Person Sheet


Name George Washington McPhail
Birth 20 Apr 1843, Montgomery Co., Illinois
Death 7 May 1918, Divernon, Illinois
Burial Brush Creek Cem., Divernon, Illinois
Father John McPhail (1787-1851)
Mother Hannah McAdams (-1880)
Spouses
1 Elvira McLean
Birth 21 Jul 1853, Hillsboro, Montgomery Co., Illinois
Death 7 Jun 1932, Divernon, Illinois
Burial 10 Jun 1932, Brush Creek Cem., Divernon, Illinois
Father Alvin A. McLean (1826-1897)
Mother Margret Emmaline Blackwood (1825-1853)
Marriage 30 Jul 1876, Montgomery Co., Illinois
Children Clarence L. (1878-1878)
Bertha Downing (1879-1907)
Ova Anna (1881-1950)
Elva Glade (1884-1941)
Georgia Inez (1886-1960)
Minnetta Etta (1889-1963)
Jerniah Alvin (1891-1972)
Walter Reed (1894-1957)
Bessie Sylvina (1897-1980)
Notes for George Washington McPhail
Has a neice named Lizzie. Info from letters sent to George.
!Birth, marriage and death dates are from Military Records. I have his diary from his trip to Nebraska in 1871. He was 28.
Buried lot 3 block 55 Brush Creek Cematery.
!Shot in back during the war, bullet lodged in his bible.
One of his brothers patroled the Canadan boarder.
!Have his death record.
Notes for Elvira (Spouse 1)
Step brother Charlie.
!Birth date and place fron George's military records. Sally Warrington, Elvira's grandaughter, said that Elvira's mother died when Elvira was an infant. Got death date and burial date from Illinois death cert. Also got fathers name and mother's maiden name. Died at 5:30 pm. Buried Block 3, lot 55 Brush creek Cem.
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