This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hF0.2ACIB/637 Message Board Post: The History Of Belmont & Jefferson Counties,Ohio author - J. A. Caldwell pub in - 1880 page - 594 JAMES McELROY was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, November 17, 1812 , and in 1835 was united in marriage to Sarah McCauslen, by whom he brought up five children. In 1837, he moved to Wills Creek and operated a grist mill for some five years. In 1842, he embarked in the lumber business in Steubenville, and continued in that business until 1852, when he came to his present location. He owns 125 acres and is now engaged in farming. Our subject's father whose name was also James, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania ; married Mary Mitchell in 1808, and removed to this county a short time after. He died in 1858 , aged seventy-six years. His wife's father, Nathaniel Mitchell, served all through the Revolutionary War, and for three years was one of General Washington's body guards. I am not related, just hope it helps.