James
Revello
McElvain
Born in Du Quoin, Perry County, Illinois
Ancestors 
Son of Robert McElvain
and Keziah (Wells) McElvain
Brother of
Samuel Blackburn McElvain, Margaret (McElvain) Dry, John L McElvain, William McElvain and Mary McElvain
Husband of
Sarah Elizabeth (Purcell) McElvain
— married
18 Mar 1856 in Perry, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Lewis McElvain,
Joseph R McElvain,
Commodore Bradford McElvain,
Andrew J McElvain,
Mary S (McElvain) Fouts and
Elmer Emmett McElvain
Died
at age 71
in Smith, Worth, Missouri
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2018
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Biography
James was born in 1827.
James married Sarah Purcell on 18 Mar 1856 in Perry County, Illinois. [1]
He passed away in 1899.
Sources
- ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BG-W35G-9?cc=1803970 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; county offices, Illinois.
- McElvain family history
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QY9-F4G?cc=1438024&wc=KGKN-YWL%3A518659401%2C519835301%2C518790702 : 13 June 2019), Missouri > Worth > Allen > image 23 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~6.25%
Darrell Allen
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M875721 [compare]
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~6.25%
Joy (Allen) McDonner :
23andMe
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~6.25%
Dave Petrie :
23andMe
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~3.12%
Karen (Freeman) Freeman-Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch JY1384788 [compare], yourDNAportal KARb7fd064d
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member karenfreemansmith97267
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B822635
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Jean Purcell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A565225 [compare]
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~0.78%
Dennis (Vette) Roberts :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A567739 [compare], Ancestry member dennisusmc
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Naomi (Foster) Wiltzius :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member naomiwiltzius
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