Francis Marion Ewell

Brief Life History of Francis Marion

When Francis Marion Ewell was born on 3 November 1835, in Livingston, Missouri, United States, his father, William Fletcher Ewell, was 19 and his mother, Mary Lee BLAND, was 18. He married Frances Mary Weech on 27 July 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Helper, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1904. He died on 1 January 1904, in Spring Glen, Carbon, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Marion Ewell
1835–1904
Frances Mary Weech
1838–1916
Marriage: 27 July 1858
Sarah Elizabeth Ewell
1860–1926
Franklin Marion Ewell
1862–1923
Lorenzo Hyrum Ewell
1865–1927
Mary Elizabeth Ewell
1868–1913
William Walter Ewell
1870–1950
Laura Ann Ewell
1872–1966
Ether Ewell
1874–1878
Ether Ewell
1877–1878
Purmitt Samuel Ewell
1879–1927

Sources (27)

  • Francis Ewell in household of Polly Ewell, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Francis Marion Ewell - Published information: birth: 3 November 1835;
  • F. M. Ewall, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

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.

1837

Historical Boundaries 1837: Livingston County was created from Chariton County, Non-County Areas 6 and 18.

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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Autobiography of Laura Ann Ewell

HISTORY OF LAURA ANN EWELL DENNIS Written by her when she was 87 years old. I was born 20 August 1872 in Santaquin, Utah to Francis Marion Ewell and Frances Mary (Fanny) Weech. My folks moved out …

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