Biographies

Source: 
History of Morgan County, Ohio
with
Portraits and Biographical Sketches
of some of its
Pioneers and Prominent Men.
By Charles Robertson, M. D.
 - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co.
1886

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Forster Edwards FORSTER EDWARDS.   Forster Edwards was born in Manchester, Mass., in 1793.  During the war of 1812, for prudential reasons, his father removed his family to the State of Maine.  Here young Forster remained until about 1816, when, learning of the fertility of the "Ohio Country," and of the advantages to be secured by settlement, he determined to visit the new Eldorado, which he did in the autumn of that year.  While crossing the mountains he had an adventure with a stone.  Mr. Edwards being armed, the robber who tried to waylay him with a stone.  Mr. Edwards being armed, the robber was repulsed, and he continued his way unmolested.  He was favorably impressed with the new country and selected the northeast quarter of Section 10 as his future home.  Making a brief visit to his old home, he returned, the following year and commenced the improvement of his property.  Aug. 15, 1819, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas Rees, one of the early settlers of Muskingum County.  Both were residents of the township until their deaths—the former in 1871, the latter in 1885. They reared a family of three daughters—Mary J., Hannah and Susan E. Mary J. became Mrs. James Southard Hannah married Thomas Holcomb, and Susan B., James Cunningham.  Mr. Edwards was a man of strong religious convictions.  He identified himself with the Protestant Methodist Church, and for many years he was a minister of that faith. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 458   HON. EZRA E. EVANS, ex-judge of the eighth judicial district, was a resident attorney of Morgan County for nearly a score of years.  He was born near Belmont Station, in Belmont County, Ohio, Mar. 5, 1816, and educated in the common schools.  He read law in Cambridge, Guernsey County, under his brother, Nathan Evans, and was admitted to the bar Apr. 17, 1837, in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio.  After practicing a short time in Toledo he returned to Cambridge, where he practiced from December, 1838, until March, 1840.  He then moved to McConnelsville, and in 1851 was elected probate judge, which office he held two years.  In 1858 he removed to Zanesville, where he still resides and practices his profession.  In 1861 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, and held that office one term.  He was married in 1843 to Mary F. Lawrence, widow of John R. Lawrence, and daughter of Colonel Benjamin W. Talbot.  Judge Evans was formerly a whig and is now a republican. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 257   DR. JOHN EWING is among the oldest physicians of McConnelsville and among the leading representatives of the profession in the county.  He was born in Harford County, Md., in 1825, the son of William and Elizabeth (Russel) Ewing.  He was brought up on a farm and received an academical education.  In 1852 he commenced the study of medicine under Drs. Thomas Treadwell  and T. M. Elliott, both eminent physicians of Havre de Grace, Md.  In 1857 he graduated from the University of Maryland, and in the same year began the practice of his profession in McConnelsville, in partnership with Dr. Amos Ewing.  He has resided here ever since and has enjoyed an extensive and lucrative practice.  He is a member of the Morgan County Medical Society.  For several years he was carried on the drug business in addition to his professional work, and is now senior member of the firm of Ewing & Bingham. Source:  Chapter XVI - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 275

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