w/o Dr. Gilbert Alexander Ewing
m/o Solomon K, U. B.,Ida Emma, George L. and Lizzie Elvira Ewing
Ewing, Mary B. - Obituary
Last Surviving Southern Ohio Civil War Nurse Dies
Mrs. Mary B. Ewing, age 97, a Civil War nurse and widow of a Civil War surgeon, is dead at her home in Wellston. Mrs. Ewing was a cousin of President Abraham Lincoln, her grandmother, Margaret Hanks, being a sister of Nancy Hanks, mother of Lincoln.
Mrs. Ewing was the widow of Dr. G. A. Ewing, who died many years ago. Married before the Civil War, both Dr. and Mrs. Ewing enlisted for service. Dr. Ewing joined the medical staff of the 156th O.V.I. and Mrs. Ewing went to Cincinnati as a nurse, taking with her their first child, then two years old. She was the last surviving Civil War nurse living in Southern Ohio.
Mrs. Ewing, was the eldest child of Mr. & Mrs. Levi Cherrington and was born several miles east of Centerville, Gallia County, in a log cabin. She had two brothers and a sister, all of whom are dead and her mother was one of 19 children, Mrs. Ewing was the mother of four children, three sons and a daughter, all of whom are now dead, except one son, Dr. U.S. Grant Ewing, who resides in Richmond, VA.
Funeral Services were held today in Jackson.
[Note: Death Certificate: Mary Ewing born Sept. 10, 1839; died July 25, 1937 in Jackson, Ohio...97 years, 10 months and 10 days of age. Husband was Dr. Gilbert A. Ewing. Parents were Levi Cherrington and Permelia Mannering.]
Gallipolis Paper
July 1937
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Ewing, Mary B. (Cherrington)Nurse
w/o Dr. Gilbert Alexander Ewing
m/o Solomon K, U. B.,Ida Emma, George L. and Lizzie Elvira Ewing
Ewing, Mary B. - Obituary
Last Surviving Southern Ohio Civil War Nurse Dies
Mrs. Mary B. Ewing, age 97, a Civil War nurse and widow of a Civil War surgeon, is dead at her home in Wellston. Mrs. Ewing was a cousin of President Abraham Lincoln, her grandmother, Margaret Hanks, being a sister of Nancy Hanks, mother of Lincoln.
Mrs. Ewing was the widow of Dr. G. A. Ewing, who died many years ago. Married before the Civil War, both Dr. and Mrs. Ewing enlisted for service. Dr. Ewing joined the medical staff of the 156th O.V.I. and Mrs. Ewing went to Cincinnati as a nurse, taking with her their first child, then two years old. She was the last surviving Civil War nurse living in Southern Ohio.
Mrs. Ewing, was the eldest child of Mr. & Mrs. Levi Cherrington and was born several miles east of Centerville, Gallia County, in a log cabin. She had two brothers and a sister, all of whom are dead and her mother was one of 19 children, Mrs. Ewing was the mother of four children, three sons and a daughter, all of whom are now dead, except one son, Dr. U.S. Grant Ewing, who resides in Richmond, VA.
Funeral Services were held today in Jackson.
[Note: Death Certificate: Mary Ewing born Sept. 10, 1839; died July 25, 1937 in Jackson, Ohio...97 years, 10 months and 10 days of age. Husband was Dr. Gilbert A. Ewing. Parents were Levi Cherrington and Permelia Mannering.]
Gallipolis Paper
July 1937
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Ewing, Mary B. (Cherrington)Nurse
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