Frederick Short Ewing Comes For A Visit 1955

 

Pictured below is my great-grandfather, Frederick Short Ewing, on a visit he made to see my grandmother, Merphia Ewing Quillin. They came over to my parents' home on Texas Street in Vernon, Texas. From left to right: F.S. Ewing, Truman Bryan Quillin, Sr., Merphia Ewing Quillin, my sister Paula.

Below is F. S. with my brother and sister, Bryan and Paula. 

Frederick Short Ewing's 86th Birthday

 February 21, 1954

These pictures were taken by my mother and daddy in 1954. I'm uncertain as to the location but I feel that it must have been somewhere around Vernon, Texas, as that is where my parents lived and it is also where F.S.Ewing's daughter (my grandmother, Merphia Ewing Quillin Hart) lived.

 

Frederick Ewing passed away in 1962 when I was 6 years old, and I do not have any memories of him. I always thought that he had a kind face, but when I inquired about him to a lady who knew him and had done some Ewing research, I was told that he was actually pretty crusty.

F. S. Ewing is pictured above with my daddy, Truman Bryan Quillin, Sr. (son of Merphia Ewing), and Lewie Montgomery (son of Ludie Ewing). Truman and Lewie were grandsons of Frederick Short Ewing. Merphia and Ludie were his daughters.

The above picture was taken from my mother's album. When my husband scanned it, he purposefully left her explanation and date below. Bryan and Paula are my siblings.

America, The Land of the Free

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MY…HOW WE HAVE CHANGED

 For 34 years, I have researched my own history, and as I have stated before, I realize that all of my ancestor’s footprints lead straight to my door. They have given me opportunities because of their sacrifices. If I had to say what nationality I am, I would have to say American. I have no recent immigrants. My lines have been established on American soil from the 1600s to the 1700s. Some were here before we were a nation. Today, I’m going to diverge from that journey; take a few steps back and present some of the challenges that I feel I face in today’s world.

We live and we learn, but we can only grow if we know our past history. There have been mistakes all through the ages. We have come a long way since the Revolution by making better choices for humanity. We will continue to learn and grow. Yet, there has to be some acceptance of where we have been and where we are going. We are in this together. It has been disconcerting to witness the decay of the principals for what our forefathers fought and died for. For a long time, I have known that what I believe most firmly in has been challenged.

Three most important things to me are: faith, family and my homeland. I have said for a long time that when we take God out of the equation, we have lost a huge part of our foundation. Humanity flounders when there is no belief system. A poll was recently taken to see where people stood with their faith. When asked how important faith is in their lives, the percentage has dropped from 62% in 1998 to 32% in 2023.

The family has also been in decay. The family is where core beliefs are learned and ingrained, based on a faith system of values and principles. These can not be taught in the schools. Schools are to teach children how to read and write and compute so they can become productive adults. The family teaches children how to use those tools and to stand firmly for what is right. These things help children to survive in the world and make correct choices.

And then there is America. In the poll mentioned above, patriotism has fallen even more than the other topics. It was disheartening to listen to the interviews of several young people on the beach a few days after we celebrated the birth of our great nation. In these interviews, basic questions were asked about the reasons behind this holiday. It was shocking to see that only one out of the 7 being interviewed even knew what country we fought to gain our independence, let alone know what that war was called. They didn’t have a clue as to what year the Revolution was fought, nor any knowledge of General Washington and that he was our first president. This is a scary thought to me. (There was one who knew the answers.) Our nation will fall further into decay as we are flooded with a generation that has NO knowledge of our history. They have no knowledge as to why they get to live in a nation where they are free to make choices and to work hard to achieve their goals. We MUST not forget our history.

 This post was precipitated by something that happened to me yesterday. We are free to make our choices and my choice is to live by a code of honesty, integrity, faith, dedicated work ethic…and the list goes on. When I lay down in bed at night, I’m not thinking about how I’m going to take advantage of someone, or injure someone, or scam someone or be so downright angry that I will accost someone the following day. I try each day to fill my thoughts with gratitude and appreciation for the good things in my life. I never dreamed on my way to the grocery store that I would arrive, park my car (not next to another car, but a space over) and when I emerged from my vehicle, I was verbally accosted by a gal in that said car. She was calling me names, accusing me of damaging her vehicle, that she was going to call the police and throwing the “F” bomb all over the place. My defense was to not have eye contact and to have no response. But I have to say, that with the hostile environment that we find ourselves in today, that I was scared and highly shaken by what was happening to me. It came from out of nowhere. I have to say that I feel that it was racially motivated, as she was a different race than me. She looked decent, nice clothes, nice car, but her hair was died the same color of red as Bozo the clown. It took me several hours to process this, and I have to say that I will never understand why this happened, as I did NOTHING to deserve these verbal accusations.

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 I will continue to have faith that our paths crossed so that I can better understand the world in which we live and use it to strengthen my faith to continue to treat people with kindness and understanding. I thank God for my forefathers, my upbringing and for knowing the difference between wrong and right.

 

F. S. Ewing Married Emma Frances Woodall

 Frederick and Emma were married on 3 Jan 1894. They lived in Montgomery County, Arkansas. Together they had 6 children: 5 daughters and 1 son. Their 3rd born child, Merphia Ewing, was my grandmother. Emma died in 1910, just 3 years after her last child was born. My grandmother would have been about 9 years old when she lost her mother. 

A year later, 24 September 1911, Frederick Short Ewing married again. This time to Mary Loren "Mollie" Short McKinley. Mary's father's name was Frederick William Short II. I have never been able to discover if there was some sort of family connection between them, being that Frederick had "Short" as his middle name. Mary had previously been married to James David McKinley who passed away in 1908.  Mary had a third husband, David Abraham "Abe" Collum. They married in 1943 which was before F.S. died. However, I have never determined when they were divorced. 

EMMA FRANCES WOODALL

1877-1910

This marriage license was found on Ancestry.com in the Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957. FHL Film Number 1012704.

Frederick Short Ewing Pedigree Chart

 

FTM Frederick Short Ewing Group Sheet

This morning, I opened up my Family Tree Maker and published another group sheet for my great-grandfather, F.S. Ewing. It is easier to read than yesterday's post. 

There are two group sheets because later in life, F. S. married a second time to Mary Loren Short McKinley. 

I'm not sure why the words are a bit "fuzzy". 

Frederick Short Ewing History Sheet

 

History Sheet Frederick Short Ewing

Written by Nancy Quillin Long

July 12, 2019

 I do not remember F.S. Ewing. I was 6 years old when he died and he lived in Arkansas.  I lived in Texas. My beloved grandmother, Merphia Ewing Quillin Hart, absolutely loved Arkansas where she was born and often told me that I should go there to take in the beauty in and around Hot Springs.  My family always called him F.S. or Fed. He came to Texas to visit my grandmother in 1959, but I do not remember that visit. I only have a picture of him sitting in a chair by her front door.

When Frederick Short Ewing was born in February 1869 in Arkansas, his father James was 40 and his mother, Malinda was 35. They lived in Cedar Township, Clark County, Arkansas. The 1870 census says that his father James was born in Tennessee and his mother Malinda “Mary” was born in Missouri.  They lived on a farm and his father was not able to read or write.  The farm was valued at $150.

 By 1880, they were living Mazarne Township, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Living next door was a John Ewing and his wife Martha and their 5 children. Fed’s older brother had moved away and his mother had passed away. He was 11 years old and working on the farm. He now had a younger sister, Sarissa.

 F.S. married Emma Woodall on 3 Jan 1894. I had always heard that her name was Emma Frances Woodall born June 1877. She was about 10 years younger than Fred. Their marriage license was from Garland County Arkansas, but they were living in Montgomery County.

 In 1900, F.S. and Emma were living in Caney, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Frederick was farming and owned his farm. They had two daughters, Ludie and Ulah. His wife Emma (Woodall) was born in Mississippi and living nearby was a Marian E Woodall age 28 also born in Mississippi. Could this be a brother or other relation to Emma? There was also a Charlie A. Ewing living next door with his wife Margaret and daughter Linie.

 F. S. and Emma F Ewing were still living in the Caney Township of Arkansas in 1810. Living nearby was a Richard Short with his large family. I have often wondered why Frederick’s middle name was Short.  My guess is that he was named for a favorite relative. Fed was still farming and his family was complete. They had 5 daughters and 1 son. His two youngest daughters appear to be twins.

 Emma died in 1910 which would have left F.S. with young children.

 It appears that Frederick S. Ewing married a second time to Mollie (Mary Loren Short) McKinley. It was her second marriage as well. They are found living in Frederick, Tillman Co, Oklahoma in 1920 with her 4 teenage daughters. I found him in the 1920 census, and though I had NEVER heard that he was married a second time, a correspondent and DNA connection, Jeff Short, contacted me in the summer of 2019

In 1930, I found F.S. in the Arkansas census, living with his brother-in-law, Adam Woodall.  It says that he is widowed. I’m still not sure about his second wife, Mollie and am not totally convinced that he was married a second time, as I never remember anyone speaking of this.

 Frederick Short “Fed” Ewing died in Hot Springs Arkansas in 1963. He was buried in Old Mount Tabor Cemetery in Welsh, Montgomery Co, Arkansas.

 There are some colorful stories about him.  He must have been pretty crusty.

 From Jeff Short on Ancestry July 3, 2019

"I had added a story about GGF Ewing and deer hunting on family search. He often walked a few miles to visit our house and we would take him over to Aunt Icy's or we would take him to visit Eula in Lucky. He had a cane that he would not hesitate to bang across the hood of a car that honked at him when he crossed the street. I had heard that he left his wife when he thought she was being dishonest by serving him margarine that did not include the colorizing additive (i.e., so it looked like real butter). There was a photo of him (on family search) posted by "bobbysworld". I contacted her and it sounds like he was her (step?) grandfather. I may be able to post some more photos of him (and others) when I get some time.
Can you tell me your relationship to Louis?"