Brief Life History of Robert B.
When Robert B. Ewan was born on 19 April 1842, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, his father, James Roswell Ewan, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Widdows, was 29. He married Adeline Jane Temple on 6 April 1871, in Pike, Pike, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 11 May 1922, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Kaw Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- Robert Ewan, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert B. Ewan - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Robert B. Ewan
- R.B. Ewan, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Ewen ; see also McEwen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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