MY McILWAIN FAMILY OF OKTIBBEHA COUNTY BY MONA ...

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 /1 st SARAH FRANCES HAYES 2 nd 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 / 1 st ERMAN OSWALT 2 nd 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.

2 nd FROM LEFT BELIEVED TO BE NEELY N McILWAIN,
ONE ON RIGHT TO BE WILLIAM THOMAS McILWAIN
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