Vermilion County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Ewing, Elijah Gray - June 18, 1877
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source: The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, February 16, 1878, page 2


We have been informed that Mrs. E. Ewing left for Monroe, for the purpose of 
bringing to this place the remains of her late husband, Col. E. Ewing, who died 
in Monroe on the 18th of June last, and interred in that place.




source: The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, March 02, 1878, page 2

The body of Mr. E. Ewing, who died in Monroe on the 18th of June last, arrived 
by steamer Mattie on Tuesday. The remains were escorted to their last resting 
place by a large concourse of our citizens, together with the different 
societies and organizations of this place of which he was a member. The Free 
Masons, the Grangers, the Sons of Temperance and the Abbeville Literary Society, 
all in full regalia, were the Associations of this place with which he was 
connected. We call the reader's attention to the communication of "Nil Debet," 
which will be found in another column of this week's issue.




source: The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, March 02, 1878, page 2

[COMMUNICATED.]

IN MEMORIAM. - Abbeville, Feb. 27th, 1878. - Virgil said: "labor omnia vincit." 
"Labor conquers everything." There are but few difficulties in the short career 
of men which will not yield to perseverance. Mr. Editor, on the 18th day of 
June, 1877, Col. E. Ewing died at Monroe, almost suddenly, whilst on a 
philanthropic mission.

The qualities of Col. E. E. are not known to the world - he was too modest to 
proclaim them; but the people of this parish know them and have appreciated them 
on this very day, by the display of a numerous procession, of all creeds, 
religions, organizations, &c. Col. E. E. was a Free Mason of 1st standing; a 
Granger; a member of the Sons of Temperance, and a conspicuous member of the 
Literary Society of this parish.

His devoted wife, who knew better than any body, his high qualifications, as a 
good man and a good husband, repaired to Monroe, at a great expense, and had the 
exhumation of his body made, and brought it in this town to be entombed with her 
family.

Mrs. Ewing fulfilled the "labor omnia vincit," of Virgil; she overcome all the 
difficulties, and brought the corpse, where it was entombed by the Masons, they 
having claimed the right of precedence over the other organizations, to whom the 
deceased belonged. The Masons, as well as the other organizations, were there in 
full uniform. The Masons led the van of the procession, then came the corpse in 
a hack drawn by two horses; next the members of the family. The Grangers came 
next, and the Sons of Temperance and the Literary Society, and about two hundred 
ladies and gentlemen, which accompanied the corpse to its last resting place, 
where Mr. Jos. Labit, Dr. White, and others, pronounced the accustomed prayers 
for the occasion.

In the above cursory remarks, Mr. Editor, I forgot to mention that the ladies 
belonging to these divers organizations were also in full uniform, each one 
wearing the badge of her rank.

We arrived too late to hear the sermon of Rev. Foust. We were told that he made 
a splendid sermon. - Nil Debet.



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