This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McElwain Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gBB.2ACE/1094.2 Message Board Post: Gina, I have a little information on John McElwain born about 1848-1849. He married Mellissa Greenfield and is buried in the McElwain Cem in Todd Co. Note the inscription on his tombstone. John husband of Melissa McELEWAIN died Oct 6, 1896 Aged about 47 years Sleep, sleep, at last thy sleep shall be Thy rest, thy strength, thy victory Rest soldier rest, thy warfare o'er Sleep the sleep that knows no breaking Dream of battlefields no more Days of danger, nights of waking Mary