The father of Frederick Short Ewing was James H Ewiing.
History Sheet –
James H Ewing
Researching this era becomes
dicey. The census sheets do not list the names of members in the household. It
only gives the number of members in age categories. I believe that James’s
father, William P Ewing, moved around a lot which also compounds the research
as they are found in different states. With that said, I believe that I have
found them in conjunction with another Ancestry member who wrote a short
summary of William P Ewing’s whereabouts.
James H
Ewing was born in 1829. He states in the 1850 census that he was born in
Tennessee. When he was 1 year old, his parents, William P Ewing and Sarah,
moved to Illinois along with two of William’s brothers. This was their home
only for a short while, as they are found in Ripley County, Missouri in 1840.
James would have been 11 years old.
James
married Malinda Dillard on 18 Dec 1849 in Cold Bath, Clark County, Arkansas,
where they took up residence in Cedar, Clark County AR near her family. Malinda was 15 years old when they married,
and it appears that she died around the age of 46. James and Malinda are found
in the 1850 census. I cannot find them in the 1860 census, but they are found
still in Cedar, Clark County in 1870 with my great grandfather, Frederick Short
Ewing. The problem with this census is her name is listed as “Mary”. They had their last child, Louisa, in 1872.
Malinda died before the 1880 census. I wonder if it was in childbirth…just
speculation.
James is
found as a widower in Mazarne, Montgomery, Arkansas. Living with him are John
F. Ewing 15, Fredrick S. Ewing 11, Louisa L. Ewing 8.
I have no
record of his death.
ADDENDUM
I
do not have much information on this James, but I am confident in my research
of him. As I peruse my old notes, I see that the information leads me back to
the older Ewing brothers that immigrated from Ireland. There is much to sort
out about these brothers. They are documented but I find conflicting
information about who’s who and their fathers. With that said, they are all
connected in some way, and they all immigrated together.
I’m
hoping that when I continue my research on the Dillard family that I may be
able to find more about James H Ewing. I found evidence of him in the Ewing
Clan research connected to the Dillard family which suggests that I am on the
right path. I have seen him referenced as James Henry and James Hayward. If it
is either, my belief is that it would be James Henry. My research of him may
later reveal that this couple lived more closely with the Dillard family than
the Ewing family. If that is the case, then I may learn more about our James H
Ewing.
There
has been much research done on his younger brothers, John William Ewing 1840
and William N Ewing 1844. James was 11-12 years old than them so this places
him in a completely different decade/generation. As if I flesh out their
information, more will be revealed about their family history, which hopefully
will give more answers about our James.
Once
again, I am confident this morning, as I came across an invitation sent to me
in April 2002 from Wallace Ewing to join the Ewing Family Website complete with
a user name and password. Unfortunately, I never followed up with that. It is
no longer an active link. Probably what happened is that it was swallowed up by
the giant ANCESTRY.COM. They have done
that with many of my valued prior links.
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