Barbara Ann Ewell

Brief Life History of Barbara Ann

When Barbara Ann Ewell was born on 24 October 1843, in Livingston, Missouri, United States, her father, William Fletcher Ewell, was 27 and her mother, Mary Lee Bland, was 25. She married Joseph Webster Davis on 1 February 1861, in Monroe, Overton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Meridian, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1910. She died on 12 April 1914, in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Lynden Cemetery, Whatcom, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nicholas Vance Sheffer
1830–1911
Barbara Ann Ewell
1843–1914
Marriage: 5 November 1866
Lydia Emma Sheffer
1869–1910
Sheffer
1887–
Peter Isaiah Sheffer
1871–
Marion Vance Sheffer
1873–1901
Cora Lula Sheffer
1877–1916
Matilda Olive Sheffer
1879–1879
George Bert Sheffer
1881–1954
Goldie Sheffer
1883–1885
Minnie May Sheffer
1885–1978

Sources (21)

  • Barbra A Jones in household of Peter Jones, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Barbara Davis, "United States Western States Marriage Index" - Divorce decree
  • Barbara A Sheffer, "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

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

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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BIOGRAPHY OF BARBARA ANN EWELL DAVIS SHEFFER

            Barbara Ann Ewell was born 24 October 1842 in Livingston, Missouri to William Fletcher and Mary Lee Bland Ewell.  Her mother was a Southern Belle and her father had been a missionary for t …

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