Among my Grandmother’s things, I found an obituary for Thomas
Ewing. I don’t think there is a family
connection, but I would guess that he was a friend and neighbor of my great
grandfather JR Thomas, when they were living in Harvey County, Kansas. I don’t know the paper or the publication
date, but it would likely be a Halstead paper around the time of his death,
prior to March 1910.
It has quite a bit of information on him, so I copied the
article and will post it here, in case any of his descendants can use the information.
He was born in Johnston ,
Scotland , March
18, 1837 and died shortly before his 73rd birthday. He married Katherine Kelly on Dec 13,
1857. They had 12 children, eight died
before their father.
He came to America
in 1864, and lived in Illinois until they
moved to Kansas
in 1870.
They had a farm 4 miles of Halstead, and lived there until
about 3 years prior to his death.
His wife, Katherine and 4 children, Mrs WP Akins
(Halstead), James Ewing (©Linda C Robinson 2014
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