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Champaign County, Illinois

Biography of John S. McElwee

SOURCE: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois," Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887

SURNAMES: BARTLEY, BUCHANAN, MCELWEE, STAYTON

JOHN S. MCELWEE. The father of this gentleman, Carson J. MCELWEE by name, became a resident of this county in the spring of 1856, to which he had removed with his family from near Covington, the county seat of Fountain County, Ind. Among the members of the household was John S., of our sketch, who was born in the above mentioned locality Sept. 11, 1848. His mother was formerly Miss Eliza J. BUCHANAN, of Pennsylvania, and removed with her husband to Indiana during the pioneer days. She died in Champaign County. The father remained in this county until the spring of 1876 and then crossed the Mississippi and took up his residence in Kansas, where he still lives. The children of the household included four sons and six daughters, of whom only three survive, one brother and two sisters, namely, John S., L. C. and Elmira A.

The subject of this sketch was eight years of age when his parents became residents of this county. He attended school and grew to manhood in St. Joseph Township, choosing from among its maidens for his wife, Miss Sarah E. STAYTON, to whom he was married in the spring of 1871. Mrs. McE. Is the daughter of David B. and Sarah (BARTLEY) STAYTON and by her union with our subject became the mother of three children, one of whom died in infancy; those living are Sarah J. and David C. After marriage, Mr. McElwee located upon a farm in St. Joseph Township, where he has since remained engaged in the peaceful pursuits of agriculture, and fulfilling all the obligations of an honest man and a good citizen.

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