Nicholas McVaney (McElvany)
Birth: 7 Nov 1802, Virginia, USA
Death: 6 May 1887, Hodgesville, Upshur Co., West Virginia, USA
Burial: McVaney Cemetery, Hodgesville, Upshur Co., West Virginia, USA
Father: Christopher McVaney (McElvanny, McVany)*
Mother: Mary (Polly) Paulus (Powlas) *
- Married Rebecca Reger on 17 Jul 1831
- Child 1: Adeline (Ardelia, Adela, Idela) McVaney <1833> - m. John Lance
- Child 2: Catherine Elizabeth McVaney <1835> - m. Michael Hoover
- Child 3: George Washington McVaney (McElvany) <1842> - 1870 m. (1) Pamelia (Permelia) Wilson m. (2) Margaret A. Holland
- Child 4: Mary Margaret McVaney <1847> -
- Child 5: Magdelena McVaney <1850> -
- Child 6: Rosetta McVaney <1851> -
- Child 7: Mariah McVaney <1854> -
- Child 8: Ella May McVaney - m. Unknown
Notes: (from the Lewis county Courthouse on 04/ 09/ 2003)
(Old Marriages Bk 3, page 115) July 14, 1831 - Permission for son AQUILA OSBURN to marry MAR GET MCCOLLEY given by JOSEPH OSBURN. Witnesses: NICKOLAS MCVANY, JACOB OSBURN
(Old Marriages Bk 3, page 115) July 15, 1831 - Permission for daughter MARGRET MCCALLY to mar ry AQUILLY OUSBEN by ROBERT MCCALLY. Witnesses: AQUILLY OSBURN, JONAS CAITES
(Old Marriages Bk 3, page 115) July 16, 1831 - AQUILLA OSBORN to marry MARGARET MCCALLY. Bond smen: AQUILLA OSBURN, NICHOLAS MCVANY.
(Marriage Register 1, page 64) July 21, 1831 - AQUILLA OSBURN married MARGARET MCCOLLY.
1850 Census
Nicholas Mackelvany (farmer b. VA), 49, Rebecca 36, Adeline, 17, Catherine, 15, George W. 8 , Mary M. 2
William Holland (millwright) 25, Mary A. 26, Andrew J. 9, David H. 4 m., Margaret A. Holland , 17, Elizabeth J. Mcavany, 6 m.
BURIAL: The McVaney Cemetery is on top of a hill near the Pleasant Valley Methodist Church o n County Road 1 east of Hodgesville, West Virginia. G.W. (1841-1870) and Pamelia (1832-1908 ) McVaney have a joint modern (1942 or later) stone next to Nicholas and Rebecca. Most of th e rest of the cemetery are Posts.
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