Marshall McIlhaney was born in Loudon County, Virginia this month in 1837. His grandfather, a major in the Revolutionary War, made a fortune in stock-raising, making Marshall a wealthy man. After becoming a Methodist preacher, McIlhaney moved to Stephenville in 1883 and opened an elocution class. A little later he became the president of Stephenville College. In 1910, the son, Harry J. McIlhaney, began the respected, though short-lived, McIlhaney Academy, bounded by Clinton and Jones streets, facing Vanderbilt Street. McIlhaney Street is named for the family.

C. Richard King, Stephenville Streets. unpublished manuscript loaned by the author, 1986. Current whereabouts unknown.