Bio of EWING, Jacob O. (b.1872), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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JACOB O. EWING - Vol III, pg 404-407
Jacob O Ewing, vice president and secretary of the Cannon Valley Milling
Com­pany of Minneapolis, belongs to that class of substantial citizens who have
received their early training on the farm, for his birthplace was his father's
farm, near Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and his natal day was January 23. 1872. He
is a son of Samuel N, and Harriet (Williamson) Ewing, the former a native of the
state of New York and the latter born in England. In the paternal line he
represents one of the old and distinguished families of America, his
great-grandfather having been a Presbyterian minister and the second president
of the University of Pennsylvania. His grandfather was likewise a minister of
the gospel and filled the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church in
Philadelphia. Samuel N. Ewing also followed a professional career but turned to
law.
Jacob O. Ewing was educated in the public schools until graduated from the
Central high school in Minneapolis, with the class of 1893. Starting out in the
business world, he spent seven years in the employ of the Washburn-Crosby
Company, thus gaining an intimate knowledge of the flour industry. Subsequently
he went to the east, settling at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in
the brokerage business for about twelve years, but in 1912 he returned to
Minneapolis, where in 1908 he had assisted in organizing the Cannon Valley
Milling Company, of which he has since been the vice president and the
secretary. This company has a large mill at Cannon Falls, Minnesota, and has
through the intervening period conducted a profitable and growing business, its
trade steadily increasing as the result of the widespread recog­nition of the
value and excellence of the output of the mill.
On the 12th of December, 1899, Mr. Ewing was united in marriage to Miss Delia
Frances Dietz of Louisville, Kentucky, and they have become the parents of two
children: J. Minor and Elizabeth Charlotte, who are yet at home. Since age
conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Ewing has supported the republican
party at the polls, although never becoming an aspirant for public office. He is
never neglectful, however, of the duties of citizenship and he is a member of
the Republican Club. He likewise belongs to several of the social organizations
of the city, including the Minne­apolis Athletic Club, the Minneapolis Golf
Club, the Minneapolis Automobile Club and the Long Meadow Gun Club. These
associations indicate much of the nature of his interest and his recreation,
manly outdoor sports at all times making a strong appeal to him. With the
exception of the brief period he spent in Pittsburgh he has remained a lifelong
resident of Minnesota and has always manifested the keenest interest in the
growth and progress of city and state.