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Regiment; and Pride of the Market. She died Nov. 10, 1866, in New York City. Ewen, William, patriot, was bom about 1720 in England. He was a member of the council of safety; and as first president of the executive council performed the duties of governor in 1775. He died soon after the of the

revolution, in Georgia.

Ewer, Ferdinand Cartwright, clergyman, author, was born May 22, 1836, in Nantucket, Mass. He was the author of Failure of Protestantism; The Operation of the Spirit; Grammar of Theology; Two Eventful Nights, or the Fallibility of Spiritualism Exposed; and Sanctity and Other Sermons. He died Oct. 10, 1883, in Canada. Ewers, Ezra Philetus, soldier, was born April 13, 1837, in New York City. In 186266 he served in the nineteenth infantry from private to captain. He was appointed brigadier-general in the United States volunteers in 1898, and assigned to command of troops in San Luis, Cuba. Ewing, Adlai Thomas, lawyer, business president, was born Feb. 5, 1846, in McLean county. 111. Since 1868 he has practiced law in Chicago, 111.; and was a member of the United States commission for the World's Columbian exposition. He was the original promoter of the boulevard now connecting Union park with Douglas park in Chicago, 111. He is president of the Marine works; and has been president of the Iro-

Holy

sentative from Tennessee to the twentyninth congress. He took part in the civil war. He died in Tennessee.

Ewing, Elmore E., soldier, merchant, poet, was born Feb. 16, 1840, in Ewington, Ohio.

He

enlisted as a private soldier in the civil war; was promoted to lieutenant; and was In 1866-99 he severely wounded in 1864. was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Portsmouth, Ohio. He was the author of a volume of poems entitled Bugles and Bells, containing incidents of the war and other themes. He died about 1900 in Ohio. Ewing, Mrs. Emma Pike, educator, lecturer, author, was born in July, 1838, in Broome county, N.Y. She has taught and lectured throughout the United States and Canada. She is the author of The Art of

Cookery.

Ewing, Ephraim B., lawyer, jurist. In 1859-73 he was an associate justice of the He died state supreme court of Missouri. in June, 1873, in St. Louis, Mo. Ewing, Fayette Clay, laryngologist, otolwas born May 28, 1862, in La Fourche

ogist,

He was educated

at the univerof the South; and at the university of Mississippi; and in

parish, La.

sity

1884

tained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. He died June 20, 1883.

Ewing, Charles, lawyer, jurist, was born July 8, 1780, in Burlington county, N.J. He received the rudiments of his education _

in the public schools;

and graduated at the

New

Jersey college In

1798. He was admitted to the bar in 1802; and practiced law at

Trenton.

He became

a councilor in 1812; and was chief justice of the supreme court of New Jersey in 182432. He was a brilliant lawyer and astute

judge.

He

died

Aug. 5, 1833, in Trenton, N.J. Ewing, E. M., lawyer, jurist. In 1843 he was chief justice of the supreme court of Kentucky. Ewing, Edwin H., congressman, was bom in Tennessee. In 1845-47 he was a repre-

from

Jefferson medical college of Philadelphia, Pa. He is a noted laryngologist and otologist of St. Louis,

quois club.

Ewing, Andrew, soldier, congressman, was born in Nashville, Tenn. In 1849-51 he was a representative to the thirty-first congress. He took part in the civil war as a confederate. He died June 16, 1864, in Atlanta, Ga. Ewing, Charles, soldier, was born in Ohio. In 1861 he became captain in the thirteenth regiment Ohio infantry; and in 1865 he at-

graduated

the

Mo.; and is connected with various St. Louis liospitals.

He

is

edi-

tor of the Laryngoscope; and is a fellow of the British rhinologieal, laryngological and otological association; and a member of the leading medical associations of America. He was a delegate from the American medical association to the international medical congress held at Rome in 1893.

Ewing, Finis, clergyman, author, was bom June 10, 1773, in Bedford county. Pa. He was a Presbyterian clergyman; and with two others organized the Cumberland presbyterian church in 1810. He was the author of Lectures on Divinity, an exposition of the doctrines of his sect. He died July 4, 1841, in Lexington, Mo. Ewing, Hugh, soldier, was bom in Ohio. In 1861 he became colonel in the thirtieth regiment Ohio infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted major-general of volunteers. Ewing, Hugh Boyle, soldier, diplomat, author, was born Oct. 31, 1826, in Lancaster, Ohio. He was a general in the federal army during the civil war. He was minister to the Netherlands in 1866-70. He was the author of Castle in the Air; Ladron, a Tale of Early California; and The Black

A

List.

He

died in 1905 in Lancaster, Ohio.