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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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ROBERT A. EWING, farmer, post office McKee’s Rocks, son of Daniel and Jane Ewing, was born in 1856, on the farm where he now resides, in Stowe township. His grandfather, Moses Ewing, came from east of the mountains and settled in this county about 1794. He (Moses) and his wife, Sophia, had the following-named children: James, Samuel, Henry, John, Daniel, Leah and Ellen. Moses died about 1831. His wife was robbed and then murdered, because she assured the robber she would know him if she ever saw him again. Daniel Ewing was born on the old homestead, in Stowe township, in 1807; was a farmer, and married Jane, daughter of James and Mary Speer. They had four children: Elwilda M., James H., L. O. (deceased) and Robert A. Daniel died Sept. 20, 1880, at the age of seventy-three years; his widow died January 3, 1886, at the age of sixty-eight years. They were members of the U. P. Church; he was a republican. Robert A. married, in June, 1887, Ida L., daughter of John and Elizabeth Fulton, of Washington county, Pa.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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