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Wallace Kelly Ewing - Credentials

 

I have followed Wallace “Wally” for a long time. I trust the research he has done because of his credentials and his research in conjunction with others. He has written published books. I refer to him as Wally because that is his incognito signature on Ancestry.

 

Personal story: After years of following his research, I found him on Ancestry. I couldn’t believe that he had a tree. His tree offers very little information. One would not know how knowledgeable he is in family history. SO….I messaged him on Ancestry, and lo and behold, he rapidly answered. (See my copy of the correspondence on My 2012 Contact with wally1932.)

 https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_ewingoneamerican.php

Wallace wrote a complete history of his life on the above website.
 
Wallace K. Ewing, Ph.D. served on the Board of Directors of the Ewing Family Association 2016. He was a former Chancellor and Board Chair 2012.
 
Wallace K. 'Wally' Ewing pre-college education was in schools in Grand Haven and Chicago. He attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison and received his bachelor and master degrees from Michigan State University in 1962 and 1964. He completed his doctoral studies in English at the University of Illinois in Champaign in 1971. He has taught at Michigan State University, Iowa State University and the University of Illinois. He was a Fulbright Lecturer in Tehran, Iran; he worked for the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, West Africa; and he supervised English teachers in Puerto Rican public schools. Wally was Dean of the College at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. It was upon completion of his work there that he returned to his hometown for good.
 
Upon retirement from the Red Cross in 1995, Wally worked as Curator of Education at the Tri-Cities Historical Museum for two years and subsequently became a volunteer for the Museum. In recognition of his work, the Museum twice named Wally 'Historian of the Year'.
 
In August, 2006, Wally married Betty Jane Pickel Livingston, and, after a two-week honeymoon in England, the newly-married couple flew to Dalian, China, where Wally taught English writing and literature to Juniors at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics.
 
Wally and Jane returned to Grand Haven, where Wally continues to research and write about local history and family genealogy. He has co-authored several books and articles on local history, including Grand Haven Then and Now, released in late 2009, and “Poet in Repose,” an article about the dozen or so summers that the poet Edgar Lee Masters spent in the Grand Haven area. He has also published Our People, Their Stories, bios of local people; Covenant Life Church 1988-2013, a 25-year history; and Substance and Light, 75 Years of the West Michigan Symphony. In 2011, Wally published three more books: Ace in Spoken English, a text book for Chinese university students learning English; Slaves Soldiers Citizens, African Americans in Northwest Ottawa County; and From Home to Trench, the Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing.

So Much Fun Reuniting With My Cousin

 To celebrate my cousin’s birthday, her daughters decided to bring her to Austin to visit with Derek and me. I knew beforehand, as it was supposed to be a secret, so I prepared a complete Ewing family history book. It was a very meaningful reunion with a cousin that I had grown up with, and at times she was more like a sister. Two of Patricia’s 3 daughters were able to make the trip. 

Pictured above: Nancy Quillin Long, Tracey Herwig, Patricia Emmons Whitworth, Melanie Harkey 

Sharing the Ewing Family History Book

Ewing / Dillard Connection ?

James Ewing, Jr’s (1758) son John S Ewing(1785)
 

History of Logan County ILL Vol 1 Chapter VI Early settlement

James’s son John S Ewing married Elizabeth Dillard sister to our Ladovsey Dillard.
They were daughters of Osborn Dillard and Nancy Petty
There is much information about John S. and his descendants.
This information was from Nellie Ritchie in 2015. Her line is John S. Ewing.
 
John S. Ewing
Birth 10 April 1785 in Tennessee, USA
Death 3 March 1847 in Lawndale, Logan, Illinois, USA
Marriage to Elizabeth Dillard (sister to our Ladovsey, 2nd wife to James 17
1805 — Age: 20
Elizabeth Dillard
Birth 25 Feb 1791 in North Carolina, USA
Death 11 March 1854 in Lawndale, Logan, Illinois, USA  
 
The following was taken from the History of Logan County Illinois, Published in 1911.
John Ewing was born in 1784 in Eastern Tennessee.  In 1804 he volunteered in the Indian campaign and served during the War of 1812.  He married Elizabeth Dillard, a native of North Carolina.  They lived in White County, Illinois, having come to Illinois while it was yet a territory.  Here, Christopher C. Ewing, his son was born in 1818.  When John Ewing settled in Logan County Illinois in 1829, the Indians were their neighbors and were often troublesome, even quarrelsome.  The Black Hawk war broke out the year following their settlement, and the oldest son enlisted and served till its close.  There were four children in John Ewing’s family besides Christopher C., namely:  Osborn and James, who moved to Kansas; Sidney, who moved to Iowa, and William who moved to Kansas.  Christopher Ewing remained with his parents until his majority.
 
They lived for a while in White County, Illinois, having come to Illinois while it was yet a territory. Here, Christopher C. Ewing, his son, was born in I8I8. When John Ewing and his family settled here,
the Indians were their neighbors and were often troublesome, even quarrelsome.
The Black Hawk War broke out the year following their settlement, and the oldest son en1isted and served to its close. In the summer of 1835, Christopher C. Ewing and his brother hauled a load of wheat to Chicago. They drove an ox team and were two weeks in making the trip and six weeks in completing the journey home. They sold their wheat at seventy-five cents a bushel and loaded their wagon with salt, sugar, coffee and the like. Chicago was then a small village with two or three grocery stores on the north side of the river, a dry goods store and a grocery store on the south side, the river being spanned by a single bridge. Fort Dearborn was located there, to keep the Indians in check. There was a small store at Bloomington and one at Joliet, also a store at Pekin, but when wheat would bring seventy-five to ninety cents in Chicago, it would only bring fifty to sixty cents in Pekin. White supplies were cheaper in Chicago, hence the settlers would often make the longer trip to market.
 
Christopher Ewing remained with his parents until his majority. In 1838 he was elected as captain of militia, withThomas R. Skinner being Colonel of the regiment. In I842 he married Margaret Ann Williams. Two years later he was elected Justice of the Peace which office he retained four years. In 1849 his wife died, leaving two children. He was re-married to Adaline Metcalf, who died in 1877. In 1878 he married Elizabeth Ellis, a native of Ohio. Mr. Ewing died February 9, 1887, leaving a widow and twelve children. In 1849 he was elected as Associate Justice to the County Judge, the County Court, under the law in force at that time, consisting of the County Judge and two Associate Justices. He served until 1853.
 
In a letter to the Old Setttlers' Association of the county, Mr. Ewing (Christopher) said: "I emigrated with my parents from Tazewell County about May 30, 1829. We settled upon the border of Kickapoo, about one mile west of where Lawndale now stands. My father brought with him about 15 head of cattle, besides other stock. "We had to settle on raw land there being little cultivated. We broke sod and planted sod, come about the twenty-fifth of June, on which to winter our stock. The fall was very favorable and the corn matured well. There was any quantity of blue-stem prairie grass, and of this we availed ourselves abundantly. Yet we had to buy corn and haul it four miles. Cooking stoves were rarely seen and a match hadn't yet been thought of. On our long trips to Chicago, we had to keep a supply of flints, steel, tow and punk."
 
Mr. Ewing died February 9, 1887, leaving a widow, Elizabeth Ewing, and twelve children.
 

S.S. Jamison's Infamous Letters

Forever, I have followed information that was gleaned from the letters that Robert Ewing born 1790 had written to Sarah Sally Jamison (born 1792) about her grandmother, Margaret McMichael Ewing born 1723. With information from someone that far back, it had to be fairly accurate. Then I ran into problems because I realized there was another S.S. Jamison in Burnet Texas. Turns out, it was a respected man of the community named Samuel Sumner Jamison born 1827. He was from the same Elizabeth Ewing, just a different generation later. But I FINALLY figured it out!

Substantiating My Research—S.S. Jamison
 
For some time, I have wondered/doubted the source of S.S. Jamison in BURNET, TEXAS. The dates never matched up. I could go no further in my research until I solved this problem. Previous research was always attributed to information from S.S. Jamison, the Sarah Sally who had received letters from Robert Ewing who had written down all of the family history given to him by Margaret McMichael Ewing just a year before she died. Margaret was the wife of Samuel, son of John Ewing of Carnshanaugh 1648.
 
So how could this be the S.S. Jamison of Burnet, Texas…. see quote below taken from the Story of Clan Ewing on the Ewing Family Association website:
 As was mentioned in Chapter II, the History of Cecil Co., Maryland Ewing family had been given to Col. Wm. A. Ewing of Chicago IL in 1846 by Nathaniel Ewing born 1772, a grandson of the Cecil Co., Md. family. Col. Wm. A. Ewing was also given material on John Ewing by S.S. Jamieson of Burnet, Texas. It was published in Pioneers of Washington Co., Ky. and it matches word for word the information I will quote presently.”
  
S.S.Jamison of Burnet > John Jamison > Elizabeth Ewing > Samuel Ewing > John Ewing 1648
S.S. Jamison (Sarah Sally) 1792 > Elizabeth > Samuel Ewing > John Ewing 1648
Our James Ewing Jr 1758 > Our James (Pocahontas) 1721 > John Ewing 1648
  
Further down there are references given to other cousins in Texas. I do not have a clue who they are as of today.
 
Sometime before May 13,1983, Ono Ruth Klemann of Temple, TX sent me a copy of a letter she had received from Euline Benbow of El Camino Courts, 2102 Highway 21 East, Bryan, TX 77801. All attempts to contact Ms.Benbow have failed. Ms. Benbow's note read:
“I took this from an old letter I found in a trunk that I was blessed to receive. The letters are all 75 to 100 years old. Really thought you might enjoy this and tie some of it in with yours. If so, let me know.”

Growing Up In Small Town America Part 6

FATHER DAUGHTER VALENTINES BANQUET 

The father daughter banquet was hosted by the Camp Fire Organization. I loved my Camp Fire group, and as children, we were very close friends. When we reached high school age, Camp Fire became Horizon Club.  Our group was together from probably about age 7 until age 17. Every Valentines Day, the organization held a banquet so that the girls could be escorted by their dads to a dinner. A week or so before the banquet, we would decorate special food boxes with hearts, lace, doilies, cupids, etc. at our regular meeting. The day of the banquet our mothers would pack our box with a home cooked meal. Mother was an expert at frying chicken, so that is what was always in our box. She would include homemade potato salad, bread and some kind of dessert. 

The evening of Valentines Day, the girls hosted their fathers for an evening out together. We began with the pledge, a prayer, singing songs, and there would be a short program before we had our dinner. Our meetings always ended by singing of Wo He Lo. 

I remember when Paula was a senior, my banquet was the same evening, and I could not take Daddy, so I invited Mr. White, an employee for Daddy whom I dearly loved.  He made it the best night ever, treating me with a gentleman's etiquette, starting with picking me up at the house with the proper protocol of coming to the door to ring the bell.

These were special days that I will always cherish. 

I could not locate the old picture of me and Daddy at the banquet, 
but this picture came up of us at the Homecoming game in 1973. 

I was part of the Homecoming Court and Daddy was my escort. 

We would end with singing the Processional Song Wo-He-Lo

PROCESSIONAL: Kahinto Kamya
-- by Helen Gerrish Hughes, copyright by Camp Fire, 1954
We come, we come to our council fire
with measured tread and slow
To light the fire of our desire
To light the fire of Wo-he-lo.
Wo-he-lo, Wo-he-lo.
The little twinkling stars on high
Are whisp'ring nature lore,
While all about us the soft winds sigh
And Great Wokanda watches o'er.
Wo-he-lo, Wo-he-lo.
["Wokanda" means "God" in one of the Amer-Indian languages.]

Ladovsey Ewing's Death

 When James Ewing, Jr.'s (1758 - 1810) wife Ladovsey Dillard Ewing (1785-1821) died, there were minor children left that became orphans. These are the Court documents that were filed in order to take care of these young children. 

This information was Recorded by wmjg3 on ANCESTRY   8 March 2011

It substantiates Ladovsey's death and the death of their daughter Nancy.

Tennessee Court Minutes 1820-1822
Tennessee Court Minutes 1824-1831
Guardianship of Alfred, Sally and Malinda Ewing
Evidence of Deaths of
Nancy and Ladovesy Ewing
  
Source:  Smith Co., TN Court Minutes 1820-1822, p.164, 493
 
1821, 18 Feb: William PETTY appointed guardian to Alfred, Sally and Malinda EWING and together with Simon P. HUGHES and William DILLARD, his securities, entered into bond in the sum of $1200, Smith Co., TN.
 
1821, 11 Dec: James RAULSTON appointed guardian to Alfred, Sally and Malinda EWING and together with William JARED and John BALLARD his securities entered into bond in the sum of $1200, Smith Co., TN. The court ordered that the bond executed by William PETTY to said orphans be void and that he be discharged from further accountability as their guardian.
 
 
Source:  Smith County, Tennessee Court Minutes 1824-1831, p.397
 
1825, 29 Aug: David DOUGLAS appointed guardian to Alfred, Sarah and Malinda EWING, who came into court and together with William PETTY and John B. HUGHES entered into Bond.
 
Notes:
 
1.  Nancy Ewing:  Since Nancy was mentioned in her father’s will dated 1810 and was the youngest child, and she is not mentioned in the guardianship papers the assumption is that she must have died before Feb 1821.
 
2.  Ladovesy Ewing:  Guardianship of her minor children would indicate that Ladovesy died prior to 18 Feb 1821, so presumptive date of death would be Feb, 1821.
 
3.  The guardianship of the three youngest surviving children of James Ewing might indicate that William P. Ewing, their older brother had not yet married by 1825.   James and John Ewing were probably in Illinois by now with their own families as evidenced by 1820 census data and Illinois marriage records.
 
Excellent find on Ancestry. This was a tree done by ….wmjg3…..with thorough research and documentation. I have not seen these court minutes.

Super Bowl Sunday- THE GANDER

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 So, it's Monday morning, the day after the Super Bowl. The team that I was cheering for eventually won the game. Yet, there was an incident that is a nagging irritation in the back of my mind. One 'said' player was experiencing frustration for not being in the game. His actions were less than desirable and tainted their win in my eye. 

At the time of the incident, things were falling apart; he ran over and bumped...or rather RAMMED... his coach, nearly knocking him down. The coach did not see it coming and this 'said' player is a huge man garbed in his battle equipment. I was shocked at the exact second that it occurred. Don't get me wrong; I am a coach's wife and we were part of an extremely well-run program with high expectations. This would never be acceptable. Until now? ... nah, never!

"What's good for the goose is good for the gander." This idiom means that a rule or standard that applies in a situation should apply to everyone equally, regardless of gender or characteristics. 

Just because this 'said' player makes millions does not make him any better than any of the other players, pee wee on up, across the nation. He should regulate himself with the same acceptable standards. Yet, he found himself above all the rest with no self-constraints, having a tantrum like a child. He looked a bit like the gander who was taking advantage of the goose. 

So...he fell out of favor with me. I'm expecting him to be a better role model for all those young people watching. He is front and center stage, dating the most popular pop star on the planet, but in no way does this make him better than the rest. I'm waiting for him to learn some humility....it may be a LONG wait.