Dr. John Creyton McIlvain

1845 - 1899  (53 years)

• Name	John Creyton McIlvain
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	23 Mar 1845	Mansfield, Richland Co, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Mar 1899	Columbus, , Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I71570	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	William McIlvain
  Mother	Angeline Gilkison
  Family ID	F28249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Rebecca Hobart,   b. 8 Apr 1850, Aurelius Twp, Ingham Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 9 Apr 1921, Elwood City, Beaver and Lawrence Co, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	31 Mar 1871
  Children	1. Audubon Hobart McIlvain,   b. Abt 1872
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2015
  Family ID	F28248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holder/coi/coi120.html McIlvain, John C. 22 Aug 1862 Sergeant John McIlvain was age 18 when he entered service. He was captured near Snaggy Point, on the Red River, Louisiana on 3 May 1864. He was mustered out 7 July 1865 at Camp Chase, OH. He was also in Co E, 120th OVI. Father: William McILVAIN Mother: Angline GILKISON Birth: 23 Mar 1845, Mansfield, OH Marriage: Harriet HOBART Death: 4 Mar 1899, Columbus OH Cemetery: Relationship: Son of William McILVAINE of Co I, 120th OVI. Pension Index: John C McILVAIN, I 120th OH Inf. and G 114th OH Inf. Invalid filed 1886 June 23, Application 577947, Certificate 393272. Pension Card: Capt in Co E 120th OH Inf. Invalid filed 5 Apr 1887. Pension Card: John died 4 Mar 1899. 1850 Census, Madison Twp, Richland Co OH, Dwelling 132, Family 134: William McILVAIN, age 27 PA, plasterer; Angeline, age 33 OH; Josephine, age 7 OH; John, age 5 OH; Francis, age 3 OH; Lewis, age 2 OH; Sadelia WORKMAN, age 19 OH. [Richland Co Probate Court record: William McELVAIN married Angeline GILKISON on 21 Sep 1840 in Richland Co OH.] 1860 Census 4th Ward Mansfield, Richland County OH: Wm McILVAINE age 38 born PA, a plaisterer; Angeline age 39 OH; Josephine age 17 OH; John age 15 OH; Francis age 13 OH; Lowis [female] age 11 OH; Edward age 8 OH; Ellen age 6 OH; Andrew age 4 OH. In the 1870 Census there is a John McILVAINE age 24 born OH, working as an "agent". He is living in the 2nd Ward of the City of Washington DC. He is living in the house of Jane TYLER. 1880 Census, Galion city, Crawford Co OH, page 553: John C. McILVAINE, age 31 OH, doctor, father born OH, mother born VA; Hattie, wife, age 30 MI, parents born ??could be Minnesota; Audubon, son, age 8 MI. Post Office: Galion OH. Disability: chronic diarrhoea. 1890 Special Veterans Schedule: Galion, Crawford Co OH: Line 46, House 258, Family 303: John C. MCILVAINE, Pvt. Regiment not listed. There is a bio of J.C. McIlvain, M.D. of the 120th OVI at the following site. He was living in Galion, Crawford county, Ohio, in 1881: Born in Mansfield, Richland county, OH 23 March 1845. Before the Civil War he was selected for Annapolis and served in the navy. He resigned and entered the 120th at the time of the Civil War. After the war he was a civil engineer and then became a doctor in 1872. In 1878 he moved to Galion, Crawford county, Ohio. http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Crawford/CrPolk.htm History of Crawford County, Baskin & Battey 1881, Biographical Sketches, Polk Twp, page 848, J. C. McILVAIN, M. D., Galion: was born in Mansfield. Ohio. March 23, 1845. He attended select schools until the inauguration of the public school, which he attended until 14 years of age. He then, through the influence of John Sherman, member of Congress, received an appointment as cadet to West Point or Annapolis. He selected Annapolis, but was rejected on his physical examination, on account of a crippled arm. Through the influence of Secretary of the Navy Toucey, he was passed, however, and remained in the navy two years, on the frigate Constitution, when he resigned, and entered the 120th O. V. I. Served in Grant's 13th Corps, and was with Sherman all through the siege of Vicksburg, While with Banks' expedition, up the Red River, he was taken prisoner, and lay thirteen months in rebel prisons in the interior of Texas. He was mustered out late in 1865, and suffered severely for a year, from the effects of prison confinement. After regaining health, he went to Michigan and served six years as civil engineer. He commenced the study of medicine in 1869, and graduated in 1872, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. First commenced practice near Lansing, Mich.; practiced also in the lumber regions and at Grand Rapid, Mich. Came to Galion in the fall of 1878, and is now engaged in active practice there. Death record: John C. MCILVAINE died 4 Mar 1899 at Columbus, OH. Age 54. Born 1845. Father William MCILVAINE. Son's Death record in Ohio http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html : File # 94858 & 4699: A. Hobart McILVAINE died 14 Jan 1948 at North Side Hospital, Youngstown, Mahoning Co OH. Address 123 Meadowbrook, Youngstown, OH. Wife Dorothy ROYS. Born 3 June, 1872 at Okemos, MI. Occupation Estimator for Aetna Standard Eng. Co. Father, Dr. John C. McILVAINE, born OH. Mother, Harriet HOBART, born MI. Burial Clinton Cem, Wampum, PA. Informant, Mrs. A. H. McILVAINE, of 123 Meadowbrook Ave.