Brief Life History of Charles Oscar
When Charles Oscar Ewell was born on 23 May 1862, in Belfast, Marshall, Tennessee, United States, his father, Phillip Kennerly Ewell, was 38 and his mother, Amanda Caroline Williams, was 30. He married Ola Ephriam Becton on 25 September 1889. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Civil District 21, Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Dyer, Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1942. He died on 10 January 1942, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Dyer, Gibson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Charlie O Ewell, "United States Census, 1910"
- C O *Ll, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Charles Oscar Ewell, "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Sultana Tragedy
In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): habitational name from Ewell Minnis or Temple Ewell (Kent) or possibly from Ewell (Surrey), all named from Old English ǣwell ‘river source’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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