Judge Ephraim Brevard Ewing

Male16 May 1819–21 June 1873

Brief Life History of Ephraim Brevard

When Judge Ephraim Brevard Ewing was born on 16 May 1819, in Todd, Kentucky, United States, his father, Rev. Finis Ewing, was 45 and his mother, Margaret Brevard Davidson, was 45. He married Elizabeth W Allen on 18 July 1835, in Ray, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States in 1860 and St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 21 June 1873, in Iron Mountain, St. Francois, Missouri, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Judge Ephraim Brevard Ewing
1819–1873
Elizabeth W Allen
1825–1901
Marriage: 18 July 1835
Mary Henrietta Ewing
1839–1866
Anna Ewing
1846–1894
Colonel Henry Watkins Ewing
1849–1898
Alice Brevard Ewing
1850–1914
Margaret Davidson Ewing
1852–1926
Florence M. Ewing
1855–1927
Charles Beverly Ewing
1858–1918
Ephraim Brevard Ewing
1859–1905
Bessie Ewing
1862–1866
Robert Ewing
1866–1866

Sources (13)

  • E B Ewing, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Ephriam B Ewing in entry for Charles Beverley Ewing, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
  • Ephraim B Ewing, "United States Census, 1850"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 July 1835Ray, Missouri, United States
  • Children (10)

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    Siblings (13)

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    World Events (8)

    1820 · Making States Equal

    Age 1

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    1821

    Age 2

    Historical Boundaries 1821: Cole was created from Cooper County January 1, 1821.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 17

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: altered form of Ewen , formed as if it were an English patronymic ending in -ing. See also McEwen .

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

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