Mahala married Greer Mcilvain\ Mcelvain Sr on 2 Jul 1829 in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo, MI. Greer (son of John McElvain and Mary Jordan) was born on 8 Feb 1804 in Erie Co, PA; died on 4 Feb 1871 in Rockville, Kankakee, Illinois; was buried in 1871 in Deselm Cemetery, Kankakee Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ann Eliza McElvain and died.
2. David McElvain was born on 22 Jul 1830 in Kalamazoo Co, MI; died on 5 Mar 1898.
3. John Mcilvain\ McElvain was born on 17 Aug 1832 in Michgan; died on 28 Apr 1907 in Rockville, Kankakee, Illinois; was buried in 1907 in Deselm Cemetery, Kankakee Co, Illinois.
4. Mary Jane McElvain was born in 1834; died in 1914 in Rockville, Kankakee, Illinois; was buried in Deselm Cemetery, Kankakee Co, Illinois.
5. William G McElvain was born on 6 Jul 1837 in Michgan; died on 17 Sep 1907 in Illinois, USA; was buried in Deselm Cemetery, Kankakee Co, Illinois.
6. Elizabeth McElvain was born in 1842; died in Rockville, Kankakee, Illinois; was buried in Deselm Cemetery, Kankakee Co, Illinois.
7. Margaret McElvain was born in 1843 in Michgan; and died.
8. Greer Mcelvain Jr was born about 1848 in Rockville, Kankakee, Illinois; died on 19 Jan 1873 in Rockville, Kankakee, Illinois; was buried in 1873 in Deselm Cemetery, Kankakee Co, Illinois.
9. Helen Mars McElvain was born on 17 May 1849 in Rockville, Kankakee, Illinois; died on 13 Jan 1938 in Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL; was buried on 16 Jan 1938 in Deselm Cemetery, Kankakee Co, Illinois.
10. Alice Jeanette Mcilvain\ McElvain was born in 1856 in Rockville, Kankakee, Illinois; died on 8 Aug 1890 in Rockville, Kankakee, Illinois; was buried in Deselm Cemetery, Kankakee Co, Illinois.