MY McILWAIN FAMILY OF OKTIBBEHA COUNTY BY MONA TOMLINSON SAMUEL McILWAIN WAS BORN IN ABBEYVILLE, SC. TO ANDREW & JENNIE TODD McILWAIN. HE WAS MARRIED TWICE, FIRST TO POLLY, BELIEVED TO BE MRS POLLY BOWEN GAITLEY, A WIDOW. SECOND TO SUSANAH CAROLINE CONN WHO HE MARRIED JANUARY 03, 1839. SAMUEL CAME TO OKTIBBEHA COUNTY MS BY WAY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ALABAMA. HE AND HIS FAMILY CAN BE FOUND ON THE 1850 CHEROKEE CENSUS. McILWIAN IS SPELLED McELIVANE ON THIS CENSUS: IN THE HOUSE NUMBER 653 IS: SAMUEL 51, SUSAN 41, MARGARET 21, WILLIAM 20, SAMUEL 18, MARY 16, THOMAS 14, NANCY 13, ELIZABETH 8, SARAH 7, JOHN 5, SUSANAH 4, JENERAL S 1. HIS DAUGHTER ROSEY A IS WITH HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM DICKEY AT HOUSEHOLD NUMBER 646. HIS SON JAMES B IS IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF ELIAS AND SARAH HIGH NUMBER 645. ROBERT IS IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF JOSEPH AND MARY HIGH AT HOUSEHOLD NUMBER 670. (ARE THE HIGH FAMILY RELATED???) POLLY DIED 11/27/1838 JUST 2 WEEKS AFTER THE BIRTH OF NANCY JANE. CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND POLLY: NAME / SPOUSE/ BURIAL PLACE IF KNOWN 1. ROSE ANN McILWAIN 11/25/1822 / WILLIAM DICKEY--- ROSE DID COME TO OKTIBBEHA AFTER THE DEATH OF WILLIAM. SHE HAD 2 CHILDREN 1. TOM WHO LIVED WITH JAMES B & M.M. HIGH FAMILY AND 2. MARY JANE WHO IS BURIED SANDERS CEMETERY. ROSE WAS WITH THE JOSEPH H. McREYNOLDS FAMILY ON THE 1880 CENSUS. 2. ROBERT ANDREW McILWAIN 05/24/1824 / IRENE 3. JAMES B McILWIAN 12/28/1826 /1st SARAH FRANCES HAYES 2nd MRS. MARIAH AMBROSE FRIDAY WHO HE MARRIED MAY 09, 1889, BEFORE HIS DEATH DECEMBER 11, 1890. OLD CHESTNUT LOG 4. MARGARET McILWAIN 03/28/1828 / OBEDIAH CONN 5. WILLIAM McILWAIN 10/28/1829 6. SAMUEL McILWAIN 10/20/1830 / SALLIE SARAH LOGAN SANDERS CEMETERY 7. MARY ANN McILWAIN 08/04/1835 / ALLEN COTTON 8. ARCHIBALD THOMAS McILWAIN 01/15/1838 9. NANCY JANE McILWAIN 11/15/1838 / MR. HANNAH CHILDREN OF SUSANANH AND SAMUEL 10. ELIZABETH ANN REED McILWAIN 11/25/1840 / HAYWOOD HOWARD LINCECUM SANDERS CEMETERY 11. SALLY ANN McILWAIN 04/21/1842 / WILLIAM RHODES (RODES ON MARRIAGE BOND) 12. JOHN H WILSON McILWAIN 08/21/1844 / NORA ELIZABETH BOYD --- SOUL CHAPEL NOXUBEE COUNTY 13. SUSANNA CAROLINE McILWAIN 07/18/1846 / WILLIAM A.J. TEMPLETON 14. JAMES SHIELDS (JENERAL) McILWAIN / ARIXIE JANE ROBERTS --- ARTESIA CEMETERY. SUSANAH DIED SEPTEMBER 27, 1864 AND IS BURIED IN SANDERS CEMETERY. EVERY ONE BURIED IN SANDERS CEMETERY IS RELATED TO THE McILWAIN FAMILY. AFTER SUSANAH DIED SAMUEL MOVED FROM AGENCY TO DOUBLE SPRINGS WHERE HIS SON JAMES B. LIVED. SAMUEL DIED MARCH 27, 1869 AND IS BURIED AT OLD CHESTNUT LOG
CEMETERY. MY ANCESTER WAS JAMES B. McILWAIN. HE AND SARAH FRANCIS HAYES HAD EIGHT CHILDREN. THEY ARE BURIED OLD CHESTNUT LOG CEMETERY. HIS SECOND WIFE MARIAH FRIDAY IS BURIED NEXT TO HER FIRST HUSBAND MARTIN FRIDAY AT BIG CREEK, McILWAIN IS NOT ON HER HEADSTONE. CHILDREN OF JAMES B & SARAH ARE: 1. GEORGE DUFFIE McILWAIN 09/21/1851 / BETTIE HEMPHILL --- ODDFELLOWS GEORGE WAS CALLED MAC AND WAS SHERIFF OF OKTIBBEHA COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS. 2. MITCHEL MARSHALL McILWAIN 03/11/1855 / EMILY BYARS --- BIG CREEK 3. ELIZABETH McILWAIN 04/15/1859 / J.T. McKEE --- BIG CREEK 4. MINNIE HILL McILWAIN 12/03/1861 / STACY COOPER --- OLD CHESTNUT LOG 5. WILLIAM THOMAS McILWAIN 09/13/1864 / DICIE PHELPS OLD CHESTNUT LOG 6. JAMES F. McILWAIN 12/10/1866 / ELIZABETH A BUTLER ---OLD CHESTNUT LOG 7. MARY L McILWAIN 04/10/1869 / JAMES OLIVER OLLIE TEMPLETON ---OLD CHESTNUT LOG 8. NEELY NORRIS McILWAIN 09/22/1872 / JEMIMA IRENA AZWELL BIG CREEK CEMETERY MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS WILLIAM THOMAS McILWAIN WHO MARRIED DICIE PHELPS DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER PHELPS BURIED BLYTHE CREEK AND MARTHA ANN LATHAM PHELPS BURIED DOUBLE SPRINGS BAPTIST CEMETERY. WILLIAM THOMAS DIED AUGUST 31, 1916 AND WAS BURIED IN OLD CHESTNUT LOG CEMETERY, WHILE DICIE DIED MAY 29, 1940 AND IS BURIED BESIDE HER MOTHER ACROSS THE ROAD AT DOUBLE SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH. I ASKED MY GRANDMOTHER WHY THEY DID NOT BURY GRANDMA DICIE BESIDE WILLIAM AND SHE SAID THE CHILDREN DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WILLIAM WAS BURIED, SO THEY PUT HER WITH HER MOTHER AND BROTHERS. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM & DICIE McILWAIN: 1. EFFIE EVELYN McILWAIN 12/31/1887 / MARION WESLEY FULGHAM 2. NANLY WESLEY WESS McILWAIN 08/11/1889 / ARDELLE SMITH --- TEXAS 3. MARY FRANCES McILWAIN 08/22/1894 / LEWIS R. TOMLINSON --- DOUBLE SPRINGS METHODIST CEMETERY 4. CONNIE IRA McILWAIN 07/11/1896 / HENRY A FULGHAM --- DOUBLE SPRINGS BAPTIST CEMETERY 5. JOHN THOMAS McILWAIN 03/07/1897 OLD CHESTNUT LOG 6. MATTIE PEARL McILWAIN 09/03/1903 / LEWIS R TOMLINSON --- SELF CREEK CEMETERY 7. WILLIAM BILL MERCER McILWAIN 02/25/1905 / EDNA HARMAN --CENTER GROVE CEMETERY 8. INFANT McILWAIN 11/08/1905 9. DANIEL DEWEY McILWAIN 12/27/1906 / SAVANNAH BLASINGAME ---SELF CREEK CEMETERY 10. INA ALICE McILWAIN 07/23/1908 / 1st ERMAN OSWALT 2nd RAYMOND THOMPSON --- ODFELLOWS 11. ANNIE MAE McILWAIN 10/19/1910 / EUGENE MORGAN --- MORGAN CHAPEL
MY GRANDMOTHER MARY FRANCIS McILWAIN MARRIED LEWIS RICHARD TOMLINSON 08/24/1919 AND DIED HAVING THEIR 7TH CHILD. LEWIS MARRIED HER SISTER MATTIE PEARL McILWAIN IN 1942. LEWIS HAD MARKED OFF FOR MATTIE TO BE BURIED BESIDE HIM IN DOUBLE SPRINGS METHODIST BUT AT SOME TIME BETWEEN 1954 AND 1985 THE MARKERS HAD BEEN MOVED AND THERE WAS NOT ROOM FOR MATTIE BESIDE HIM, SO SHE WAS BURIED SELF CREEK BESIDE MY MOTHER, LILLIAN WEEKS. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ABOUT 1919: EFFIE, CONNIE AND WESS WERE NOT IN IT. EFFIE DIED 1919, WESS LIVED IN ARKANSAS, CONNIE WAS MARRIED TO HENRY FULGHAM. BACK: DICIE, MARY, WILLIAM BILL, MATTIE P FRONT: ANNIE MAE, INA, DAN
THIS IS HENRY ARTHUR AND CONNIE IRA McILWAIN FULGHAM AND THEIR OLDEST SON PRESTON WHO WAS BORN 03/07/1913. IN 1960 THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND DICIE TRAVELED TO TEXAS TO VISIT WESS SEATED: MATTIE P, WILLIAM BILL, WESS STANDING: CONNIE AND INA (DAN DID NOT GO)
CONNIE AND HENRY 1969 INA & ERMAN OSWALT 1940 NELLIE & LUTHER STANDING WAYNE IN FRONT EARL, DAN, REVELLEE, VANNAH MCILWAIN TAKEN ABOUT 1936
ON BACK OF THIS PHOTO HAS: BILL McILWAIN ON VIOLIN PRESTON FULGHAM ON GROUND NO NAMES FOR OTHER YOUNG MEN (PLAY ACTING)
LEWIS AND MATTIE McILWAIN TOMLINSON IN 1942 WHEN THEY MARRIED. CHILDREN OF LEWIS AND MARY McILWAIN: LOUISE, HULEN, LILLIAN, CHARLIE, LOLA, AND HERMAN, ALL DESEASED. THIS IS J.T. McKEE AND SECOND WIFE J.T. WAS MARRIED TO ELIZABETH McILWAIN AND THEN HE MARRIED THE WIDOW OF WILLIAM J PHELPS, MATTIE SIMS.
2nd FROM LEFT BELIEVED TO BE NEELY N McILWAIN, ONE ON RIGHT TO BE WILLIAM THOMAS McILWAIN Copyright 2009. All rights reserved Friday, 16-Jan-2009 14:02:34 MST Oktibbeha County, Mississippi Genealogy & History Network http://oktibbehamsgenealogy.org Hosted by C. L. Herrick, and Mona Tomlinson, Co-County Directors. MSGHN State Director: Everette Carr MSGHN Asst. State Director: Tammy Howard-Westmoreland MSGHN Webmaster: Bill White