One of six involved in the Spafford Creek Massacre in days of Chief Blackhawk.
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Col. James McElvain was born in Pennsylvania, December 28, 1784, to Samuel McElvain and Elizabeth Purdy. He married Margaret Lisle, November 10, 1808 and was killed by Black Hawk Indians near Wiota, Wis., (Fort Hamilton), June 14, 1832. Margaret Lisle was born May 20, 1790 and died July 24, 1847. ...
The sons and daughters of Col. James and Margaret Lisle McElvain were: (1) Nancy, married John Powell, has descendants at Arthur, Ill.; (2) John Lisle, married Frances Smith; (3) Samuel Purdy, (former Commissioner of the Poor for Franklin County) married Levonia Risley, and his sons and daughters are the last to live in Columbus; of this name. (4) Lieutenant Joseph; (5) William and (6) Agnes.
Col. James McElvain, named for his grandfather, Col. James Purdy, was a soldier of the war of 1812 in Captain Vance's company, is frequently mentioned in the early history of Franklin county and his tragic death is given several pages in the Wisconsin historical collections and Frank E. Stevens' History of the Black Hawk War.
Note. -- Wiota, or Fort Hamilton, is in the lead mining country which includes the district from Galena, Illinois, north into Wisconsin, and Wiota is only a few miles from the Illinois line. These men, like many others, had gone there in the hope of mending their fortunes by prospecting and had apparently done a little farming on the side in order to keep their pack animals during the winter, as well as to get corn to exchange for food during the winter. The James McElwaine mentioned was James McElvain, second son of Samuel McElvain, who, with his family were pioneer settlers of Franklinton, and a brother of Col. Andrew McElvain, mentioned in Martin's history. James McElvain moved from Columbus to Vincennes, Ind., and while there joined those who had been attracted north by news of the finding of lead mines. While he was gone, his family went to live with the family of Mrs. McElvain's father, Mr. Powell, in Vermillion County, Illinois, but after the tragic death of Colonel McElvain, they all returned to Indiana.
--Extracted from The "Old Northwest" genealogical quarterly, Volume 15, by "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society, published in 1912. https://archive.org/details/oldnorthwestgene15oldn/page/n363/mode/2up?q=Mcelvain
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Col. James McElvain was born in Pennsylvania, December 28, 1784, to Samuel McElvain and Elizabeth Purdy. He married Margaret Lisle, November 10, 1808 and was killed by Black Hawk Indians near Wiota, Wis., (Fort Hamilton), June 14, 1832. Margaret Lisle was born May 20, 1790 and died July 24, 1847. ...
The sons and daughters of Col. James and Margaret Lisle McElvain were: (1) Nancy, married John Powell, has descendants at Arthur, Ill.; (2) John Lisle, married Frances Smith; (3) Samuel Purdy, (former Commissioner of the Poor for Franklin County) married Levonia Risley, and his sons and daughters are the last to live in Columbus; of this name. (4) Lieutenant Joseph; (5) William and (6) Agnes.
Col. James McElvain, named for his grandfather, Col. James Purdy, was a soldier of the war of 1812 in Captain Vance's company, is frequently mentioned in the early history of Franklin county and his tragic death is given several pages in the Wisconsin historical collections and Frank E. Stevens' History of the Black Hawk War.
Note. -- Wiota, or Fort Hamilton, is in the lead mining country which includes the district from Galena, Illinois, north into Wisconsin, and Wiota is only a few miles from the Illinois line. These men, like many others, had gone there in the hope of mending their fortunes by prospecting and had apparently done a little farming on the side in order to keep their pack animals during the winter, as well as to get corn to exchange for food during the winter. The James McElwaine mentioned was James McElvain, second son of Samuel McElvain, who, with his family were pioneer settlers of Franklinton, and a brother of Col. Andrew McElvain, mentioned in Martin's history. James McElvain moved from Columbus to Vincennes, Ind., and while there joined those who had been attracted north by news of the finding of lead mines. While he was gone, his family went to live with the family of Mrs. McElvain's father, Mr. Powell, in Vermillion County, Illinois, but after the tragic death of Colonel McElvain, they all returned to Indiana.
--Extracted from The "Old Northwest" genealogical quarterly, Volume 15, by "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society, published in 1912. https://archive.org/details/oldnorthwestgene15oldn/page/n363/mode/2up?q=Mcelvain
One of six involved in the Spafford Creek Massacre in days of Chief Blackhawk.
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Col. James McElvain was born in Pennsylvania, December 28, 1784, to Samuel McElvain and Elizabeth Purdy. He married Margaret Lisle, November 10, 1808 and was killed by Black Hawk Indians near Wiota, Wis., (Fort Hamilton), June 14, 1832. Margaret Lisle was born May 20, 1790 and died July 24, 1847. ...
The sons and daughters of Col. James and Margaret Lisle McElvain were: (1) Nancy, married John Powell, has descendants at Arthur, Ill.; (2) John Lisle, married Frances Smith; (3) Samuel Purdy, (former Commissioner of the Poor for Franklin County) married Levonia Risley, and his sons and daughters are the last to live in Columbus; of this name. (4) Lieutenant Joseph; (5) William and (6) Agnes.
Col. James McElvain, named for his grandfather, Col. James Purdy, was a soldier of the war of 1812 in Captain Vance's company, is frequently mentioned in the early history of Franklin county and his tragic death is given several pages in the Wisconsin historical collections and Frank E. Stevens' History of the Black Hawk War.
Note. -- Wiota, or Fort Hamilton, is in the lead mining country which includes the district from Galena, Illinois, north into Wisconsin, and Wiota is only a few miles from the Illinois line. These men, like many others, had gone there in the hope of mending their fortunes by prospecting and had apparently done a little farming on the side in order to keep their pack animals during the winter, as well as to get corn to exchange for food during the winter. The James McElwaine mentioned was James McElvain, second son of Samuel McElvain, who, with his family were pioneer settlers of Franklinton, and a brother of Col. Andrew McElvain, mentioned in Martin's history. James McElvain moved from Columbus to Vincennes, Ind., and while there joined those who had been attracted north by news of the finding of lead mines. While he was gone, his family went to live with the family of Mrs. McElvain's father, Mr. Powell, in Vermillion County, Illinois, but after the tragic death of Colonel McElvain, they all returned to Indiana.
--Extracted from The "Old Northwest" genealogical quarterly, Volume 15, by "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society, published in 1912. https://archive.org/details/oldnorthwestgene15oldn/page/n363/mode/2up?q=Mcelvain
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Col. James McElvain was born in Pennsylvania, December 28, 1784, to Samuel McElvain and Elizabeth Purdy. He married Margaret Lisle, November 10, 1808 and was killed by Black Hawk Indians near Wiota, Wis., (Fort Hamilton), June 14, 1832. Margaret Lisle was born May 20, 1790 and died July 24, 1847. ...
The sons and daughters of Col. James and Margaret Lisle McElvain were: (1) Nancy, married John Powell, has descendants at Arthur, Ill.; (2) John Lisle, married Frances Smith; (3) Samuel Purdy, (former Commissioner of the Poor for Franklin County) married Levonia Risley, and his sons and daughters are the last to live in Columbus; of this name. (4) Lieutenant Joseph; (5) William and (6) Agnes.
Col. James McElvain, named for his grandfather, Col. James Purdy, was a soldier of the war of 1812 in Captain Vance's company, is frequently mentioned in the early history of Franklin county and his tragic death is given several pages in the Wisconsin historical collections and Frank E. Stevens' History of the Black Hawk War.
Note. -- Wiota, or Fort Hamilton, is in the lead mining country which includes the district from Galena, Illinois, north into Wisconsin, and Wiota is only a few miles from the Illinois line. These men, like many others, had gone there in the hope of mending their fortunes by prospecting and had apparently done a little farming on the side in order to keep their pack animals during the winter, as well as to get corn to exchange for food during the winter. The James McElwaine mentioned was James McElvain, second son of Samuel McElvain, who, with his family were pioneer settlers of Franklinton, and a brother of Col. Andrew McElvain, mentioned in Martin's history. James McElvain moved from Columbus to Vincennes, Ind., and while there joined those who had been attracted north by news of the finding of lead mines. While he was gone, his family went to live with the family of Mrs. McElvain's father, Mr. Powell, in Vermillion County, Illinois, but after the tragic death of Colonel McElvain, they all returned to Indiana.
--Extracted from The "Old Northwest" genealogical quarterly, Volume 15, by "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society, published in 1912. https://archive.org/details/oldnorthwestgene15oldn/page/n363/mode/2up?q=Mcelvain
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