BIOGRAPHY: EWING Family
  
  Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mike Williamson 
  Transcribed by Patty Frank
  
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  Jordan, John W. A History of the Juniata Valley and its People. Lewis
  Historical Publishing Company, New York, N.Y., 1913, Volume III, pages
  1226-1228.
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  EWING
  
    There are turning points in every man's life called opportunity.
  Taken advantage of they mean ultimate success. The career of J. B.
  Ewing is a striking illustration of the latter statement. Diligent
  and ever alert for his chance of advancement, he has progressed
  steadily until he is recognized today as one of the foremost business
  men of the Juniata Valley. Here he is held in high esteem by his
  fellow-citizens, who honor him for his native ability and for his
  fair and straightforward career. He is the owner of a large milling
  business in this section of the country and also has farming
  interests here.
    A son of John and Mary J. (Bowers) Ewing, John B. Ewing was born in
  Juniata county, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1874. His paternal grandparents
  were Anthony B. and Mary Ann (Johnston) Ewing, both of whom were born
  and reared in Perry and Juniata Counties, and his demise occurred at
  Mount Union, Pennsylvania. He and his wife were the parents of eight
  children, whose names are here entered in respective order of birth:
  David, James, John, Rachel, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth and Anthony. All
  of the above are deceased except James, Mary and Elizabeth. Mrs.
  Ewing is likewise deceased. She and her husband were staunch
  Methodists in their religious faith, and he was a Democrat in
  politics.
    John Ewing, third son of Anthony B. and Mary Ann (Johnston) Ewing,
  was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1846. He was
  educated in the public schools of Juniata and Mifflin counties, and
  as a youth learned the trade of miller under the able tutelage of his
  father. As a young man he owned a mill at Shirleysburg, in Huntingdon
  county, and in 1881 he located in Juniata county. He owned and
  operated mills at Mount Union and Orbisonia at the time when he was
  summoned to eternal rest, January 11, 1900. In 1868 was celebrated
  his marriage to Mary J. Bowers, who was born in May, 1851, and who is
  a daughter of John B. and Susan (Sherlock) Bowers, both of Juniata
  county. John B. Bowers was for many years a prominent farmer in
  Juniata county, where his death occurred. He was a son of Samuel and
  Susan (Snyder) Bowers, farmers in Perry county. His brothers and
  sisters were George, Samuel, Solomon, Mary and Lydia. When old age
  overtook them Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bowers became members of the
  household of their son Samuel, in Juniata county, where they both
  died. Susan (Sherlock) Ewing was a daughter of William and Mary
  (Wallsmith) Sherlock, the former of Scotch-Irish descent, and the
  latter a native of Juniata county. They both passed to eternal rest
  at Academia, Pennsylvania. There were three children born to John and
  Mary J. (Bowers) Ewing, as follows: James Elmer, of Mount Union; Laura
  B., the wife of W. J. Welch, of Mount Union; and John B., the
  immediate subject of this review. The mother of these children
  survives her honored husband and now maintains her home at Mount
  Union.
    John B. Ewing received a fair public school education in Mifflin
  and Huntingdon counties. Like his father he grew up in the milling
  business, and he has always been identified with that line of
  enterprise. He and his father erected the Orbisonia Roller Mills in
  1900 and he is now sole owner of this extensive business. In recent
  years he acquired a fine farm of one hundred and fifty acres and on
  the same he is engaged in diversified agriculture and in the breeding
  of good draught horses. He was one of the organizers of the First
  National Bank of Orbisonia and is a director in the same. While not
  actively interested in politics, he is a stalwart supporter of
  Democratic principles. He fraternized with Cromwell Lodge, No. 572,
  Free and Accepted Masons, and in religious matters he and his wife
  are fervent Baptists.
    May 5, 1898, he married Margaret E. Garver, a member of an old
  pioneer Pennsylvania family, and a daughter of John E. and Anna
  (Bowman) Garver. They have had the following children: John Boyd*,
  Anna Garver and George Ellis. The attractive family home is the scene
  of many interesting social gatherings and it is noted for its genial
  hospitality. 
  
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  *See http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/huntingdon/mcelroy/mcelroy-bios.htm
  for bio of John Boyd Ewing.