Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Old Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman summitted by LindaMooreMora
In 1842 Mr. McEwen married Cynthia Graham They are the parents of five children.
During the Battle of Franklin the house was crowded with Yankee wounded even the youngest child helped with the nursing. When the Federals moved their wounded they gave each of the girls a crisp five dollar note, a fortune in those days. The McEwen girls stole enough time to visit the battlefield carrying cups and a jug of water to refresh the men not yet moved. Stepping carefully around the bodies lining Columbia Pike, they saw General Hood sitting in a yard talking with his staff.
The McEwen's only son had died when he was sixteen. Mr. McEwen made it a practice to help worthy boys by taking them in his home and by giving them all the advantages he would have lavished on his own son. Twelve young men were beneficiaries of his generosity and could lay their successful lives to his helping hand. His law practice and good business head saw him through the crisis of Reconstruction. Part of his eleven acres was used for pasture for his horses and cows and a beautiful garden. As each of his daughters married he gave them a home. He started the first subdivision in Franklin known as McEwen's Addition. The lots were between Columbia Ave and Lewisburg Ave with the streets named for the Confederate generals immortalized at the battle of Franklin.
In 1842 Mr. McEwen married Cynthia Graham They are the parents of five children.
During the Battle of Franklin the house was crowded with Yankee wounded even the youngest child helped with the nursing. When the Federals moved their wounded they gave each of the girls a crisp five dollar note, a fortune in those days. The McEwen girls stole enough time to visit the battlefield carrying cups and a jug of water to refresh the men not yet moved. Stepping carefully around the bodies lining Columbia Pike, they saw General Hood sitting in a yard talking with his staff.
The McEwen's only son had died when he was sixteen. Mr. McEwen made it a practice to help worthy boys by taking them in his home and by giving them all the advantages he would have lavished on his own son. Twelve young men were beneficiaries of his generosity and could lay their successful lives to his helping hand. His law practice and good business head saw him through the crisis of Reconstruction. Part of his eleven acres was used for pasture for his horses and cows and a beautiful garden. As each of his daughters married he gave them a home. He started the first subdivision in Franklin known as McEwen's Addition. The lots were between Columbia Ave and Lewisburg Ave with the streets named for the Confederate generals immortalized at the battle of Franklin.
Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Old Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman summitted by LindaMooreMora
In 1842 Mr. McEwen married Cynthia Graham They are the parents of five children.
During the Battle of Franklin the house was crowded with Yankee wounded even the youngest child helped with the nursing. When the Federals moved their wounded they gave each of the girls a crisp five dollar note, a fortune in those days. The McEwen girls stole enough time to visit the battlefield carrying cups and a jug of water to refresh the men not yet moved. Stepping carefully around the bodies lining Columbia Pike, they saw General Hood sitting in a yard talking with his staff.
The McEwen's only son had died when he was sixteen. Mr. McEwen made it a practice to help worthy boys by taking them in his home and by giving them all the advantages he would have lavished on his own son. Twelve young men were beneficiaries of his generosity and could lay their successful lives to his helping hand. His law practice and good business head saw him through the crisis of Reconstruction. Part of his eleven acres was used for pasture for his horses and cows and a beautiful garden. As each of his daughters married he gave them a home. He started the first subdivision in Franklin known as McEwen's Addition. The lots were between Columbia Ave and Lewisburg Ave with the streets named for the Confederate generals immortalized at the battle of Franklin.
In 1842 Mr. McEwen married Cynthia Graham They are the parents of five children.
During the Battle of Franklin the house was crowded with Yankee wounded even the youngest child helped with the nursing. When the Federals moved their wounded they gave each of the girls a crisp five dollar note, a fortune in those days. The McEwen girls stole enough time to visit the battlefield carrying cups and a jug of water to refresh the men not yet moved. Stepping carefully around the bodies lining Columbia Pike, they saw General Hood sitting in a yard talking with his staff.
The McEwen's only son had died when he was sixteen. Mr. McEwen made it a practice to help worthy boys by taking them in his home and by giving them all the advantages he would have lavished on his own son. Twelve young men were beneficiaries of his generosity and could lay their successful lives to his helping hand. His law practice and good business head saw him through the crisis of Reconstruction. Part of his eleven acres was used for pasture for his horses and cows and a beautiful garden. As each of his daughters married he gave them a home. He started the first subdivision in Franklin known as McEwen's Addition. The lots were between Columbia Ave and Lewisburg Ave with the streets named for the Confederate generals immortalized at the battle of Franklin.
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