There has been some discussion about Wainville and early settlers and i came across this chapter in "Moccasin Tracks and other Imprints" by William Dodrill and thought this would be a good time to review the information. Tunice Muckelwain (McElwain), born in 1773, came to the Elk valley from Pendleton county about 1810, and settled on Holly. He had married Catharine Propst before coming to the county and was the father of ten children. Catharine was born in 1792: George in 1793: Barbary in 1795: Mary in 1798: Thomas in 1800: Dorotheain 1806; Catharine (named after her deceased sister) in 1808; Jacob in 1810; Elizabeth in 1813; and Nancy in 1815. It can be seen that no charge of race suicide can be alleged against this German-American citizen. George married Elizabeth Perrine, born in 1798. This marriage occured in 1813, and the young couple, full of pluck and vim, settled at the mouth of Laurel creek, where they remained until 1832. They then moved to what is now Wainville, and remained there until Mr. McElwain's death, which occured in 1854. He was a good farmer and left each of his three sons a fine farm adjoining each other. He was a noted hunter, but he did not let that diversion interfere with his farm work. He belonged to that class of pioneers that did things. They subdued the wilderness and fought the Indians and the British. They did their full share in the work of laying the foundation of sovereign states. George McElwain was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was the father of ten children-- Nancy, Catharine, Dianah, Andrew, Jane, Rachel, Lewis, Elizabeth, George and Jerusha. They married and settled in what is now Webster county. Nancy married Isaac Weese and moved to the right hand fork of Lost run. She was the mother of four children-- Martha, Andrew, Addison and Angeline. She died in 1852. Catharine married Enos Weese and lived on the left hand fork of Lost run. She was the mother of George, Lewis, Mack, Wesley, Reuben, Elizabeth, Virginia, Dianah and Catharine. Mrs. Weese died in 1858 and was buried in the McElwain cemetery near Wainville. Dianah married Abraham Goff and settled on Laurel creek one mile above Wainville. She baecame the mother of eight children. Their names were Thomas, Mary, John, Louisa, George, Albert, Benjamin and Isaac. She died in 1884. Andrew, born in 1826, married Margaret Sawyers in 1850, and moved to the Gauley in 1873. He was the father of Thomas S., William D., George S., Lewis J., Enos W., Preston M., Kate and Robert. He was a justice of the peace and served as assessor for twelve years. He died in 1888 and was laid to rest in the old Wainville cemetery. his wife died in 1891. As stated in a former sketch Jane married William Woods and settled on the head of Birch river. She was the mother of eight children and lived until 1908, and her husband died in 1914. Rachel, born in 1828, married John Given about 1846, and settled at Upper Glade. They lived there until 1863, where Mr. Given was killed by Federal soldiers. She was the mother of three children: Elizabeth, Fannie and Samuel Kyle. She married Major Marshall Triplett in 1865 and raised one son, Hedgeman. She is the only one of the family now (1915) living. Major Triplett died in 1898. Lewis, born in 1832, married Matilda Hickman [note: her stone identifies her as 'Mary M.']in 1854 and began houskeeping in the old McElwain homstead near Wainville, then Nicholas county. He was the father of eight children--seven daughters and one son. They were named Rhoda, Martha, Tunice, Catharine, Mary, Jerusha, and Ida. The second daughter (name unknown)[note: her name was Hannah 1856-1861] died at the age of five years. He took a very active part in the affairs of Webster county. He was one of the supervisors in 1871 and 1872. He was elected a justice of the peace in 1876 and served a full term of four years. He was elected a member of the County Court in 1880. He was president of that body for four years in a term of six years. He died in 1911 and his wife in 1912. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com