When John Jackson Ewing was born on 12 May 1835, in Little Britain, Little Britain Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Ewing, was 45 and his mother, Esther Shaffer, was 30. He married Rebecca Florence Smith on 29 November 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 22 August 1914, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
Scottish: altered form of Ewen , formed as if it were an English patronymic ending in -ing. See also McEwen .
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Possible Related NamesBIOGRAPHY: This Biography was obtained from the Smithfield, Cache, Utah Public Library: John Jackson Ewing was born in Pennsylvania May 12, 1835 and came to Utah with his father in October 2, 1847, ma …
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