; p. James Keith Skinker and Elizabeth Eyre Chambers; gr. p. William and Harriet Skinker – Richard and Ann Chambers). He was a surgeon in the Confederate Army, and also saw active service as a private in Company D. of Mosby’s Command. After the War he practiced in Warrenton.
a. ROSE LAMAR McILHANY, b. “Huntley”, Jan 31, 1862; e. Fauquier Female Institute; l. Marion, Va.
b. JOHN MILTON McILHANY, b. “Huntley”, August 25, 1863; e. Bethel Military Academy; m. “Forest Home”, near Christiansburg, Sept. 16, 1885, Elizabeth Deskins Wygal (b. Floyd C. H., Nov. 15, 1862; p. Sebastian Wygal and Mary Cecil – Samuel Wilson and Catherine Byrnes). He has been connected almost continuously with the Norfolk and Western Road, and is now chief train dispatcher of the Radford Division; l. Roanoke.
a) ROBERT MILTON McILHANY, b. New River Depot, Jan. 23, 1887.
b) NELLIE KEITH McILHANY, b. Radford, May 1, 1888.
c) WILLIAM HERBERT McILHANY, b. ib. Feb. 12, 1892.
d) PAUL SEBASTIAN McILHANY, b. ib. Jan. 15, 1894.
e) BERNARD ASHBY McILHANY, b. ib. Nov. 4, 1895.
f) ELIZABETH VIRGINIA McILHANY, b. Roanoke, May 30, 1898.
g) MARGARET LUCILE McILHANY, b. ib. Nov. 4, 1900.
c. LILLIE McILHANY, b. “Huntley”, March 26, 1865; d. Houston, Texas, Feb. 10, 1867.
d. MARGARET SKINKER McILHANY, b. ib. Feb. 4, 1867; e. Fauquier Female Institute; m. Warrenton, Oct. 3, 1894, William Harrison Bolen(b. Culpeper County, March 26, 1865; p. Sanford W. and Sarah C. Bolen); l. Washington, D.C.
a) MARGARET McILHANY BOLEN, b. Roanoke, July 19, 1895.
b) AMELIE SANFORD BOLEN, b. ib. Dec. 30, 1897.
e. JAMES KEITH McILHANY, b. “Huntley”, March 10, 1870; d. Warrenton, June 25, 1874.
f. ANNETTE HAMILTON McILHANY, b. ib. Dec. 23, 1872; e. Fauquier Female Institute; d. Roanoke, Jan. 6, 1900.
g. MARY STUART McILHANY, b. Warrenton, Jan. 10, 1877; e. Fauquier Female Institute; l. Washington, D.C.
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4) HUGH MILTON McILHANY, b. “Milton Hall”, Nov. 25, 1840; e. Hallowell’s School, Alexandria; m. 1st. Staunton, Feb. 1, 1872, Matilda Craig Trout (see TROUT FAMILY, §101); m. 2nd. Emmanuel Church, Fauquier County, April 30, 1884, Fannie Barton Jones (b. “Woodside”, Fauquier County, Sept. 25, 1850; p. James Fitzgerald Jones and Anne Lewis Marshall; gr. p. William Strother Jones and Anna Maria Marshall – Thomas Marshall, son of Chief Justice John Marshall, and Margaret W. Lewis). He entered the Confederate Army with the Warrenton Rifles, 17th Va. Inft., was promoted to Longstreet’s headquarters as Quartermaster Sergeant, but became Asst. Quartermaster, with rank of Captain, in 1864. Having resigned on account of ill health, he accepted the position of 1st Sergeant of Company F., 43d Va. Battalion of Cavalry (Mosby’s Rangers), where he served until captured Dec. 21, 1864. He was imprisoned in the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, and in Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, till June 15, 1865. He is engaged in the real estate business in Staunton. For nearly twenty-five years he has been a vestryman in the Episcopal Church, and at six different times has been President of the Staunton Young Men’s Christian Association.
a. A son, b. and d. Staunton, Oct. 6, 1872.
b. HUGH MILTON McILHANY, b. ib. April 25, 1874; e. Washington and Lee University, where he took the degrees of A.B. in 1895, M.A. in 1896, and Ph.D. in 1899, having been four years Instructor in German in the University; m. Staunton, June 28, 1900, Calvert Walke (b. Powhatan County, Jan. 28, 1872; p. Rev. Lewis Walke and Mary Tabb Atkinson; gr. p. William Walke and Elizabeth Nash of Norfolk – Roger B. Atkinson and Mary Timberlake Withers of “Sherwood”, Lumenburg County). He has for three years been Southern College Secretary of the International Committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations, with headquarters at Staunton and is now General Secretary of the Association Work at the University of Virginia.
a) MARY ATKINSON McILHANY, b. Staunton, April 1, 1901.
b) MATILDA FRANCES McILHANY, b. ib. June 13, 1902.
c. NICHOLAS TROUT McILHANY, b. ib. Aug. 6, 1875; d. ib. Dec. 11, 1875.
d. STRIBLING McILHANY, b. ib. Oct. 11, 1876; d. ib. Apr. 15, 1877.
e. A son, b. and d. ib. July 11, 1877.
f. A son, b. and d. ib. Sept. 26, 1878.
g. JOHN ROGERS McILHANY, b. ib. Oct. 2, 1880; d. ib. May 5, 1881.
5) BUSHROD TAYLOR McILHANY, b. “Milton Hall”, August 25, 1845; d. ib. August 31, 1845.
V. MARY McILHANY, b. “Ithaca”, about 1787; m. 1st. ib. in the early part of 1806, Solomon Davis. Some years after his death she married 2nd. Rev. George M. Fry, a Methodist minister of Montgomery County, Md., who did not live many years afterward. She had no children, and died at “Milton Hall” about 1840.
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VI. CECILIA McILHANY, b. “Ithaca” about 1795; d. “Montcalm”, April 5, 1822; m. “Ithaca”, Jan. 16, 1815, Capt. Francis Stribling. For their descendants see STRIBLING FAMILY, §§38-44. Her share of her father’s estate was on Goose Creek, at a place now in the hands of some Quakers.
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VII. JAMES McILHANY, b. “Ithaca”, March 2, 1797; d. Houston, Texas, Nov. 1, 1867; graduated at Princeton with third honors, taking the M. A. degree in 1819; afterwards studied law; m. 1st. Leesburg, May 5, 1825, Margaret Henderson (b. ib. May 5, 1806; d. “Montcalm”, Loudoun County, Nov. 18, 1844; p. Richard Henry Henderson and Orra Moore of Leesburg; gr. p. Alexander and Sallie Henderson); m. 2nd. Alexandria, Oct. 22, 1850, Elizabeth Johnson (b. ib. June 30, 1814; d. Summit Point, W. Va., Jan. 23, 1901; p. Reuben Johnston and Elizabeth Dawe of Alexandria). He was a member of the Virginia Senate from 1837 to 1841. Up to this time he practiced law, but the latter part of his life he was a farmer, and lived at “Montcalm” and “Meadow Hill”. He had seven children by his first marriage and two by his second.
1. LOUISA McILHANY, b. Leesburg, Dec. 23, 1826; m. “Montcalm”, Nov. 30, 1843, James McIlhany Kilgour, her first cousin; see below, §135, for their descendants.
2. ORRA MOORE McILHANY, b. near Hillsboro, Aug. 14, 1828; d. Washington, D.C., May 6, 1890; m. near Hillsboro, Nov. 12, 1850, Rev. George Washington Carter (b. near Middleburg, in 1826; p. John Carter and Elizabeth Rust; gr. p. Richard Carter and Agnes Rutledge. He was a Methodist minister).
1) JAMES McILHANY CARTER, b. “Meadow Hill”, Nov. 9, 1852; m. 1st. Mexico City, June 12, 1886, Juana Ramirez (b. Guana Juato, Mex., May 4, 1870; d. Acambaro, Mex., August 5, 1888); m. 2nd. San Juan Bautista, Tobasco, Mex., Nov. 24, 1889, Teutila de Correa (b. Merida, Yucatan, Nov. 24, 18660; he is general land agent at San Juan Bautista, Tobasco, Mex.
a. SANTIAGO CARTER, b. ib. Oct. 26, 1892.
b. GRACIELLA CARTER, b. ib. Nov. 11, 1894.
c. GEORGE CARTER, b. ib. Nov. 13, 1896; d. ib. Feb. 4, 1902.
d. PABLO CARTER, b. ib. Oct. 26, 1899.
2) GEORGE RUTLEDGE CARTER, b. in Virginia in the autumn of 1853; d. ib. in the spring of 1854.
3) MARY DAVISSON CARTER, b. in Virginia, August 1, 1855; e. Wesleyan Female Institute, Staunton; l. Washington, D.C.
4) MARGARET HENDERSON CARTER, b. Lynchburg, in the spring of 1857; d. ib. in fall of 1859.
5) PAUL EDGAR BRANCH CARTER, b. Chapel Hill, Washington County, Texas, July 30, 1860; m. Berryville, Sept. 29, 1884, Orra Lee Milbourne (b. Hamilton, Jan. 23, 1865); he is a physician at Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, Cal.
a. PAUL IRVING CARTER, b. Hamilton, Aug. 28, 1885.
b. LEE JEFFERSON CARTER, b. ib. June 11, 1889.
6) FRANK RUST CARTER, b. in Texas, in the spring of 1862; d. Houston, Texas, of yellow fever in the autumn of 1866.
7) GEORGE ORRA CARTER, b. Plantersville, Texas, Sept. 18, 1865; m. Hamilton, Feb. 15, 1883, Dr. William Phillips Carr, (b. Boydton, May 10, 1858; p. William Brown Carr and Laura Phillips; gr. p. David Carr and Susan Brown – William F. Phillips and Sarah Edith Ashmore Cannon. He studied at Randolph-Macon College and took his M.D. degree at Columbia Medical College, Washington, D.C. He is now professor of Physiology at Columbia Medical College and Surgeon-in-chief of the Emergency Hospital in Washington, D.C.).
a. DAISY PHILLIPS CARR, b. near Hamilton, Nov. 29, 1883; d. Washington, D.C., March 10, 1893.
b. WILLIAM BROWN CARR, b. near Hamilton, Oct. 23, 1884.
c. EDWARD RAVENEL CARR, b. Washington, D.C., July 23, 1897.
3. MARGARET McILHANY, b. “Montcalm”, Nov. 26, 1831; d. ib. Jan. 31, 1836.
4. SARAH ANNE McILHANY, b. ib. March 20, 1833; d. “Meadow Hill”, Jan. 17, 1853.
5. MARY McILHANY, b. “Montcalm”, Nov. 5, 1834; d. ib. Oct. 10, 1855.
6. JAMES MORTIMER McILHANY, b. ib. Oct. 12, 1837; d. ib. Nov. 30, 1841.
7. ALEXANDER HENDERSON McILHANY, b. ib. May 30, 1839; e. Randolph-Macon College; d. Richmond, July 21, 1862, as the result of a wound received in the Seven Days’ Fight.
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8. JAMES STUART McILHANY, b. “Meadow Hill”, Aug. 7, 1851; took the degree of M.D. at the University of Maryland in 1884; m. Frostburg, Md., Dec. 15, 1886, Georgiana De Vecmon (b. Cumberland, Md., Feb. 25, 1856; p. Thomas De Vecmon and Althea Margaret Coombs). He is a physician and Surgeon at Everett, Washington State.
9. ELIZABETH McILHANY, b. “Meadow Hill”, Sept. 26, 1854; m. ib. Oct. 20, 1874, Dr. Augustus Pembroke Thomson (b. “Hawthorne”, Summit Point, W. Va., Jan. 11, 1847; p. John Augustus Thomson and Mary Scott; gr. p. Dr. John Thomson and Lucy Roots Throckmorton of Berryville – Beverly Scott and Elmira Anderson of Bedford County); l. “Hawthorne”.
1) JOHN AUGUSTUS THOMSON, b. ib. Jan. 4, 1876; took the degree of Mining Engineer at Lehigh University in 1896; l. in Mexico.
2) JAMES MCILHANY THOMSON, b. “Hawthorne”, Feb. 13, 1878; graduated at the Johns-Hopkins University in 1897; is editor of a daily paper in Norfolk.
3) MARY SCOTT THOMSON, b. “Hawthorne”, March 2, 1880; e. Virginia Female Institute, Staunton; l. “Hawthorne”.
4) ELIZABETH PASCOE THOMSON, b. ib. June 14, 1882; e. Virginia Female Institute, Staunton; l. “Hawthorne”.
5) PAUL JONES THOMSON, b. ib. May 20, 1884; is a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute.
6) OCTAVIA HAXALL THOMSON, b. “Hawthorne”, August 23, 1886.
7) DOROTHY THOMSON, b. ib. Sept. 20, 1891.
8) IMOGEN STEPTOE THOMSON, b. ib. Apr. 2, 1894.
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VIII. LOUISA McILHANY, b. “Ithaca”, Jan. 29, 1799; d. Montgomery County, Md., May 20, 1822; m. “Ithaca”, June 16, 1818, Charles Jourdan Kilgour (b. St. Mary’s County, Md., in 1790; d. Montgomery County, Md., August 22, 1837, by being thrown from a carriage. He was a Judge of the fifth Circuit Court of Maryland, and served in the Maryland Legislature about 1815. See §143).
1. JAMES MCILHANY KILGOUR, b. “Ithaca”, April 28, 1819; e. Princeton College from 1834-1837; m. “Montcalm”, Nov. 30, 1843, Louisa McIlhany, his first cousin (see above, §133); they lived at “Montcalm” and “Meadow Hill”, and reside now at “The Willows”, Loudoun County.
1) ELSPETH KILGOUR, b. “Montcalm”, May 29, 1849; d. “Cedar Ridge”, Montgomery County, Md., August 21, 1901; m. “Meadow Hill”, Oct. 20, 1874, Henry Bradley (b. “Cedar Ridge”, August 22, 1846; p. Henry Bradley and Mary Prout; l. “Cedar Ridge”).
2) ROBERT WHITE KILGOUR, b. “Montcalm”, March 15, 1854; he has traveled abroad for seven years; l. “The Willows”.
3) JOHN MORTIMER KILGOUR, b. “Montcalm”, Jan. 31, 1857; l. Williams, Arizona.
4) HENRY JOURDAN KILGOUR, b. “Meadow Hill”, Sept. 4, 1859; m. Hillsboro, April 19, 1883, Florence Isabella Leslie (b. ib. Sept. 9, 1859; p. Benjamin F. Leslie and Elizabeth Martain; gr. p. Benjamin Leslie and Rebecca Kinsey – Thomas Martain and Mary Mann). He has been living in the West a number of years as an industrial teacher among the Indians; is now at “The Willows.”
a. ROBERT MORTIMER KILGOUR, b. near “The Willows”, June 6, 1884.
b. MARY ELIZABETH KILGOUR, b. Hillsboro, Dec. 24, 1885.
c. LOUISA JOURDAN KILGOUR, b. Fort Simcoe, Wash., Dec. 14, 1887.
d. HENRY BRADLEY KILGOUR, b. Stevens County, Washington, June 11, 1891.
e. GEORGE SHOWER KILGOUR, b. Hillsboro, August 1, 1893.
f. FRANK LESLIE KILGOUR, b. ib. August 1, 1893.
5) CHARLOTTE KILGOUR, b. “Meadow Hill”, Dec. 8, 1861; l. “The Willows”.
6) ALICE WILLIAMS KILGOUR, b. “Meadow Hill”, Dec. 15, 1865; l. “The Willows”.
7) ANN CECILIA KILGOUR, b. “Meadow Hill”, Jan. 4, 1869; l. Washington, D.C.
2. JOHN MORTIMER KILGOUR, b. “Rosemont”, Rockville, Md., May 19, 1822; studied law at Harvard College; m. Washington, D. C., May 5, 1847, Martha Wilson Wootton (b. “Mount Hope”, near Rockville, Md., Feb. 25, 1827; p. John Wootton and Elizabeth Lynn Magruder; gr. p. Richard Wootton and Martha Perry). He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Maryland in 1852. During the Civil War he served in the 35th Virginia Calvary, Rosser’s Brigade, and also as a Captain in the quartermaster department. He has been Commonwealth’s Attorney for Loudoun County, and was for several years State Lecturer for the Good Templars. He lives at “Wakefield”, near Round Hill.
1) CHARLES JOURDAN KILGOUR, b. Rockville, Md., Feb. 18, 1849; e. Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, and at Nashotah Theological Seminary, Wisconsin; m. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 26, 1875, Fannie Claiborne Beaufort (b. New Orleans, La., March 9, 1845; p. Charles Bertram Beaufort and Sarah Jane Betts; gr. p. Robert and Ephemia Beaufort – Stephen and Mary King Betts). He is Rector of the Episcopal Church at Lykens, Penn.
a. ELIZABETH CORNELIA KILGOUR, b. Baltimore, Md., April 11, 1877; l. Lykens, Penn.
2) ELIZABETH CORNELIA WOOTTON KILGOUR, b. “Rosemont”, April 13, 1852; l. “Wakefield”.
3) JAMES MCILHANY KILGOUR, b. “Rosemont”, March 23, 1855; l. “Wakefield”.
4) MARY ADELAIDE WOOTTON KILGOUR, b. “Rosemont”, Jan. 26, 1858; l. “Wakefield”.
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IX. MORTIMER McILHANY, b. “Ithaca”, Jan. 30, 1801; d. New Florence, Mo., Dec. 20, 1860; e. Bruce’s Academy, Winchester; m. Loudoun County, Nov. 7, 1820, Mary Ann Washington (b. Fairfax County, Feb. 28, 1801; d. Palmyra, Mo., in April 1869; p. Edward and Betsy Hugh Washington of Fairfax County). He was a farmer and lived at “Rosewood”, near Hillsboro, Loudoun County, till 1840; at “Oakland”, “Bannockburn” and “Buena Vista”, Frederick County, Md., till 1849; and thereafter in Montgomery County, Mo.
1. MARGARET ELIZABETH MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, Jan. 1, 1822; d. near Lexington, Ky., Sept. 9, 1839.
2. JOHN MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, Nov. 23, 1823; e. Dickinson College, Penn.; m. 1st “Woodlawn”, Callaway County, Mo., Jan. 8, 1858, Mary Jane Offutt, (b. Fairfax County, in May 1824; d. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 12, 1882. She was a sister of Eli Rezin Offutt, §141.); m. 2nd Hannibal, Mo., June 4, 1888, Margaret Ann Washington (b. Loudoun County, August 19, 1820; d. Lampassas, Texas, in March 1898; p. John A. and Amelia Washington); m. 3rd Lampassas County, Texas, Dec. 13, 1900, Harriet E. Dorsey (b. Jefferson County, W. Va., about 1838; d. Lampassas County, Texas, May 16, 1902); l. near Lampassas, Texas. At one time he was County Judge in Texas; has been farming and teaching for many years.
3. HANNAH ANN MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, March 1, 1825; m. Williamsburg, Mo., Feb. 21, 1867, Richard Thompson Bond (b. Chambersburg, Penn., Sept. 25, 1838; p. Rev. Richard Bond and Eliza Ann Thompson of Danville, Mo.; gr. p. Richard Thompson and Sallie Yeatman. He is a minister of the Methodist Church, and for many years has been Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy in Central College, Fayette, Mo.); l. ib.
1) MORTIMER MCILHANY BOND, b. Glasgow, Mo., Nov. 27, 1867; d. Danville, Mo., July 2, 1868.
4. JAMES MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, in June 1826; d. Frederick County, Md., Feb. 2, 1842.
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5. EDWARD WASHINGTON MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, June 20, 1828; m. 1st. Loutre Island, Mo., Nov. 4, 1863, Henrietta Virginia Bascom (b. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 28, 1840; d. Sedalia, Mo., Dec. 15, 1881; p. Hiram Bascom and Catherine Jane Hersey); m. 2nd. Sedalia, Mo., Sept. 1, 1891, Mrs. Mary Wooldrife-Emack (b. Verseilles, Kentucky, Nov. 4, 1849). He is a live stock dealer at Kansas City, Mo. He had six children by the first marriage and one by the second.
1) WILLIAM TALBOT MCILHANY, b. Loutre Island, Mo., Oct. 4, 1864; d. Sedalia, Mo., July 9, 1874.
2) JOSIE DOUGLAS MCILHANY, b. Loutre Island, Mo., April 2, 1867; m. Boonsville, Mo., June 24, 1890, Rev. Frederick Fuller Wyatt (b. Lincoln, Ill., July 30, 1865; p. John and Sarah Wyatt. He is pastor of the First Christian Church at Mena, Ark.)
3) MAGGIE BASCOM MCILHANY, b. Loutre Island, Mo., July 24, 1870; e. Pritchett College, Glasgow, Mo.; m. Westport, Mo., Oct. 9, 1888, William Wallace McIlhany, her first cousin; for their three children see below, §138; l. Fayette, Mo.
4) EDWARD MORTIMER MCILHANY, b. Sedalia, Mo., August 27, 1873; d. ib. Dec. 10, 1874.
5) CATHERINE HERSEY MCILHANY, b. ib. Feb. 15, 1879; e. Central College, Fayette, Mo.; l. Fayette, Mo.
6) BRUCE BASCOM MCILHANY, b. Sedalia, Mo., Dec. 5, 1881; d. Glasgow, Mo., in March 1884.
7) CHARLES STEVENSON MCILHANY, b. Sedalia, Mo., July 11, 1892.
6. MARY RECECCA [sic] MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, in 1829; d. Frederick County, Md., in 1848.
7. MORTIMER MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, Feb. 27, 1831; studied law at New London, Mo.; m. St. Charles, Mo., Dec. 17, 1857; Mary Elizabeth Daugherty (b. in Ohio about 1831; p. Samuel Daugherty and a Miss Parks of Ky.) While living in Missouri he served as City Attorney, was several times a member of the Legislature, being twice elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, and was President of the State Board of R. R. Commissioners. He was a Colonel in the Confederate Army, serving also as Judge Advocate in the 2nd. Div. of Price’s Army, on the staff of Gen’l. Harris. After practicing law for many years, he retired, and is now ranching and gold-mining, San Diego, Cal.
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8. ROBERT BRUCE MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, April 14, 1832; d. Nevada, Mo., March 23, 1899; e. Central College, Fayette, Mo., and studied law; m. Danville, Mo., July 3, 1860, Missouri Anna Bond (b. Boonville, Mo., April 26, 1841; l. Nevada, Mo.; she is a sister of Richard Thompson Bond. §136). He was a minister of the M. E. Church, South; was at one time Professor of Law and Literature in Pritchett Institute, Glasgow, Mo., and President and Professor of Metaphysics of Shelbina Institute, Shelbina, Mo.
1) MARY MORTIMER MCILHANY, b. Danville, Mo., April 5, 1861; e. Pritchett Institute, Glasgow, Mo.; m. Salisbury, Mo., August 1, 1878, Almond Boswell Cockerill (b. Platte City, Mo., July 11, 1860; p. Henry Clay Cockerill and Lalla Esther Almond. He is Vice-President of the Cherokee-Lanyon Spelter Company at Nevada, Mo.).
a. MISSOURI MCILHANY COCKERILL, b. Schell City, Mo., Dec. 30, 1879.
b. MARY MORTIMER COCKERILL, b. ib. Feb. 7, 1882; d. ib. July 2, 1882.
c. NELLIE WOODSON COCKERILL, b. ib. July 25, 1883.
d. HARRY WIRT COCKERILL, b. Glasgow, Mo., Sept. 2, 1886.
e. MAGGIE MCILHANY COCKERILL, b. Weir City, Kan., Dec. 5, 1889.
f. FLORENCE EMMA COCKERILL, b. ib. May 14, 1891.
g. LALLA ESTHER COCKERILL, b. ib. Feb. 16, 1897.
2) JOHN MCILHANY, b. High Hill, Mo., Feb. 16, 1863; d. ib. June 23, 1863.
3) RICHARD BOND MCILHANY, b. ib. April 30, 1864; e. Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., m. Columbus, Kan., Dec. 18, 1887, Sadie Davis (b. Scranton, Penn., Nov. 19, 1870; p. W.H. and Sarah Davis); l. Gas, Kan.
a. ROBERT BRUCE MCILHANY, b. Jonesboro, Ark., July 4, 1888.
b. WILLIAM DAVIS MCILHANY, b. Weir City, Kan., Dec. 9, 1892; d. ib. Dec. 13, 1892.
c. ZOULA MCILHANY, b. ib. July 10, 1894; d. ib. July 26, 1894.
d. MARY MORTIMER MCILHANY, b. Nevada, M o., July 7, 1896.
4) WILLIAM WALLACE MCILHANY, b. Danville, Mo., June 6, 1866; d. Galena, Kan., April 8, 1898; graduated at Pritchett Institute, Glasgow, Mo.; m. Westport, Mo., Oct. 9, 1888, Maggie Bascom McIlhany, his first cousin. See above, §137. He was a book-keeper and stenographer.
a. MARY MORTIMER MCILHANY, b. Weir City, Kan., August 30, 1889; d. ib. March 14, 1896.
b. THOMPSON BOND MCILHANY, b. ib. Aug. 30, 1891; d. Galena, Kan., Dec. 13, 1897.
c. WILLIAM WALLACE MCILHANY, b. Nevada, Mo., July 23, 1898; l. Fayette, Mo.
5) HENRY POPE MCILHANY, b. Danville, Mo., Sept. 26, 1867; d. ib. Nov. 14, 1867.
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9. WILLIAM WALLACE MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, Nov. 30, 1833; d. Chicago, Ill., March 12, 1897; m. Macon County, Ill., Jan. 1, 1867, Sophia Florence Marlow (b. Petersville, Md., June 27, 1847; l. Chicago, Ill.; p. Zuisco Marlow and Violetta Claggett; gr. p. Dr. Thomas and Mary Marlow – Thomas and Sophia Claggett). He was a live stock merchant in Chicago.
1) ELLEN DOUGLAS MCILHANY, b. New Berlin, Ill., Feb. 6, 1868; m. Chicago, Ill., June 30, 1891, Charles Wright Lynn (b. Amboy, Ill., May 5, 1862; p. Charles Franklin Lynn); l. Chicago, Ill.
a. FLORENCE MARY LYNN, b. ib. Feb. 11, 1894.
b. FRANKLIN WRIGHT LYNN, b. ib. Feb. 18, 1896.
2) HERBERT WARREN MCILHANY, b. New Berlin, Ill., May 1, 1869; l. Chicago, Ill.
3) RAND MCILHANY, b. ib. July 23, 1882; l. ib.
4) MORTIMER MARLOW MCILHANY, b. ib. Apr. 19, 1884; e. Central College, Fayette, Mo.; l. Chicago, Ill.
10. DOUGLAS MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, Sept. 17, 1835; m. Monroe County, Mo., Sept. 25, 1877, Louisa Eleanor Houston (b. ib. Jan. 23, 1854; p. Dr. Williams M. Houston and Marie Frances Davis; gr. p. David and Margaret Houston – Capt. B. T. and Eleanor B. Davis). He is farming near Santa Fe, Monroe Co., Mo.
1) SIDNEY MCILHANY, b. Audrain County, Mo., Jan. 27, 1880; e. Mexico, Mo., l. Monroe County, Mo.
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11. MARSHALL MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, Jan. 4, 1837; e. Centenary College, Fayette, Mo.; m. 1st. Glasgow, Mo., Nov. 22, 1860, Anna Mary Blackwell (b. ib. Sept. 18, 1840; d. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 2, 1865; p. Joseph and Eliza Blackwell of Glasgow, Mo.); m. 2nd. St. Charles, Mo., March 6, 1867, Virginia Catherine Johnston (b. Romney, W. Va., March 8, 1846; d. Palmyra, Mo., March 3, 1870; p. Henry and Mary A. Johnston of Va.); m. 3rd. Monticello, Mo., June 9, 1874, Lucy Turner Plant (b. ib. May 15, 1856; p. Massanello and Elizabeth Plant). He is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, but has been engaged very successfully in educational work all his life. He is now President of Goodnight College, Goodnight, Armstrong County, Tex. He had one child by the first marriage, two by the second, and twelve by the third.
1) ELI OFFUTT MCILHANY, b. near Hannibal, Mo., May 1, 1863; e. Stephenville, Tex.; m. ib. Dec. 21, 1892, Mary Emma Cage (b. ib. Feb. 23, 1875; p. James House and Sarah J. Cage); l. ib., where he is a successful dry goods merchant.
2) HENRY JOHNSTON MCILHANY, b. Palmyra, Mo., Jan 6, 1868; graduated with the degree of M.A. at Centenary College, Lampassas, Tex., in 1893; is Professor of Mathematics at John Tarlton College, Stephenville, Tex.
3) ANNA MARY MCILHANY, b. Palmyra, Mo., Oct. 31, 1869; graduated at Centenary College, Lampassas, Tex., in 1892; m. Vernon, Tex., June 19, 1899, Walter Flynt (b. Madison County, Ala., Aug. 26, 1862. He is a farmer and traveling adjuster and collector); l. Vernon, Tex.
a. ANNA MARY FLYNT, b. ib. Apr. 26, 1900; d. ib. Feb. 8, 1901.
b. STELLA FLYNT, b. ib. March 4, 1902.
4) MORTIMER MCILHANY, b. Monticello, Mo., March 17, 1875; e. John Tarlton College, Stephenville, Tex.; l. ib.; clerking.
5) MASSANELLO PLANT MCILHANY, b. Monticello, Mo., June 14, 1876; e. John Tarlton College, Stephenville, Texas; l. Goodnight, Tesas.
6) VIRGINIA MCILHANY, b. Lexington, Mo., March 17, 1878; d. Dallas, Tex., July 26, 1879.
7) ELIZABETH MCILHANY, b. ib. Sept. 23, 1879; d. ib. June 21, 1881.
8) MARSHALL MCILHANY, b. Stephenville, Tex., August 29, 1882; d. Lampassas, Tex., Jan. 26, 1885.
9) JOHN EDWARD MCILHANY, b. Stephenville, Tex., April 28, 1884.
10) LILY PLANT MCILHANY, b. Lampassas, Tex., May 26, 1886.
11) ROBERT MCILHANY, b. Lampassas, Tex., August 5, 1888; d. ib. Jan. 9, 1889.
12) LOU-LU MCILHANY, b. ib. Nov. 9, 1889.
13) VICTORIA VANDIVER MCILHANY, b. ib. Nov. 14, 1891.
14) MARCIA MCILHANY, b. Stephenville, Tex., Dec. 6, 1893; d. ib. June 27, 1894.
15) DOUGLAS FRANK MCILHANY, b. ib. July 28, 1895.
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12. BETTIE WASHINGTON MCILHANY, b. “Rosewood”, Jan. 10, 1839; e. Fulton Female Seminary, Fulton, Mo.; m. 1st. New Florence, Mo., Nov. 25, 1856, Dr. George Robert Milton, her cousin (for their four children, see MILTON FAMILY §169); m. 2nd. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 20, 1883, Ripley Warren Sparr (b. Rush County, Ind., July 6, 1832; p. John and Mary Guthery Sparr; he is a banker at Lawrence, Kan.).
13. ANNE LOUISA MCILHANY, b. Berlin, Md., Feb. 16, 1841; e. Danville, Mo.; m. New Florence, Mo., March 14, 1861, Eli Rezin Offutt (b. Fairfax County, Feb. 20, 1835; p. Eli Offutt and Margaret Sanford Washington, a sister of Edward Sanford Washington, §124. For eighteen years he was a Professor of Mathematics in Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. He is stock farming now near Cleburn, Tex.).
1) MARSHALL MCILHANY OFFUTT, b. “Woodlawn”, Callaway County, Mo., May 7, 1862; e. Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; m. Camden, Ontario, Canada, July 4, 1889, Emma Catherine Moyer (b. ib. July 6, 1863; p. Jacob S. and Elizabeth Moyer). He is stock farming near Cleburn, Tex.
a. ALLEN DOUGLAS OFFUTT, b. Wichita Falls, Tex., July 27, 1893.
b. EDGAR LYLE OFFUTT, b. Iowa Park, Tex., Jan. 31, 1895.
c. EARL OFFUTT, b. Gainseville, Tex., Nov. 5, 1896; d. ib. May 11, 1897.
2) MARGARET CHASE OFFUTT, b. “Woodlawn”, Feb. 8, 1864; e. Pritchett Institute, Glasgow, Mo., and Mary Institute, St. Louis, Mo.; m. St. Louis, Mo., May 29, 1884, William Conway (b. ib. Feb. 22, 1857; p. Joseph and Virginia Lanham Conway); l. Kirkwood, Mo.
a. ROY DOUGLAS CONWAY, b. Lamonte, Mo., March 7, 1885.
b. HAROLD LANHAM CONWAY, b. ib. April 27, 1886.
c. LOUTIE OFFUTT CONWAY, b. St. Louis, Mo., June 18, 1890.
d. EDGAR FINDLEY CONWAY, b. ib. Dec. 18, 1892.
e. ROBERT MILTON CONWAY, b. ib. Aug. 13, 1894.
f. WILLIAM GORDON CONWAY, b. ib. June 9, 1897.
g. VIRGINIA LEE CONWAY, b. ib. Feb. 24, 1900.
3) MARY WASHINGTON OFFUTT, b. “Woodlawn”, May 24, 1865; d. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 26, 1873.
4) DOUGLAS OFFUTT, b. “Bleak House”, Williamsburg, Mo., Nov. 24, 1866; e. Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; m. Los Angeles, Cal., June 1, 1892, Mary Cordelia Holland (b. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 1, 1871; p. Joseph Holland and Virginia Matthews; gr. p. Stephen and Elizabeth Holland – John and Mary Matthews). He is a merchant at Los Angeles, Cal.
a. BERENICE OFFUTT, b. St. Louis, Mo., June 20, 1893; d. ib. July 7, 1893.
b. BEULAH MAY OFFUTT, b. ib. Jan. 21, 1895.
5) ELIZABETH OFFUTT, b. Audrain County, Mo., Nov. 7, 1869; e. Mary Institute, St. Louis, Mo.; m. Kirkwood, Mo., July 10, 1901, Bertram Brown (b. ib. April 6, 1873); l. St. Louis, Mo., where he is a salesman.
14. HERBERT MCILHANY, b. Frederick County, Md., in Nov. 1842; d. near Florence, Mo., in April 1853.
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15. JOSEPH WASHINGTON MCILHANY, b. Frederick County, Md., Feb. 22, 1844; m. 1st. in Arkansas, Jan. 13, 1874, Mary Elizabeth Coker (b. ib. about 1856; d. Dublin, Tex., Feb. 16, 1884); m. 2nd. Sipe Springs, Tex., Feb. 25, 1886, Mrs. Lydia Frances Doty-Elliot (b. in Alabama, Nov. 29, 1859); he is farming and teaching school near Lockhart, Tex. He had five children by his first marriage and seven by his second.
1) BEULAH BENTON MCILHANY, b. Lead Hill, Ark., Sept. 30, 1875; m. Lockhart, Tex., July 30, 1899, Benjamin Averite Laurie (b. Milam County, Tex., Sept. 10, 1877); l. Kerrville, Tex., where he is book-keeping.
a. EARL RUSSELL LAURIE, b. Tilman, Tex., June 8, 1900.
2) WARNER MCILHANY, b. Lead Hill, Ark., Oct. 27, 1877; is clerking at Smithville, Tex.
3) JOHN MARSHALL MCILHANY, b. Denton, Tex., August 15, 1880; d. ib. Oct. 5, 1881.
4) LOUTIE MCILHANY, b. Denton, Tex., July 17, 1882. m. Big Foot, Frio County, Tex., Aug. 10, 1901, Samuel Massengale (b. Helena, Tex., Dec. 25, 1876); l. Fentress, Tex.
a. ROBERT RUSSELL MASSENGALE, b. ib. May 9, 1902.
5) MARY ELIZABETH MCILHANY, b. Dublin, Tex., Feb. 16, 1884; d. Comanche, Tex., in June 1886.
6) ALBERT MARVIN MCILHANY, b. ib. April 27, 1887.
7) BESSIE MCILHANY, b. ib. May 1, 1889.
8) WANDA LEE MCILHANY, b. Longview, Tex., Dec. 29, 1890.
9) LYDIA MCILHANY, b. Lockhart, Tex., April 18, 1893.
10) RUTH MCILHANY, b. ib. June 4, 1895.
11) JOSEPH WASHINGTON MCILHANY, b. Harwood, Tex., April 8, 1897; d. ib. Oct. 20, 1897.
12) ERNEST LINWOOD MCILHANY, b. Big Foot, Tex., Jan. 30, 1901.