Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . Ewing was brought up on a farm in Ohio,where he also learned the trade of a carpenterand cabinetmaker. He remained at home untilhe reached the age of twenty-six years, whenhe married and worked at cabinet-making fortwo years. He next bought a farm in Ohio,which he sold two years later and moved intotown, doing carpenter work throughout Jeffer-son County. In 1853 he came to SchuylerCounty, 111., and purchased a tract of prairieland, which he improved, thereby accummulat-ing some means. At a later date he bought ad-ditional farm land, and at the time of
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . Ewing was brought up on a farm in Ohio,where he also learned the trade of a carpenterand cabinetmaker. He remained at home untilhe reached the age of twenty-six years, whenhe married and worked at cabinet-making fortwo years. He next bought a farm in Ohio,which he sold two years later and moved intotown, doing carpenter work throughout Jeffer-son County. In 1853 he came to SchuylerCounty, 111., and purchased a tract of prairieland, which he improved, thereby accummulat-ing some means. At a later date he bought ad-ditional farm land, and at the time of his retire-ment from active efforts was the owner of 320acres. In 1891 he moved to Macomb, where hemakes his home with his son, although hedivides his time between this residence andthat of his daughter in Pittsburg, Kans. The subject of this sketch was married inJanuai-y, 1845. to Elizabeth Manley, who wasborn and schooled in Jefferson County. children resulting from this union were asfollows: Alvin. deceased: Pardon, deceased:. <Sd^/£S ^e^. IISTORV OF MtDONOLGH COLXTV. 877 Homer; Margaret A., who died at the age ofseventeen years; and Mary Kninia (Mrs. \. R. Clark), of Pittsburg. Kans. The motherof this family is deceased, her remains beingburied at Littleton. Schuyler County. 111. Inpolitics Mr. Ewing acts with the Democraticparty. In 1869-71 he served a term in theIllinois State Legislature, as Representativefrom Schuyler County. His religious connect-ion is with the .Methodist hpiscopal Kwing nas lived a long, industrious andhonorable life, and in his declining years isregarded by all who know him with feeling ofgreat respect and esteem. FELLHEIMER, Isaac M., Mayor of the City 111., and one of its most |)rosperousmerchants, was born in Chambersburg. Pa.,.March 29. 1857. His father. .Marks born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and hismother. Ellen (Geisenburg) Fellheimer, was anative of Philadelphia. Pa. In girlhood thelatter att
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