Emily Gelvin (26 MAY 1811 - 5 NOV 1857)

Birth: 26 MAY 1811, Westtown,Chester,Pennsylvania,USA
Death: 5 NOV 1857, Cynthiana,Harrison,Kentucky,USA
Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery,Neville,Clermont,Ohio, USA

Emily Gelvin
James Gelvin	Nancy ?	William McGinness	Martha Wilson

Jeremiah Gelvin		Elizabeth McGinness

m.William McGibbon


Thomas Jefferson Megibben	William Megibben Jr	Martha Megibben	John Wessley Megibben	Elizabeth Megibben	Eliza Jane Megibben	Jeremiah Megibben	James K Megibben

Father: Jeremiah Gelvin
Mother: Elizabeth McGinness
Siblings:: William Gelvin; Martha Gelvin; Margaret Gelvin; Elizabeth Gelvin; John Gelvin

Married: William McGibbon on 20 MAY 1830 at Neville,Clermont,Ohio,USA
Children:: Thomas Jefferson Megibben; William Megibben Jr; Martha Megibben; John Wessley Megibben; Elizabeth Megibben; Eliza Jane Megibben; Jeremiah Megibben; James K Megibben

Notes:: =================================================================(Page 99)Sketch Number 1Emily Gelvin, was born May 26, 1811, in the state ofPennsylvania, and here spent the early years of her life,removing with her parents, in girlhood, to Neville, Ohio, wherethe greater part of her life was spent. She was married inNeville, Ma 20, 1830, to William Megibben, who was born inPennsylvania, June 4, 1808. They spent their entire wedded lifein Clermont County, Ohio. Mr. Megibben was called in those daysa “boatsman,” in connection with the “McMaths” of the samelocality. William Megibben died in Neville, Ohio, July 1, 1845,at the comparatively early age of thirty-seven years, and wasburied in the cemetery of the above named place. His widowcontinued to reside in Neville, though in the year 1854, she wentto Harrison County Ky., where her sons were located, and theresojourned for a brief period, afterwards returning to Ohio. Inautumn of the year 1857 she again went to Harrison County Ky., tovisit her children, who thinking the change would be beneficialto her health, had induced her to take the trip. While at thehome of her son, Thomas, she was summoned to the home beyond. Inanswer to that summons, she passed away November 5, 1857. Herremains were taken to Neville for interment, and placed besideher husband in the cemetery at that place.(Page 100)“The love of earth- how they pass away! Like the sunny smiles ofa summer day; They pass from earth, we see them fall As a gemdrops from a coronal- As blossoms torn from a healthy stem; ‘Tisthus we ever think of them. We look with tears on a vacant place,And sigh for the loss of a well-known face; We murmur the namesof the ones we loved, in vain- They cannot answer our call again”William and Emily (Gelvin) Megibben had eight children born tothem, viz.: Thomas J., William, Martha, John W., Elizabeth, ElizaJ., Jeremiah, and James K.(from photocopy of a book titled 'The McGinness Family' only havepp. 18-21, 98-101, 105 )=================================================================In 1850 census Emily was living in Washington, Clermont County,Ohio. Her husband deceased by five years has her eldest sonThomas working as a Distiller and supporting the family withJohn, Eliza, & James at home. The name looks to be spelledMegibbin, She has a dot above each (i), Ancestry.com has itlisted under McGibbon.