James H Ewing

 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.