Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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David Ewing and Sarah Ann Thornsburg




Husband David Ewing 1 2

           Born: 1818 - Raccoon Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Ewing (      -1866) 1 3
         Mother: Jane McAllister (      -      ) 1


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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Kennedy (      -      ) 1 - 1857 1



Wife Sarah Ann Thornsburg 1

            AKA: Sarah A. Thornburg 2
           Born:  - Raccoon Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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         Father: Elisha Thornsburg (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Nancy Brinton (      -      ) 1




Children
1 M Rufus S. Ewing 1 2

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2 M Stanton F. Ewing 1 2

           Born: 28 Sep 1862 - Raccoon Twp, Beaver Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Elvira Barnes (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1889 4


3 M Ellis Ewing 1 2

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         Status: Twin



4 M Willis Ewing 1 2

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           Died: Bef 1888
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         Status: Twin



5 F Elizabeth K. "Lizzie" Ewing 1 2

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6 F Jennie Ewing 1 2

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         Spouse: Walter Dunn Barnes (1868-      ) 5
           Marr: 9 Feb 1898 2



General Notes: Husband - David Ewing


He worked on the home farm until his thirtieth year. He received a good common-school education, and at the age of twenty-two learned coopering, a trade he followed ten years.
He bought his farm, consisting of 150 acres, in 1847. He held many positions of trust in Beaver County, and was for twenty-one years a justice of the peace; he was a school director, etc. In politics he was a Republican. He and the family were members of the United Presbyterian church.

He was born in Raccoon township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the district schools. He was a cooper by trade, but also active as a farmer, and bought one hundred and fifty acres of land. He was an active worker in the Republican party, and served many years as justice of the peace. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. [GPHBC, 568]

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Sources


1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 845.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 568.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 568, 571.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 569.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 567.


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