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20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio
by Joseph B. Doyle -
Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago -
1910

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  CARL ECKHARDT, whose dairy farm is situated in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owns 167 acres of excellent land, was born in Germany, Dec. 11, 1867, and is a son of Carl and Augusta (Becker) Eckhardt.  The parents of Mr. Eckhardt were natives of Germany and the father died in that country.  The mother survives and resides at Steubenville.  They were parents of the following children:  Louise, who is the wife of Henry Kleinecke; Lena, who is the wife of William Woltjen; Wilhelmina, who is the wife of Jacob Engle; and Carl.
     Carl Eckhardt attended school in Germany before coming to America and spent six months at school in the United States.  His father had been a weaver but the young man desired to engage in agricultural pursuits and soon found employment on the dairy farm of William Becker, in Jefferson County, Ohio, for whom he worked for ten years.  After that he rented land until he purchased his present farm.  Mr. Eckhardt keeps about thirty head of cattle and for fifteen years has conducted a milk route in Steubenville, numbering among his patrons some of the oldest families of the city.
     Mr. Eckhardt was married Mar. 28, 1894, to Miss Lena Bothe, a daughter of William and Wilhelmina (Bya) Bothe.  The father of Mrs. Eckhardt was a well known gardener in Cross Creek Township.  She has one brother, William and two sisters, Anna and KateMr. and Mrs. Eckardt have three children: Clara, Wilma and Florence.  The family belongs to the Zion Lutheran church.  In politics he is a Republican.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 558
  JOSEPH E. EDWARDS, a prominent citizen and the treasurer of Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, has been a resident of Toronto since the spring of 1890.  He was born in Staffordshire, England, Aug. 2, 1851, and is a son of Thomas and Annie (Burrows) EdwardsThomas Edwards was a native of Wales and his wife of England.  He died when his son, Joseph E., was a small boy.  His widow married Enoch Probert and in 1867 the family came to America and located in Jefferson County, Ohio.
     Joseph E. Edwards had few early advantages and may be said to be a self made man, having made his own business opportunities.  For a time after reaching Jefferson County he worked with his step-father in the coal mines and then as a stone mason and stone cutter and now is a contractor in stone, brick, sewer building and all kinds of concrete work, including the making of sidewalks.  For a number of years before coming to Toronto, Mr. Edwards resided at Knoxville, Ohio, where he was valued as a citizen.  Mr. Edwards possesses the stability of character that gains the confidence of his fellow citizens and wherever he has lived, they have honored him with public office.  For two years he served as road supervisor, for two more as assessor and for a number of years as tax collector of Knox Township and at present is serving in his second year as township treasurer.  At Toronto he has been a member of the Board of Health, also of the Board of Education, and is a member of the present Board of Public Service.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1033
  EDWARD T. EKEY, one of Cross Creek Township's most substantial farmers, where he owns 272 acres of valuable land, was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1830, and is a son of Andrew and Naucv (Howden) Ekey.
     The parents of Mr. Ekey are long since deceased and their remains rest in the Ekey Cemetery, one-half mile from the old Ekey homestead.  On both sides their parents came from Ireland, John and Nancy Ekey and Andrew and Margaret (Taylor) Howden all being natives of County Cavan.  To Andrew and Nancy Ekey the following children were born: Andrew and David, both of whom are deceased; Edward T.; John H., who was accidentally killed on the railroad east of Fernwood, O., in 1907, (was a Methodist minister); James and Wesley, both of whom are deceased; Margaret Jane, who married James Robertson; Mary Ann, who married Benjamin Barkhurst; and Phoebe, who married Abraham Holmes.
     Edward T. Ekey obtained his education in the neighborhood of his home and as soon as old enough began to assist his father on the farm.  Later he engaged in railroad work for a year and also did some carpenter work, but his main occupation through life has been farming.  His father willed him 124 acres of his present property and the remainder he purchased and at different times has made substantial improvements.  His handsome brick residence he remodeled and rebuilt from a one-story structure and he has a commodious barn and all other necessary farm buildings.
     In the fall of 1861, Mr. Ekey was married to Miss Serena Crawford, who died in March, 1905.  She was a daughter of James and Anna (Taylor) Crawford, and she bad brothers and sisters as follows: Abel J.; Edward T.; James H.; Carrie, wife of Henry Oliver Roberts; Harriet, wife of Frank Smith; and Emma, wife of Rev. W. Slease. Mr. and Mrs. Ekey have the following children : James; Anna, who is the wife of Edward McCullough; Harriet; J. Howard; Mary E. and Ida.  Mr. Ekey and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He is a Republican in politics and has frequently been elected to township offices, serving three years on the school board, several terms as road supervisor and also as trustee.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 779

Andrew A. Elliott, M.D.
ANDREW A. ELLIOTT, M. D., whose professional work brought him to the pinacle of distinction throughout Eastern Ohio, was one of the most thoroughly known and highly regarded men recorded in the modern history of Steubenville.  His death which occurred, June 11, 1902, was a distinct shock to the city, whose citizens mourned his passing as a personal loss.  His fellow practitioners, who frequently called him into consultation in the most complicated and trying cases, regarded is death as an irreparable loss to the medical profession.  He was taken suddenly in the prime of life and in the midst of his greatest usefulness.
     Dr. Elliott was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1853, and was a son of John and Catherine (Adams) Elliott.  His father was born in Scotland in 1818, and his mother in Ireland in 1824.  The paternal grandfather brought his family to America at a very early date and settled first in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, later moving to Athens County, Ohio.  From there John Elliott moved to Columbiana County, where he became a man of substance and the owner of a farm, living there until his death, Apr. 29, 1870.  For a period of twenty-seven years he engaged in teaching school and attained considerable prominence as an instructor.  His widow, who came to his country at the age of thirteen years.  Dr. Elliott was the fourth of six children born to his parents, of whom two are now living:  William Elliott of the Westinghouse Company, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Mary McBean, of Wellsville, O.
     Dr. Elliott, in boyhood and youth, enjoyed educational advantages denied many of his companions, his father taking particular pride in his son's quick intelligence and attainments.  From an academy at Beaver, Pa., he entered the National Normal School at Lebanon, O., where he was graduated after an attendance of three years.  He immediately entered upon the study of medicine in the office of Dr. J. W. Hammond, of Wellsville, O., subsequently entering the Medical University of New York, from which he was graduated in March, 1881.  From that time he engaged in professional work at Steubenville, quickly reaching a high degree of efficiency as a physician and surgeon, which brought him into prominence throughout this section of the state.  He was especially skilled in surgery, a branch of medical science on which his distainction chiefly lay, being regarded as the foremost surgeon of Eastern Ohio.  For many years he was surgeon for the Pennsylvania Company, the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company and several of the large manufacturing plants, as well as examiner for most of the leading life insurance companies.  He was the promoter of one of the organizers of the Eastern Ohio Medical Association, was a member of various other medical organizations and of the Association of Surgeons of Pennsylvania Company.  He was surgeon of the railroad hospital of Steubenville for many yeas and one of the leading surgeons of Gill Hospital from the time of its inception.  The manner of man he was and the esteem in which he was held is revealed in a tribute which appeared in the press at the time of his death.  To quote:  "He was beloved by his patients and there is great sorrow in many hearts, throughout the city and community, that their beloved physician, counsellor and friend had passed into the Great Beyond.  As a citizen he was progressive and was a man of striking integrity of character and a genial companion and friend.  He was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and senior warden and was one of he organizers of that church; his death is keenly felt throughout the parish where he was loved for his fidelity and Christian courtesy.  He married Rachel Shaw, only daughter of the late James Gallagher, Sept. 5, 1883, and they have lived a life of genial and happy companionship in a beautiful home surrounded by all the luxuries of a refined Christian life."

Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 615
  JAMES M. ELLIOTT, who has resided on his valuable farm of 138 acres since the spring of 1883, devotes his land to farming and stock raising, making a specialty of sheep, and dairy cows, mainly Jerseys.  He is a representative citizen of this section and is an honored survivor of the great Civil War.  Mr. Elliott was born in Brooke County, W. Va., Jan. 9, 1843, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Marsh) Elliott, who were natives of Maryland.
     The parents of Mr. Elliott gave three sons to serve their country in the Civil War; James M., George and William.  George Elliott was a member of Co. A, 98th O. Vol. Inf., going out in 1862.  In 1863 he was taken prisoner at Shelbyville, Tenn., and was confined in Libby Prison, where he died in December of that year.  William Elliott served in Co. L, 1st W. Va. Vol. Cav., from 1861 to 1865.  He is now deceased but for a number of years after the war operated a blacksmith shop and a store at Island Creek village and was an elder in the Island Creek Presbyterian Church.  William Elliott, an uncle, was a veteran of the War of 1812.
     James M. Elliott remained in Brooke County, W. Va., until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to Steubenville and there learned the blacksmith trade and later went into business for himself as a member of the firm of Chapman & Elliott.  In March, 1863, Mr. Elliott became a soldier, enlisting in Battery E, 1st W. Va.  Light Artillery, which became a part of hte 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and before he returned to peaceful pursuits, more than two years had passed away.  He took part in the active campaigns carried on, with more or less loss of life, in West Virginia, Eastern Virginia and Maryland, but escaped serious injury and was honorably discharged July 3, 1865.
     Mr. Elliott then came to Island Creek, in Jefferson County, and conducted a blacksmith shop for a short time and later worked at his trade in West Virginia, and afterward became an employe of the Acme Mowing Machine Company, at Steubenville.  In 1883 he settled on the farm on which he has resided ever since, which was the old Markle farm, on which his wife was reared.  the Markles were very early settlers in Island Creek Township and the grandfather of Mrs. ElliottAbraham Markle, secured this land in 1804 and the residence, which is still in excellent repair, was erected ninety years ago.
     Mr. Elliott was married Nov. 14, 1877, to Miss Margaret M. Markle, who was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1847, and is a daughter of Dr. John C. and Jane B. (Johnson) Markle.   When eight months old, Mrs. Elliott was taken by her uncle and  aunt, Col. Jacob P. and Maria Markle, and she was reared as a daughter by them, in the old home in Island Creek Township, built by her grandfather, Abraham Markle, a veteran of the War of 1812.  Col. Jacob C. Markle was a very prominent man in Jefferson County.  He held many political offices and for several years was county commissioner and during the Civil War he was commissioned colonel of militia by Governor Tod.
     Mr. and Mrs. Elliott
have had five children, namely: Jacob M., who is a wheat grower in the great Saskatchewan region of Western Canada; George W. and Mary J., both of who reside at home; Maria E. who is the wife of A. D. Cubbon, of Island Creek Township; and John M., who assists his father, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott are members of the Methodist Protestant Church at Toronto, Ohio, and he is identified with the Odd Fellows' lodge at the same place.  In politics he is a Republican.  Mr. Elliott is a well informed man and keeps abreast of the times through good reading.  He gives support to local enterprises, an example of this family trait being shown in the fact that the leading county newspaper, the Herald-Star, has been subscribed fro and read for almost the whole period of its publication.  In this old home may be found a number of interesting relics of other days and one, a rather rare article, is a breech-loading rifle, formerly a flint-lock, which, in imagination carries one backward to Indian times.  It bears the date of June 20, 1801, and the name of A. Markle

Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1061
  S. TAYLOR ELLIOTT, who resides in the same house in which he was born, June 7, 1848, owns the old home farm of eighty-three acres which lies in Cross Creek Township.  His parents were John and Elizabeth (Young) Elliott.
     John Elliott
was also born in Cross Creek Township and was a son of Hugh Elliott.  The greater part of his life was spent as a farmer but in early manhood he was engaged for a time in the manufacture of woolen goods, having a factory on Cross Creek.  He was married three times, his first wife being Elizabeth Young, who was a daughter of William Young, and was born in Hancock County, West Virginia.  She died in 1849 and both parents of Mr. Elliott were buried in St. James Cemetery, Cross Creek Township.  To his first marriage John Elliott had three sons born to him: George, John and James; to his second three sons, William A., S. Taylor and Andrew; and to his third one son, Nathan.
     S. Taylor Elliott
went to school during boyhood as opportunity presented, but soon became interested in his father in cultivating the home place, and has always resided here, purchasing the interests of the other heirs when his father died.  This is one of the real old homesteads of Jefferson County - productive land, flourishing orchards, many improvements and comfortable general surroundings.  The same old roof tree shelters the children of the present generation as it did those of a half century ago.
     Mr. Elliott was married June 7, 1875, to Miss Bethan Pauntney, whose death occurred Feb. 19, 1910, a daughter of John and Charlotte (Clayton) Pauntney.  The parents of Mrs. Elliott resided on their farm in Wells Township, where both died, and their burial was in the Tent Cemetery.  They had the following children: Sarah, who married James Clayton; Stavin; Eliza, deceased, who was the wife of William Armstrong; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of James Snell; Josephine, deceased, who was the wife of Alfred Graham; John, who is deceased; Ellen, who married Philip Trainer; and Mrs. Elliott.  Mr. and Mrs. Elliott had three children: John, Gertrude and Mary, Gertrude being the only survivor.  Mrs. Elliott and daughter were members of the Presbyterian church.
     In politics Mr. Elliott is a Republican.  Although he has never advanced himself as a candidate for public office, he has served in many responsible positions through the wish and will of his fellow citizens.  For thirty-four years he has been township trustee and has also been a member of the school board.  For many years he has been identified with the Odd Fellows and belongs to Wildwood Lodge, No. 590, at New Alexandria.

Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 660

Van Horn Ely
 VAN HORN ELY, president of the Steubenville & East Liverpool Railroad & Light Company, has been prominent in traction matters for a long period and has been identified with railroad affairs of New York and Ohio since 1899.  He was born at Lockport, N. Y., July 28, 1866, and lived in his native section until he was sixteen years of age, moving to the city of Buffalo, N. Y., June 1, 1882.  In 1886 he was graduated from the Buffalo High School. 
     Immediately after leaving school, Mr. Ely formed a business partnership in the real estate line and operated under the firm style of Bell & Ely, until 1899.  When the International Railway Company was organized he was elected assistant to the president and he continued in that position until February, 1905, when he accepted the presidency of the Steubenville and East Liverpool Traction & Light Company, and the Ohio Passenger Railway Company.  Mr. Ely has still other interests and is a director of the First National Bank of Toronto.  On Mar. 1, 1910, he was elected president of the Beaver County Light Company.
     On Oct. 8, 1889, Mr. Ely was married to Miss Carrie K. Kimball of Buffalo, N. Y., and they have two children:  Helen Louise, who is a student in Washington Seminary; and Van Horn, Jr.  Mr. Ely and family attend the First Presbyterian Church.  He is a trustee of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the board of directors of the Steubenville Country Club and the Y. M. C. A.  He is a member of the fraternal order of Elks and belongs also tot he Royal Arcanum.
Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 984
  EVAN G. EVANS, a prominent citizen, financier and capitalist of Jefferson County, has spent the larger portion of his life in the neighborhood in which his forefathers settled many years ago.  He was born in Mt. Pleasant Township, this county, May 14, 1840, and is a son of George I. Evans and a grandson of Jonathan and Elizabeth Evans.
     George I. Evans was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1812, and came to Ohio June 26, 1830.  He was in the thirty-sixth generation in descent from the founder of his family as, in part, is given as follows:
     The genealogy of the Evans family has been traced to Mervyn Vrych, King of Man, who was killed in battle with the King of Mercia, A. D. 843.  King Mervyn married Esylt, daughter and sole heiress of Conan Tyndactly, King of Wales, who died in 1818 or 1820.  Both Merwyn and Esylt traced their descent from _hudd, King of Britain, who was a brother of Caswallon, the chief who resisted the invasion of Caesar, before the Christian Era.
     Passing over a number of intermediate generations from Mervyn Vryeh the line may be taken up in the tenth generation from the Book of Gwynedd.
     Ivan, known as Evan Robert Lewis, was living in 1601 and was probably then a young man.  He removed from Rhowlas, or its neighborhood in Merionethshire, to Vrom Goch, probably in Denbighshire, and there passed the remainder of his life.  He had five sons all taking for themselves according to Welch custom, the form of Ap Evan, as follows:  John ap Evan, Cadwallader ap Evan, Griffith ap Evan, Owen ap Evan and Eva ap Evan.
     Evan ap Evan
was the father of the four brothers, who came to Gwynedd, in1698, accompanied by Sarah, their sister and the mother of Robert Pugh.  He was twice married and had two daughters by his first marriage and the four settler sons by his second.
     Owen Evans, the third of these sons, emigrated from Wales in 1698 and died Oct. 7, 1723, in his sixty-fourth year, having been born in 1659.  His wife was Elizabeth.
     Thomas Evan,
of Gwynedd, was a son of Thomas Evans and was the grandfather of the late George I. Evans, and the great grandfather of Evan Griffith Evans, of Mt. Pleasant Township, near Emerson.  This Thomas Evans was born Jan. 24, 1733, and died Sept. 3, 1818.  He married Elizabeth Roberts in 1765 (born November 19, 1740, died in 1794), a daughter of John and Jane Roberts, of Whilpan.
     Jonathan Evans, father of George I. Evans and grandfather of Evan G. Evans, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1778, and died in Mt. Pleasant Township.  Apr.7, 1844, aged sixty-six years.  He was married at Richland, Bucks County, Pa, Oct. 5, 1809, to Elizabeth Iden, who died Jan. 23, 1824, Jonathan Evans taught school at Richland, a half mile from Bunker's Hill, for two years after his marriage and then removed to Gwynedd, Montgomery County, where he taught until about 1816, when he settled at Sandy Hill, and engaged in teaching there until the death of his wife in 1824.  In 1843-4 he was in Ohio, near Mt. Pleasant, with his son, and then returned to Montgomery County and thereafer made his home with his brother Caleb.
    
The children of Jonathan and Elizabeth Evans were six in number, namely: Thomas I., born in 1810, died in 1883, married Ann Washington; George I., born in 1812; Caleb, born in1815, married Sarah Black; William R., born in 1817, married Mary W. Allen, for his first wife and Martha S. Carr for his second wife; Job, born in 1820, died in the same year; and Hannah I., born in1821, married Thomas D. Thomlinson, of Marietta, Iowa.
     George I. Evans, father of Evan Griffith Evans, was born Aug. 31, 1812, and died Apr. 2, 1886.  He was twice married, first in January, 1834, to Sarah Griffith, who was born in 1814 and died in 1846.  She was a daughter of Evan and Elizabeth Griffith, of Mt. Pleasant, O.  George I. Evans' second marriage was to Mary P. Richards, a daughter of Samuel and Ann Richards, of Mt. Pleasant.  On June 26, 1830, George I. Evans moved to Mt. Pleasant Township and settled in the neighborhood of what was Trenton, now Emerson.  He had large business interests and owned a number of valuable farms.  He survived his second wife for ten years, her death occurring on Sept. 20, 1876, while she was attending the Centennial celebration at Philadelphia.  The children of George I. Evans were: Elizabeth E., born in 1835, who was married in 1853 to John Scott, both being now deceased: Julia A., born in 1837, who in 1849 was married to Thomas McMullan, both now deceased; Evan Griffith; Sarah E., who was born in 1842, and died in 1863; and Mary A., born in 1844, who was married in 1870 to George W. Michner and died in 1889, leaving four children - Elizabeth, William W., George Evans and Mary Edith.
     Evan G. Evans
obtained his educational training in the local schools and owing to the fact that he was the only son, was early called upon to assume business cares and responsibilities.  Fortunately he was endowed with good judgment and has never regretted his early training along business lines.  In the management of his father's property he learned how to take care of his own, which has grown to a large estate he now being one of the capitalists of this section.  Mr. Evans is largely interested in a number of financial institutions of recognized standing, and is on the directing boards of the First National Bank of Mt. Pleasant and of the Mt. Pleasant branch of the State Bank of Ohio; he is a charter member and a director of the Mt. Pleasant National Bank and the Citizens' Savings Bank of Mt. Pleasant.  The solidity of these institutions is never questioned, their directing boards being made up solely of men of Recognized ability and integrity.
     On Jan. 9, 1862, Mr. Evans was married to Miss Rebecca Croft, a daughter of William and Rachel Croft.  Her father came to Ohio from Virginia and died at the age of fifty-five years in Belmont County, Ohio, where he was engaged in business as a merchant.  He married Rachel Spencer, who was born in Belmont County in 1809 and died at Emerson, Jefferson County, Nov. 20, 1881.  Mr. and Mrs. Evans had children as follows:  Arthur W., born May 31, 1863, resides on the home place, married Annie J. Scott, daughter of John and Elizabeth Scott, and they have one daughter, Sarah Delphine; George Austin, born Mar. 10, 1865, is a farmer residing near West Liberty, Iowa, married Anna Burrell and they have two children - Lucille E. and Lawrence William; Sarah Ella, born Apr. 29, 1871; Ellery Channing, born Apr. 22, 1873, is a hardware merchant at Des Moines, Iowa; and Anna Clare, born Apr. 21, 1875, married W. W. Michner, of Rocky Mount, N. C., and has one child, Anna Rebecca, born July 6, 1909.  Mr. and Mrs. Evans are members of the society of Friends at Emerson.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 588
  W. HENRY EWING, a well known business citizen of Steubenville, O., who is engaged in the general contracting business, has been a continuous resident of this city since 1903, when he erected his comfortable residence at No. 728 North Fifth Street.  He was born at Hookstown, Pa., in January, 1846, but was reared and educated at Wellsville, O.
     In early manhood Mr. Ewing learned the machinist's trade and for some years worked as a machinist in different sections of Ohio and then entered the employ of the Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company, of Cleveland, O., as a master machinist.  From there he came to Mingo, Jefferson County, in 1876, called here to start the old Mingo Junction plant, and two years later came to Steubenville, where he started the old Avrick shaft and made this city his home from 1880 until 1886.  He then went to Port Royal, where he built the Port Royal Coal Works, going from there to Yorkville, where he was in charge of the mines for seventeen years and during fifteen years of that period was postmaster at Yorkville and had mercantile interests.  In 1903 he returned to Steubenville and entered into general contracting and enjoys a large amount of patronage in this line.
     In 1881 Mr. Ewing was married to Miss Mary Emma Mosel, and they have three children: George, who is a traveling salesman for W. F. Davidson & Company; Harry C., who is also with the above firm; and Hattie B., who is the wife of A. C. Douglas, of Steubenville.  Mr. and Mrs. Ewing are members of the Congregational Church, in which he is chairman of the board of trustees.  He is identified with the order of Royal Arcanum.  During the Civil War Mr. Ewing had a unique and interesting experience.  When General Morgan, the Confederate officer, who, with his followers, had brought such terror to the quiet hamlets of Ohio by his raids, was finally captured and placed under restraint at Wellsville, it fell to the lot of Mr. Ewing to be guard of the prisoner.  Laying aside sectional feelings, a mutual regard sprang up between the two and Mr. Ewing still preserves the silver spur given him by the redoubtable "raider."
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 850

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