Saturday, May 27, 2023

F. S. Ewing Censuses

1880

 F.S. Ewing, age 11, was listed as a son of James H Ewing in Montgomery County, Arkansas on line 31.  John and Martha Ewing are living nearby. There are several McKinley families next door.  Frederick Short Ewing eventually married for a second time to Mary Short McKinley after his first wife Emma Frances Woodall died in 1910. 



1900
Frederick Short Ewing and Emma Frances are found in
Caney Township, Montgomery County Arkansas
line 79-82 with two daughters, Ludie and Ula.



1910
F. S. Ewing and Emma F are listed on lines 11-18. They have 6 children, including my grandmother Murphy "Mephia". Emma died later that year and F.S. remarried to Mary Loren "Short" McKinley. 





James McNair's Will

  His will was written with his own hand January 5, 1817, and proved at the July term of the Knox Co. Court, 1818. The will in full is recor...