MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO - BIOS:  EWING, James M.
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 "The History of Montgomery County, Ohio."; by W. H. Beers & Co., pub 
1882.

page 296

    JAMES M. EWING, farmer; P. O., Union.  James Ewing, the father of our 
subject, was a native of Lancaster Co., Pa., and emigrated to Kentucky, 
probably in 1800.  From there he came to Ohio, locating in Montgomery County 
about the year 1806, when it was yet traversed by numerous tribes of Indiana, 
who in their travels through his section of the country, often called and 
shared his kind hospitality.  Mr. Ewing opened up a subscription school in a 
rude log cabin and taught the few children whose parents had dared to settle 
in that wild and unbroken country.  Mr. Ewing was married to Martha 
McClintock, a native of Lancaster, Pa.  They were the parents of eleven 
children, of whom three are now living, viz.: Margaret, Martha and James M., 
the subject of this biography.  He was born in Montgomery County, April 3, 
1819.  He assisted his father in tilling the soil, receiving his education by 
taking advantage of the evening hours.  He chose as a partner for life Mary 
J. Akins, and was the father of two sons, viz.: John E. and Joshua.  At the 
death of his father he came by the home farm, and has since added a 
considerable amount to it.  Mr. Ewing has been a worthy and consistent member 
of the M. E. Church for the past twenty years.