Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning
Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with a Biography of
each, together with Portraits and Biographies of Joshua R. Giddings, Benjamin F. Wale,
and a large number of the Early Settlers and Representative
Families of to-day.
Published: Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1893

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HARRIS EWALT, one of the leading farmers of Howland township, Trumbull county, Ohio, was born on the farm on which he now lives, Oct. 7, 1818.  His father, John Ewalt, was born in New Jersey, near Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1776, son of Jacob Ewalt, whose father, Jacob, was a native of Germany.  He emigrated to this country, and lived in New Jersey until he reached the advanced age of 115 years, when he mysteriously disappeared, nothing ever having been heard of him.  John Ewalt was married Nov. 6, 1803, to Rebecca Ewalt, a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Samuel Ewalt, a noted Indian fighter and one of the  first settlers of this county.  In 1801 John Ewalt came on horseback to Trumbull county, Ohio, and upon his arrival in what is now Howland township, he bought 160 acres of land, the primitive log cabin was in time replaced by a modern brick residence, and as teh years rolled by he developed a fine farm.  Here he and his wife reared their family, passed the rest of their lives and died, his death occurring in 1858, at the age of eighty-three years, and hers in 1843.  He was a prominent man among the pioneer settlers, and his good wife was noted far and near for her Christian acts of kindness.  Following is a brief record of their ten children: Samuel H., born in 1804; Sarah A., 1806; Agibail, 1808; Jacob, 1810; John and Rebecca, twins, 1812; Hetty, 1814; Z. T., 1816; Harris, 1818; and William H., 1820.  Three of these sons, Jacob, Z. T. and Harris, lived to celebrate their golden weddings on the farm on which they were born and on which they had thus far passed their lives.       Harris Ewalt was married Dec. 29, 1841, to Margaret S. Trew, a native of Weathersfield township, this county, and a daughter of Andrew and Jane (King) Trew, she being of Scotch-Irish descent.  They have had four children: John A., born May 25, 1843, was a member of Company B, One hundred and Fifth Ohio Regiment, and died at Louisville, Kentucky, in July, 1863; Henry Clay, born Dec. 28, 1844, is engaged in business at Pittsburg; Eliza Jane, born in 1846, died at the age of eighteen months; and Charles Harris, born Jan. 13, 1848.      Charles Harris Ewalt was married June 4, 1873, to Ida Hoyt, of Painesville, Ohio, daughter of Comfort L. and Eliza (Bright) Hoyt.  They have had four children:  Harry, born Sept. 5, 1874, died Mar. 20, 1875; Mary L., born Mar. 14, 1876; Bessie, born Aug. 5, 1881; and Karl H., born July 31, 1884.  The family are members of the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Ewalt is a Republican, and has never failed to vote since he was of age.  He is a member of the Masonic order. Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 376

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