WILLIAM ALEXANDER HAMILTON McILVAINE
Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, by Lewis Clark Walkinshaw vol. 4
Author: Walkinshaw, Lewis Clark
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939
Pg. 20
WILLIAM ALEXANDER HAMILTON McILVAINE
Since 1898, WILLIAM ALEXANDER HAMILTON McILVAINE has been engaged in the general practice of law in Washington, Pa., and he has been closely associated with the official life of this section.He was born in Somerset Township, Washington County, March 1, 1871, the son of WILLIAM ROBERT and SARAH ELIZABETH (HAMILTON) McILVAINE.The elder MR. McILVAINE, also a native of Somerset Township, born March 20, 1845, was engaged in the banking business.He died November, 1933.His wife, born in Nottingham Township, in 1849, died in 1929.The McILVAINE family has been known in Washington County since about 1780, having come here from Lewes, Delaware, where they first settled upon their arrival in America in 1719.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER HAMILTON McILVAINE received his early education in the Somerset Township schools, and later matriculated at Washington and Jefferson College, graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1894.He attended, for a time, the Pittsburgh Law School, and then entered the law office of his uncle, JUDGE McILVAINE, to read law.Upon his admission to the bar in October, 1898, he opened his own offices in Washington, and has been a well-known figure in the local legal fraternity to the present day.He is also a trustee and one of the vice-presidents of Washington and Jefferson College.
He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, and is a member of the Church Session.He is active in the affairs of the Republican party, was on the Borough Council of East Washington for eight years, and has been school director of East Washington for eight years.He is a member of the Bassett Club of Washington, and is associated with the County and State Bar associations, and is vice-president of the Washington Union Trust Company.
He was married in 1902 to ANNIE GERTRUDE WILSON, of Washington, daughter of JOHN and ELIZABETH (DENNY) WILSON, and they were the parents of three children: 1. ALEXANDER, born May 29, 1904, a graduate in 1927 of Washington and Jefferson College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.2. JOHN W., born June 22, 1907, also a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College, receiving his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1928.3. ELIZABETH, married to WILLIAM M. COOPER.MRS. McILVAINE died January 19, 1919, and MR. McILVAINE remarried April 3, 1923, FLORENCE STURGIS, of Washington, daughter of JOHN and JANE (HOOK) STURGIS.