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Smith Ewers

Birth	:	3 Jan 1834
Death	:	21 Nov 1905
Burial	:	Confidence Cemetery, Confidence, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8630000, -93.1350000
Description	:	The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886 Smith EWERS is a native of Loudoun County, Virginia, where he was born January 3, 1834, a son of Thomas and Lydia (Fleming) Ewers, natives of Virginia, the father born in Loudoun County, a son of Barton Ewers, and of English ancestry, and the mother a native of Fairfax County. She was a daughter of Robert and Ruth (Gibson) Fleming, who were both natives of Loudoun County, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ewers had a family of nine children, of whom Smith was the... Read More	The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886 Smith EWERS is a native of Loudoun County, Virginia, where he was born January 3, 1834, a son of Thomas and Lydia (Fleming) Ewers, natives of Virginia, the father born in Loudoun County, a son of Barton Ewers, and of English ancestry, and the mother a native of Fairfax County. She was a daughter of Robert and Ruth (Gibson) Fleming, who were both natives of Loudoun County, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ewers had a family of nine children, of whom Smith was the eldest. They are as follows -- Smith, Ruth, Rachel, Alice, Thomas, Robert, Mary, Barton and Albert. When our subject was four years of age his parents removed to Muskingum County, Ohio, in which county he was reared and educated. October 25, 1855, he was married to Elizabeth Melick, a native of Muskingum County, and a daughter of James and Julia (Ewing) Melick, the former a native of Perry County, Ohio, and the latter born in Guernsey County of the same State, Mrs. Ewers being their only child. Mr. and Mrs. Ewers have had nine children, seven still living -- Mary A., Robert T., James A., Harriet C., Edward F., Stuart W. and Luada. Stephen T., and an infant daughter, unnamed, are deceased. Mr. Ewers continued to reside in Muskingum County till the spring of 1882, when he purchased the old George Sayre farm, on section 16, Wright Township, Wayne County, Iowa, where he has since made his home. His farm contains 200 acres of well-improved land on which he has a very fine orchard. His residence is comfortable and commodious, and his barn and other farm buildings are among the best in his neighborhood, and everything about his place betokens care and thrift.

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Smith Ewers's memorial is located at: Confidence Cemetery, Confidence, Wayne County, USA.
When did Smith Ewers death?
Smith Ewers death on 21 Nov 1905 in
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Latitude: 40.8630000
Longitude: -93.1350000

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Elizabeth A Melick Ewers

(1838 - 1929)

Siblings

Children

Hattie C Ewers Pray

(1865 - 1941)

Stuart William Ewers

(1873 - unknow)

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