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Catherine “Kate” <I>Stevens</I> Ewing

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Catherine “Kate” Stevens Ewing

Birth
Morgan County, Alabama, USA
Death
29 Nov 1910 (aged 69)
Brenham, Washington County, Texas, USA
Burial
Brenham, Washington County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Section 4, Range 3
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Mrs. Kate Ewing was postmistress in Whitman from 1885 until the post office closed in 1907. Whitman is on Farm Road 1155 near Jackson Creek and Farm Road 2193, fourteen miles northeast of Brenham in eastern Washington County. It was named for its first postmaster, Walter G. Whitman, when it opened its post office in 1876. By 1883 Whitman was a prosperous supply point with a commercial sector and processing industries based on the vicinity's cotton production. The community had three churches, two of which were black congregations. By 1884 Whitman had seventy-five residents. By 1945 Whitman had become almost totally dependent on agriculture. It had only one business. From 1945 through 2000, when no businesses were reported, the population was twenty-five.


Kate Ewing is the daughter of unknown parents. She married George in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi on December 30, 1857. It appears they moved to Washington, Texas by the earlie 1860's and remained there the rest of their lives. They had several children to incllude Thomas Walter Ewing and Maude Ewing
Mrs. Kate Ewing was postmistress in Whitman from 1885 until the post office closed in 1907. Whitman is on Farm Road 1155 near Jackson Creek and Farm Road 2193, fourteen miles northeast of Brenham in eastern Washington County. It was named for its first postmaster, Walter G. Whitman, when it opened its post office in 1876. By 1883 Whitman was a prosperous supply point with a commercial sector and processing industries based on the vicinity's cotton production. The community had three churches, two of which were black congregations. By 1884 Whitman had seventy-five residents. By 1945 Whitman had become almost totally dependent on agriculture. It had only one business. From 1945 through 2000, when no businesses were reported, the population was twenty-five.


Kate Ewing is the daughter of unknown parents. She married George in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi on December 30, 1857. It appears they moved to Washington, Texas by the earlie 1860's and remained there the rest of their lives. They had several children to incllude Thomas Walter Ewing and Maude Ewing

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