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Mariah <I>Ewers</I> Bigbee

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Mariah Ewers Bigbee

Birth
Death
Jul 1861 (aged 45)
Burial
Waterford, Knox County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Stone broken, wife of Wm. Bigbee

In Knox County Cemetery Book says "stone broken" and has no more information. Mariah is buried near William H. Bigbee and James Bigbee.

Maria Ewers was married to William Bigbee on the 14th of February, 1833, in Knox County, Ohio.

Daughter of Robert Ewers

Robert Ewers was a son of John and Sarah ( Gladden) Ewers, of Loudoun county, Virginia, the ancestry of this family being traced back to the Norman conquest. The first to settle in the colonies was established on the Delaware river, near Philadelphia, and upon the destruction of his property by the British removed to Virginia. Beside Robert Ewers and his brother, David, who came to Knox county in 1812, Richard and Jonathan soon followed, and all attained to advanced years and all lie buried in the Friends' cemetery. Robert settled in the northern part of Middlebury township, where he lived and died, owning upward of one thousand acres of valuable land. His children were: G. Washington, John William, David. Robert, Thomas, Maria (who became Mrs. William Bigbee) and Martha (who married W. S. Files). John is the only survivor, and he is in his eighty- sixth year. G. Washington and Martha removed to Missouri about 1866, where both died. Robert went to Iowa when that state was new.
Stone broken, wife of Wm. Bigbee

In Knox County Cemetery Book says "stone broken" and has no more information. Mariah is buried near William H. Bigbee and James Bigbee.

Maria Ewers was married to William Bigbee on the 14th of February, 1833, in Knox County, Ohio.

Daughter of Robert Ewers

Robert Ewers was a son of John and Sarah ( Gladden) Ewers, of Loudoun county, Virginia, the ancestry of this family being traced back to the Norman conquest. The first to settle in the colonies was established on the Delaware river, near Philadelphia, and upon the destruction of his property by the British removed to Virginia. Beside Robert Ewers and his brother, David, who came to Knox county in 1812, Richard and Jonathan soon followed, and all attained to advanced years and all lie buried in the Friends' cemetery. Robert settled in the northern part of Middlebury township, where he lived and died, owning upward of one thousand acres of valuable land. His children were: G. Washington, John William, David. Robert, Thomas, Maria (who became Mrs. William Bigbee) and Martha (who married W. S. Files). John is the only survivor, and he is in his eighty- sixth year. G. Washington and Martha removed to Missouri about 1866, where both died. Robert went to Iowa when that state was new.


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