Ku sii qor faqradan - McIver wuxuu ku dhashay 25kii Sebtember, 1826, meel u dhow Society Hill, South Carolina oo ay dhaleen Alexander McIver iyo Mary Hanford McIver. Awoowgiis weynaa wuxuu ahaa Captain William Dewitt. Wuxuu u guuray Cheraw, South Carolina sanadkii 1836 qoyskiisa. Sanadkii 1846, wuxuu ka qalin jabiyay South Carolina College (hadda waa Jaamacadda South Carolina). Wuxuu bartay sharciga aabihiis kadib jaamacadda, waxaana loo ogolaaday inuu ku dhaqmo sharciga bishii Diseembar 1847. wuxuu guursaday Caroline H. Powe bishii Juun 7, 1849. Markii aabihii McIver uu dhintay bishii Luulyo 1850, Guddoomiyaha Gobolka Whitemarsh B. Seabrook wuxuu u magacaabay McIver inuu dhammaystiro muddadii aabihii uu ahaa qareenka (daa'iilaha) ee wareegga bari ee gobolka. Dhamaadkii muddada, McIver ma uusan u tartamin muddo buuxda; si kastaba ha noqotee, dhaxal sugaha laftiisu wuxuu ku dhintay xafiiska, McIver ayaa mar kale loo magacaabay inuu soo gabagabeeyo muddada aan dhicin. Markii uu dhamaaday xilkaasi labaad, McIver waxaa loo doortay xil kale oo buuxa. Waxa uu sii waday in dib loo doorto jagada ilaa 1868 markii laga saaray xafiiska iyada oo qayb ka ah Dib-u-dhiska. McIver, oo matalayay Degmada Chesterfield, wuxuu ka mid ahaa saxiixayaasha Xeerka Kala guurka ee Koonfurta Carolina bishii Diseembar 1860. Kadib wuxuu kabtan ka ahaa guutada 4aad ee South Carolina waxaana si xun loogu dhaawacay dagaalka Haw's Shop
, Va., ka dibna wuxuu ku noqday shaqadiisii qareenimo kadib dagaalkii sokeeye. Bishii Maajo 19, 1877, waxaa loo doortay inuu noqdo garsoore ku xigeenka Maxkamadda Sare ee South Carolina si uu u buuxiyo muddadii aan dhammaadka lahayn ee Garsoore Ammiel J. Willard oo noqday garsooraha sare ee maxkamadda. Golaha Guud wuxuu si aqlabiyad leh ugu doortay McIver muddo buuxda bishii Diseembar 1879. Wuxuu xilkaas hayey ilaa la doortay oo isla markiiba loo dhaariyay inuu noqdo garsooraha guud 1dii Diseembar 1891, isagoo beddelay Garsooraha Guud William D. Simpson.