The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-09

near the peaks of Otter. They
Joined the adventures and finally
settled there and married sisters,
daughters of Mr.. Baker, a Presby-
telian minister, and lived there
until death. They both left large
families, who are now settled in
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri,
some of whom l have seen, viz:
Baker Ewing, Young Ewing, Saml.
Ewing and Finis Ewing; the last is
a Presbyterian clergyman and re-
sides in Missouri. I mention the
family on account of their having
become so numerous in the Western
country and to show the connection
between them and my family.
"My grandfather Ewing, as I
said before, settled in Maryland, on
the eastern shore of the Susque-
hanna, now Cecil county, where he
had a family of ten children-six
sons and four daughters, viz: Sarah,
William, Ann, John and James
(twins), George, Alexander, Rachel
and Samuel, who died young"
He then follows line of Nathaniel
Ewing's descendants, viz: 1. Sarah,
the eldest, m. Robert Potts, lived
near Harrisburg, Pa; 2. William
Ewing, eldest son, N. Kitty Ewing,
daughter Joshua Ewing; 3. Ann
Ewing e Sea Gull" was born on
ship board, hence the name), m.
James Breading, her cousin; 4.
John Ewing, III. Hannah Sergeant,
of Philadelphia; 5. James Ewing,
m. first Peggy Ewing, daughter of
Joshua Ewing; second, Miss Ven
able; 6. George Ewing, m. Mary
Porter (his cousin), daughter James
Porter; Z. Alexander Ewing, m.
Jane Kirkpatrick; s. Rachel M.
Ewing, M. William Ewing, rel
alive (cousinO; 8. Samuel Ewing,
d. s. p; 10. q can nowhere find
record of a tenth cbild.)
Returning to Robert Ewing and
his younger brother, Charles Ewing,
of Bedford county, Va, will say:
Robert Ewing m. Mary Baker, d.
June 1897; will probated June 25,
1887. He left surviving him his
wife May, his sons Robert, Baker,
Reuben, Chatham, Young, Urbin,
John and Finis Ewing, and daugh-
tiers Patsie, Bette, M. Mills,
and Sydney, IN. Linn.
Charles Ewing m. Martha Baker,
d. May, 1870; will probated May
81, 1910. He left surviving him
his wife Martha, sons Charles,
William, Robert, Samuel, George,
David and Caleb; daughters Mary
and Martha.
Rev. FINS Ewing, d. d., b. July
10, 1913, m. Peggy Davidson Jan.
Is, 1898; d. July 4, 1911. He had
twelve children, viz: 1. Winnifred
Warren, IN. Henry Rubey; 2. Hon.
William L. D. Ewing, United
States Senator, Governor of Illinois,
ETC.; 3. Thompson McGrady Ewing;
4. Polly Ewing, d. infancy;5. Dovie
Ewing, d. infancy; 6. Baxcter Nc
Gee Ewing, d. infancy; Z. Mary
(Polly) Ewing, III. first, Archibald
kavinagh; second, Chatham Ewing;
s. Margaret Davidson Ewing, IN.
Rev. Robert Sloan; 8. PAMELA Jane
Ewing, m. first, DR.. James W.
Reed; second, Horseley Rea; 10.
Finis Young Ewing; IL. Washing
ton Perry Ewing; II. Robert Chat
ham Ewing.
The above could be continued to
a degree your space would not per-
nit. Shall be glad to have any
known errors corrected through the
Courier-J Journals Genealogical and
Historical columns.
VIM. A. E.
National Military Home, O.,
February 2, 1897.
| 1.-THE present Ewing generation,
born in the Eighth district on the
farm where Theodore Ewing now
lives, were of the Joshua Ewing
branch, Nathaniel's half brother.
Joshua settled on that farm and
the house he built, which had addi-
tionsand underwentsundry changes
was torn down comparatively rec
emily, it having been occupied by
the descendants of Joshua Ewing,
the immigrant, until 1885.