Squire Ewer

Brief Life History of Squire

Squire Ewer was born on 4 February 1828, in New York, United States as the son of Ebenezer Eleazer Ewer and Sarah Inman. He married Lucinda Clymer on 18 December 1850, in Brookfield, Moral Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Lyon, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Rock Township, Lyon, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 27 November 1903, in Rock Rapids, Lyon, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Rock Rapids, Lyon, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Squire Ewer
1828–1903
Lucinda Clymer
1830–1898
Marriage: 18 December 1850
Martha Ann Ewer
1851–1932
Esther Geneva " Gen" Ewer
1853–1875
Meritt Benton Ewer
1859–1942
Eliza Ewer
1860–1864
Wallace Kirby Ewer
1862–1946
Emma May Ewer
1865–1946
Rezina Ann Ewer
1869–1894
Willo M Ewer
1872–1904

Sources (30)

  • Squire Ewer, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Square Ewer, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Squire Ewar, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1832 · Black Hawk War

"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

Name Meaning

English (Hertfordshire, Middlesex, and Buckinghamshire): occupational name from Middle English ewere, a shortened form of ewerer ‘servant who supplied guests at the table with water to wash their hands’. The word ewerer is itself a derivative of Old French and Middle English ewer ‘water pitcher’, also recorded in Middle English as ower. Compare Lower .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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