Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-09
VIE RnTLANn HERALD.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1871
Hon. Thomas Ewing.

n or, Of Ooio, removes another of the emf
nent men of the nstion, and landmark
A Of a former generation. He had passed
II the limit of four score years. Had he
n 'ig-l two months longer, he would have
Il beea cighty-two yehrs of age. He WAS
II bora in what in what is now West Vir-
Al qus>dnedhe 2Sth of December, 1889, but
n " with his fathers family to Ohio in
~ lt93 His parents were poor and his
N a.ry life was one of continuous toll. Ho
IA r1alvcd his early education from an elder
a sister, and continued it by the help of the
Il rather primitive common schools of that
n a,,y period In 1914 he was a school
A teacher; in 1915 he received the degree
n Of 4. B. from the Athens academy, the
n frat Eyer conferred in Ohio. In 1916, at
A the age Of twenty-seven, he was admitted
II 30 tha practice OF law, and soon took IL
bigh position at the Bar of the State. In
4 1870, when forty, ave yeprs of age, he was
looted to tho United States Senate.
There he took prominent part rs lead
er of the Wing party, AID even in the
days of Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Benton
=, 49, co.7t1
II H, retired to private life in 1887, but in
1Nll he accepted the position of Secretary
Of The Treasury in the Cabinet Of Presi-
a'nr harrison "hen Ay'er went over
20 IN" D7'h"cr"'s' MT H"'ne' WIN o'"e'
m'm0'r7 OF 'ho CABINET re7'soe0' ID
I9t'' ""en fre-loent A"yl"r assumed
the CToen'iVo 'file'' Mr. Ewing TOOK
cA'fI' OF me D"P7rIihsho OF Vhe INFERIOR
bur lett 1t in l9o' TOT seat III me = n''eu
oates 07u''' ""''" 10 H0'4 l0t
b.I1 bim.aIf a1anf f,oc, onhlio ro,iticaI
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An ,d be WAS too conservative to unite heart.
NJ with tho rsw ideas and aggressive
III P"'' "a '"o ASopN p"''''
h-r'tore hVed IN reuremeh'' OCCASION
silly reminding the world of his existence
H by a long letter, in which he promulgate
hi. yisw. of po1itics Mr.. Ewing was q
os .l.,oi9 ,,o,oro,;o,, :, rol;+ioe
''''ey hz"rT' hohor1ole' hl8h-''ne''
without fear and above reproaoh, but un-
fired for these times of change and prog
ra.s nv an inbred conservatism which
o1;,os - +ha ras+
=,
vore attack OF aplopiexy, which seized
him while engaged in argument in the
s.,,re,,e q ,urt of The TTnited States from
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recover
Mr. Ewing was tba father. nv adoption.
su uy.,. r
a'' W n' "'4''"n
oherm N OF the United States army. A
sketch Of this ralation may not be unin-
tarastipg in connection with this biogra-
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" III 'le 'P'i"elelu A'ep"'.'0''''
MT Ewing OF Ohlo, VINO mas just dleo,
was the father OF Gen. Sherman by adop-
Lon before he became hls father-in-law
How he came to be is thus told in "Oh1o
IA th9 war Inc members OF tne oar
al tLiuoAster Knew very well that Judge
Sherman had left no adequate provision
1or his large family, and 1t was agreed
among them that some or the children
should be educated and supported by the
legal brethren of the deceased parent.
In accordance with this arrangement,
Ihomas Ewing, then in the prime of his
reputation rs great lawyer and states
man. decided to adopt one OF the boys.
II must have the smartest Of tbem,.' 80
the stories of the times tell us that Mr..
Ewing said to the widow; and on the
same authority we have it that, after con-
sultaton between the mother and the
eldest sister, "Cump," at that important
period of his life at play in a neighboriug
sandbank, was selected. The next seven
years passed in school-boy life in Laneas-
ter. Young Sherman was fairly adopted
into the Ewing family, and he soon made
his way to nll their heerts. He was sent
to the English department of the village
academy, where he stood well in his
class, aud came to be promising bow
There was nothing specially remark ble
about him." so writes his foster-tather,
Mr.. Ewing, excepting that l never knew
so young n hoy'who would do an errand
40 correctly and promptly as be did"
ana again, "he WIS trsnspsrently honest,
ialth'nl and trustworthy Studious and
correct in his hatis, his progress in edu.
cnuon was ste7dy and substantial. And