Thomas Ewing Jr. (1829 - 1896)

Born 7 Aug 1829 in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen (Cox) Ewing — married 18 Jan 1856 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1896 at age 66 in New York, New York, New York, USA

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Biography

Thomas Ewing Jr. is Notable.

Major General Thomas Ewing Jr. served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 9/15/1862
Mustered out: 2/23/1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Field & Staff, 11th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry

Thomas Ewing was born on August 07, 1829 in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA. His parents were Thomas Ewing and Maria Wills Boyle. He married Ellen Cox on January 18, 1856 Thomas had the folowing child:

1. Thomas Ewing

He died on January 21, 1896 in New York, New York, New York, USA

Name

Thomas Ewing

Birth

07 AUG 1829 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA

Death

21 JAN 1896 New York, New York, New York, USA

Marriage

18 JAN 1856 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Wife: Ellen Cox

Military

U.S. Civil War

See also: civilwardata

Promotions:

• Brig-General 3/13/1863
• Major-Gen 3/13/1865 by Brevet

Notes

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV (E) by Ewing, William Lee Davidson. page 26

• EWING, Thomas, representative, was born in Lancaster, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1829; son of the Hon. Thomas and Maria Wills (Boyle) Ewing; grandson of George and Rachel (Harris) Ewing and of Hugh and Eleanor (Gillespie) Boyle; and a descendant of Thomas Ewing, who emigrated from Londonderry and settled in Greenwich, N.J., in 1715. Thomas was educated at Brown university, leaving college to act as private secretary to President Taylor, 1849-50. He then studied law and practised in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1852-56. He was married. Jan. 18, 1856, to Ellen Ewing, daughter of the Rev. William Cox of Piqua, Ohio. He removed to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1856, was a member of the Leavenworth constitutional convention of 1858, and was elected chief justice of the state in 1861. He was a delegate to the peace congress of 1860, and resigned his judgeship in 1862 to recruit the 11th Kansas volunteers of which he was elected colonel, and with his regiment fought in the battles of Fort Wayne, Cane Hill and Prairie Grove. For gallantry at Prairie Grove he was made brigadier-general, March 13, 1863. He checked the invasion of Missouri by General Price in September-October, 1864, by holding Fort Davidson, at Pilot [p.26] Knob, Mo., with a force of 1000 men, against the repeated attacks of the Confederate army, and successfully retreating to Rolla, Mo. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers in 1865 for his services during the war. He practiced law in Washington, D.C., 1865-71, and at Lancaster, Ohio, 1871-81. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1873-74 and represented his district in the 45th and 46th congresses, 1877-81. He prepared the bill establishing a bureau of labor statistics, opposed the presence of U.S. soldiers at polling places, and favored the re-monetization of silver and the continuation of the use of greenback currency. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the Democratic party for governor of Ohio in 1879, and at the close of his term as representative in congress, March 3, 1881, he resumed his law practice, making his office and residence in New York city. He was founder and first president of the Ohio Society of New York; a trustee of Ohio soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home, 1874-78; of the Ohio university, 1878-83, and acted as vice-president of the Cincinnati law college in 1881. He made a notable address before the Marietta centennial convention of 1887, and one before the Kansas state bar association in 1890. He also contributed to the Cosmopolitan in May, 1894, "The Struggle for Freedom in Kansas." Brown university, by special vote, in 1894, gave him the degree of A.M. in 1860 with the class of 1856, and Georgetown college, D.C., gave him the degree of LL.D. in 1870. He died in New York city, Jan. 21, 1896.

From WikiPedia: General Order No. 11 is the title of a Union Army directive issued during the American Civil War on August 25, 1863, forcing the abandonment of rural areas in four counties in western Missouri. The order, issued by Union General Thomas Ewing, Jr., affected all rural residents regardless of their allegiance. Those who could prove their loyalty to the Union were permitted to stay in the affected area, but had to leave their farms and move to communities near military outposts (see villagization). Those who could not do so had to vacate the area altogether. While intended to deprive pro-Confederate guerrillas of material support from the rural countryside, the severity of the Order's provisions and the nature of its enforcement alienated vast numbers of civilians and ultimately led to conditions in which guerrillas were given greater support and access to supplies than before. It was repealed in January 1864, after a new general took command of Union forces in the region.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12088/thomas-ewing: accessed 21 November 2023), memorial page for Thomas Ewing Jr. (7 Aug 1829–21 Jan 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12088, citing Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
• Johnson, Rossiter, ed. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans (The Biographical Society, Boston, MA, 1904) Volume I-X, Page 26: Bio of Thomas Ewing.
• Biography in The University Magazine, Volume 9, New York, July 1893.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ewing_Jr.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Order_No._11_(1863)
• Source for WikiPedia information: Albert Castel, Order No. 11 (1863)" Archived 2020-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, Civil War History St. Louis website, Retrieved by WikiTree author on 11 July 2008.