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词条 John A. McElwain
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John Allen McElwain (September 21, 1794 in Palmer, then in Hampshire County, now in Hampden County, Massachusetts – March 2, 1875) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Lt. John Allen McElwain (1743–1814) and Hannah (Melvin) McElwain (d. 1853).

On March 25, 1830, he married Mary Polly Day (1811–1834), and they had a daughter. He was Sheriff of Genesee County from 1832 to 1834. In 1834, he married Lomira Sutherland (1811–1884), and they had six children.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Genesee Co.) in 1837.

He was Treasurer of Wyoming County from 1851 to 1853. He was a member of the New York State Senate (30th D.) in 1852 and 1853.

He and his two wives were buried at the Warsaw Cemetery in Warsaw, New York.

Sources

  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA136 The New York Civil List] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 137, 143, 219, 289, 400 and 422; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
  • McElwain genealogy at Angel Fire

External links

  • {{Find a Grave|23919894}}
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9 : 1794 births|1875 deaths|New York state senators|People from Warsaw, New York|New York (state) Whigs|19th-century American politicians|Members of the New York State Assembly|People from Palmer, Massachusetts|New York (state) sheriffs

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