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JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN I

(1831-1883)

MALE DESCENDANTS OF
JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN I

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MCELWAIN FAMILY IN ERIE COUNTY NEW YORK
FRANK MCELWAIN IN IOWA
RALPH MCELWAIN IN ERIE COUNY NY
ROGER MCELWAIN (1759 - )

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JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN (LORENZO, ROGER, TIMOTHY SR., JAMES) b. 11/29/1831 Holland or Wales, Erie, NY d. 7/24/1883 IA.

Besides the male descendants listed above for JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN are also the descendants of WILLIAM THOMPSON MCELWAIN & JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN II.

JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN III was told that he was JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN IV but with generations skipped. He apparently is not a direct descendant of the JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN SR who had a son JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN JR of Warsaw NY. ROGER is a half brother to JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN SR and LORENZO and RALPH are "half" cousins to JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN JR of Warsaw NY.

In the 1870 census JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN I was now in a hotel in Cedar Rapids IA. He was not married. His wife had died in Wales NY. His children are in New York with their maternal grandparents.

JOHN A MCELWAIN 23 m. 9/17/1854 CLARASA BUSH 18 both of Wales, NY. (Early Justice of Peace Marriages). CLARA MCELWAIN d. at the age of 26 from paralysis about 1862.

JOHN and CLARA MCELWAIN had three girls all born in NY probably in Wales:

1) SARAH A. MCELWAIN b. abt 1855 in Wales, Holland, NY d. 1938 Parker S.D. m. NATHANIEL MARTIN d. 1925 Chicago
2) MINNIE "MINA" E or C MCELWAIN b. 1859 Wales, Holland, NY d. 1918 Chicago m. 1880 Cedar Rapids IA to Walter S WALLACE b. 1851 Ligonier PA d.1935 Long Beach CA
3) ADA "ADDIE" E MCELWAIN b. 1868 or 1862 Wales, Holland, NY d. 1941 in Santa Cruz CA m. 1st to JOHN LOVEHART & 2nd to CHAUNCEY HURD b. 1880 NY d. 1940 Aptos CA

MARY MCELWAIN, 1 month old daughter who was in the 1855 New York State Census for Wales, might be the same child as SARAH or perhaps MARY died and SARAH was born later.

In the 1870 Cedar Rapids IA Census was RUTH A GREEN, schoolteacher, who later became the second wife of JOHN A MCELWAIN. I suppose that JOHN brought his children to Iowa and put them in school. He probably met RUTH at that time and soon they were married.

JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN (age 36) m. 10/1/1871 Black Hawk Co IA (possibly Cedar Creek) to RUTH A GREEN (age 24) b. abt 1849 IN d. 12/13/1930 IA - two children, a son FRANK MCELWAIN b. 4/30/1873 IA d. 4/15/1947 CA(See link) and also a daughter GRACE E MCELWAIN b. 11/2/1875 Cedar Rapids IA d. 1963 Mount Dora FL m. 1st to John Connor d. 1928 (2 children: John b. 1913-1945 killed in WWII & Gabrielle) and 2nd to RICHARD BROWN.

JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN was a General Agent (salesman) for agricultural implements. He was no longer a farmer when he went to Iowa.

JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN died prematurely at the age of 52. The Iowa State Register, a Des Moines paper published by Ret Clarkson, the Republican power at that time says in their July 26, 1883 issue (page 2, column 4)

"J A MCELWAIN, a prominent citizen of Cedar Falls, was drowned while bathing on Saturday evening. As he was alone there is no certain knowledge as to how the accident happened. His death will be a great loss to the community."

RUTH GREEN


I've been trying to find RUTH GREEN MCELWAIN'S death certificate for some time. It would have her parents names on it. I still don't have it but I came up with a clue last night at the library.

Since she is buried in Iowa at the Fairfield Cemetery in Black Hawk Co I kept trying to get a death certificate from the Co or the state to no avail.

My discovery was that she moved to Chicago and then to Evanston Twp in Cook Co the same county as Chicago. I had also been wondering how her son Frank ended up at Northwestern University in Evanston IL. I will now (hopefully) find her death certificate in Cook Co IL.(found nothing by 2005)

RUTH A GREEN (age 24) b. abt 1849 IN d. age 82 years & 11 days on 12/13/1930 bur. in Fairfield Cemetery in Black Hawk Co IA m. 10/1/1871 Black Hawk Co IA (possibly Cedar Creek) to JOHN ALLEN MCELWAIN (age 36) - two children, a son FRANK MCELWAIN b. 4/30/1873 IA d. 4/15/1947 CA(See link) and also a daughter GRACE E MCELWAIN b. 11/2/1875 IA m. JOHN R CONNOR b. abt 1870 Md (parents b. MD) - two children: Robert Conner b. abt 1908 Illinois & John Connor Jr b. abt 1914 Illinois. It is rumored that they or she moved to Mount Dora FL & now had the last name BROWN.

The 1900 Census shows RUTH MCELWAIN living in Evanston Ward 2, Cook Co, IL as head of household b. 12/1848 age 51. 2 children living with her, GRACE MCELWAIN b. 11/1875 Iowa age 24 and ADDA LOVEHART (sp?) b. 4/1865 NY age 36.

The 1910 census shows RUTH A MCELWAIN, English, age 61 b. 1848 in 34-wd Chicago, Cook, Illinois as mother-in-law with GRACE M CONNOR and husband JOHN H R CONNOR. He is a Clerk-Telephone Mfg. ROBERT M CONNOR is age 2 b. IL.

The 1920 census shows her living in Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois. She is now age 71 b. Indiana. She is living in her daughter and son-in-laws house. JOHN R CONNOR in now 48 (b. abt 1870), GRACE is 43 (b. 11/1875), ROBERT CONNOR is 12 and JOHN CONNOR, JR is 6.

Date: Saturday, 1 May 2010 06:56:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Don Brear brear47@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: John Allen McElwain
To: norma@naples.net

Hi Norma,
I see I never got back to you. I'm not certain of all sources but it appears she was buried in Iowa 1930 after being recorded in 1930 census, she was born in 1848 according to censuses. Death is according to Iowa Cemetery records.
Name: Ruth McElwain
Death Date: 13 Dec 1930
Page #: 285
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1848
Cemetery: Fairview
Town: Cedar Falls
Comment: wif of: J. A.
Level Info: Cemeteries Black Hawk County, Iowa; Vol. 1 - 4
Hope this helps.

nfarmilo@litestream.net


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