Alexander McGilvary

b. 13 April 1819, d. 1 March 1874
  • Alexander McGilvary was born on 13 April 1819 in Moore County, North Carolina.
  • William Martin Barrett and Nancy B. Keenan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Alexander McGilvary, John F. Hamilton and Elizabeth Barrett.
  • He married Sarah Jane Irvine, daughter of Benjamin Fielding Irvine and Mary Davis Bellesfelt, on 23 December 1854 in Montgomery County, Texas.
  • Alexander McGilvary and Sarah Jane Irvine appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Liberty, Hardin County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary McGilvary.
  • He was a mechanic, according to the 1860 census.
  • He and Edward Americus Anderson In May of 1861, Edward joined the Danville Mounted Riflemen under Capt. S. D. Wooldridge. However, he was exempted from further military service because of his occupation of manufacturing spinning machines, which were necessary for the production of fabric to be made into clothing for the Confederate army, as well as clothing for those who remained at home. A petition submitted to Governor F. R. Lubbock in 1862 states: “Whereas E. A. Anderson, machinist, is now carrying on the manufacture of spinning machines and wool-carding machines in this town, being legally exempted from both Confederate & State military service; that he has, for some months past, been depending on the mechanical labors & assistance of one A. M. McGilvary . . . we therefore respectfully & earnestly solicit your excellency to exempt A. M. McGilvary from state military service. . . ." in 1862.
  • Alexander McGilvary died on 1 March 1874 at age 54 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 14 Apr 2015

Family: Sarah Jane Irvine b. circa 1835