Coosa County ALArchives Obituaries.....McEwen, Mary Catherine Sears
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Ronald D Bridges bridgesrd@knology.net October 1998


Mrs. Mary Catharine(1)  McEwen

  We are again called upon to morn the death of one of the oldest, best, 
and most favorably known ladies of the county.  Her maiden name was Sears, 
who lived for many years near Rockford, and who did a great deal toword(2)  
the moral and material upbuilding(3)  of this community.  She was born in 
Talbert county,(4) Georgia, January 23, 1834, and was at the time of her 
death, which occurred at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Simeon Adams, 
September 15, 1906, 72 years, 7 months, 22 days old.  She married George W. 
McEwen, who preceded her to the good world a little over five years, 
December 29, 1850 .(5)  To their marriage were born twelve children, five 
boys and seven girls.  Three of the girls died in childhood, leaving nine 
to morn the loss of one of the best mothers.  She professed faith in Christ 
and join the Methodist church when twelve years old, and from that time to 
the day of her death she was a consistent and upright member.  Her home, 
as well as that of her father and husband, was always a place of 
entertainment for God's ministers and people, and , also for her neighbors 
and friends.  People liked to visit "Aunt Kate," as she was familiarly 
called in the community.  But she has gone to her eternal reward, and if 
those who loved her here, would see and greet her again, they will have to 
live righteous lives in order to be fit for such association in the right 
world above.
                                                                                        
                    
 HER PASTOR 

(1) In the Sears Chapel Methodist Church cemetery, founded in 1860 and 
located in Rockford Al, her name is spelled Catherine on a marble monument.
(2)Spelled this way in the obituary.
(3) Spelled this way in the obituary.
(4) No county in Georgia's history with the name of Talbert, however, there 
is a county in Georgia, which is spelled Talbot and is probably the county 
in which she was born. 
(5) Marriage Records, Bk. B, 1848-1852, p. 126; located in Coosa County 
Courthouse, Rockford, AL. Researched by Ron Bridges on 5 Mar 1998

Note: Mary Catherine Sears(b. 23 Jan 1834 in Talbot Co., GA & d. 15 Sep 1906
in Coosa Co., AL) married George Washington McEwen(b. 22 Oct 1828 in 
Gwinnett Co., GA & d. 30 Mar 1901 in Coosa Co., AL) on 29 Dec 1850 in 
Coosa Co., AL. Marriage Records, Bk. B, 1848-1852, p. 126; located in Coosa 
County Courthouse, Rockford, AL. Researched by Ron Bridges on 5 Mar 1998. 
Both Mary and George are buried in Sears Chapel, Coosa Co., Rockford, AL.


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