. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy . city lived,with their families, his brothers, General HughBoyle and Judge Philemon Beecher Ewing, his sister,Airs. C. F. Steele, his eldest son, William Cox Ew-ing, and elder daughter, Mrs. Edwin S. Ewing was struck down by a cable car inNew York on January 20, 1896. He was taken tohis apartment where he w^as living with his wife andyounger daughter Beall. He died on the morning ofJanuary 21, without recovering consciousness. Hewas buried at Yonkers on the Friday following. Hiswife and all his children survi
. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy . city lived,with their families, his brothers, General HughBoyle and Judge Philemon Beecher Ewing, his sister,Airs. C. F. Steele, his eldest son, William Cox Ew-ing, and elder daughter, Mrs. Edwin S. Ewing was struck down by a cable car inNew York on January 20, 1896. He was taken tohis apartment where he w^as living with his wife andyounger daughter Beall. He died on the morning ofJanuary 21, without recovering consciousness. Hewas buried at Yonkers on the Friday following. Hiswife and all his children survive him. In his every-day life he was pure and unselfish. Though full ofhigh ambition, he was hopeful and cheerful underadversity and disappointment. In manner he wasdignified and simple; in conversation ready and in-teresting, full of humor and amiabilit3\ and approachable, he had hosts of one appealed to him in vain. His hand gavehelp, his heart compassion. He was an affectionateson and brother, a loving father, a devoted husband. /^ ib;^. COLONEL JOHN L. STATES ARMY. 373 Colonel JOHN L. CLEM. United States Army. Was born in Newark, Ohio, in 1851. He wasbut ten years of age when the war between the Statesbegan, and at that earl}^ age he evinced a militaryardor that would not be suppressed. Time and timeagain he tried to enlist as a drummer bo}^, but he wasas often rejected on account of his extreme his efforts were rewarded in May, 1863, whenhe had hardly passed his twelfth year, b}^ securing anenlistment in the Twent3-second Alichigan Volun-teers as Musician and hence Sergeant. With a proudstep he marched at the head of that famous fightingorganization, never leaving his position even in thehottest of its engagements. It was at Shiloh thatthe Confederates gave him their warmest reception,and his drum was literalh shot full of holes. Hisgallant conduct on this as on other occasions wonhim the proud title of the Drummer Bo}^
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