Husband Hon. John A. McIlvaine 1 2
Born: 13 Apr 1843 - Somerset Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 2
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Father: William McIlvaine ( -1889) 1 3
Mother: Matilda McIlvaine ( - ) 1 4
Marriage: 17 Dec 1874 5
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Wife Ada C. Shaw 2 5
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John A. McIlvaine
His education was obtained in the common schools of his township, and September 19, 1860, he entered the junior preparatory department of Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; but, by doing double duty, he was admitted to the Freshman class of the college at the beginning of the fall term of 1861. Graduating in 1865, he was awarded the second honor of his class (consisting of thirty-six members), and delivered the Latin salutatory on commencement day. The class of 1865 was the last class graduated at Jefferson College before its union with Washington College, forming thereafter Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Pennsylvania.
Immediately after graduation Mr. McIlvaine en-tered as a law student with Hon. Boyd Crumrine, at Washington, Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar at August term, 1867. For two years after his admission he was engaged as a clerk in the office of the county treasurer, and then went to Kansas, locating at Wichita. While at that place he held the office of clerk of the district court for one year. In July, 1872, he was called home by the illness of his father, and, a favorable opportunity offering, he soon afterward opened a law office in Washington. During the years 1872 and 1873 he served as secretary of the Republican County Vigilance Committee. Becoming a candidate himself, in 1874 he was elected district attorney for Washington County for the usual term of three years, and at the end of this term was re-elected for a second term. Upon retiring from that office, at the end of his six years' continuous service, he received most favorable commendation from the public press for the man-ner in which he had discharged the duties of his office. One of the leading papers of his county, of opposite politics, said of him: "Mr. McIlvaine has been the chosen officer to represent the people in all criminal prosecutions in this county for the past six years, and we but echo the sentiment of all conversant with the facts when we say that he has discharged the trust with great ability and fairness. He is a hard worker, and always had a knowledge of the facts, and was fully prepared to present them in a methodical and convincing way. Although a vigorous prosecutor, he was fair; and no defendant had just cause to complain of any undue advantage having been taken of him."
During his term of office as district attorney, Mr. McIlvaine formed a partnership in professional business with Mr. M. L. A. McCracken, and the legal business of the firm became large and lucrative. This partnership continued until 1886, when on November 4, of that year, Mr. McIlvaine was elected president judge of the Twenty-seventh Judicial District, for a term of ten years. On account of the development of his native county in the production of oil and natural gas, his term of office as judge had a large and varied increase in the amount and character of the legal business to be transacted; but the Judge was equal to the demand made on his ability and strength, and not only was the business promptly transacted, but transacted in such a way as to be very satisfactory to both lawyers and clients. The cases in which his rulings and decisions were reversed in the supreme court were comparatively few in number. [CBRWC, 226]
He served in the National Guard of Pennsylvania, as adjutant of the Tenth Regiment for two years. He was a ruling elder in the Second Presbyterian Church.
General Notes: Wife - Ada C. Shaw
from Philadelphia, PA