Levicey Armistead (Bone) Ewing (1861 - 1957)

Born 31 Dec 1861 in Douglass, Nacogdoches Co., Texas

Ancestors

Wife of John Porter Bromfeld Ewing — married 9 May 1878 in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1957 at age 95 in Dublin, Erath Co., Texas

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Biography

Levicey Armistead Bone was born Dec. 31, 1861 to Samuel Newton Bone andMartha (Vernon) Bone. Levicey was named for Levicy Jane Bone, her father's sister, and her husband Armstead Richardson. Levicey had pale blue eyes, and though her children had brown eyes like her husband, she still passed the recessive gene to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She married John Porter Bromfield Ewing on May 19, 1878 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas.^[1]

Together they became the parents of Arthur Kenneth Ewing, Nannie Donald (Ewing) McKelvey, Samuel Oscar Ewing, Willie Lee "Bill" Ewing, Herschel Vernon Ewing, Mary Lula Gertrude (Ewing) Kelly, Carrie Bone (Ewing) James, T. B. Ewing, Richard Bland Ewing, John Armstead Ewing, and Zeffie Cordelia (Ewing) Brown. Another child, Jettie Beeman or Beekman appears with the family in the 1900 Census. there is not other Beeman or beekman in the same district, and the origin of this child is unknown. ^[2]

She passed away 8 July 1957 and was buried at Graham Chapel Cemetery in Comanche County, Texas.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 for Livicey A. Bone, Gender: Female, Marriage Date: 1878, Marriage Place: Nacogdoches, Texas, United States; Spouse: John P. Ewing, FHL Film Number: 1003581 (Ancestry.com [on-line database]
2. ↑ "1900 United States Federal Census"| for Justice Precinct 4, Comanche, Texas. Self John P E*Ing [John P Ewing] 44 Sep 1855 farmer , wife Sevecey A E*Ing {Levicey A Ewing] 38 Dec 1861, son Arthur K E*Ing [Arthur K EwIng] 21 Mar 1879 farm labor, daughter Nammie D E*Ing [Nannie D(onald) Ewing] 18 Jul 1881, son Sam O E*Ing [Sam O Ewing] 17 Jan 1883, son Willie A E*Ing [Willie L Ewing] 15 Oct 1884, (relationship unknown) Jettie Beckman 12 Aug 1887, son Herschel V Beeman [Herschel V(ernon) Ewing] 13 Jan 1887, daughter Lula G Beeman [Lula G Ewing] 11 Oct 1888, daughter Carrie B Beeman [Carrie B(one) Ewing] 8 Nov 1891, son Richard B Beeman [Richard B Ewing] 5 Mar 1895, son John Beeman [John (Armstead) Ewing] 1/12 May 1900, brother-in-law Flory Bone [Floy (Samuel Floyd) Bone] 19 Aug 1880 farm labor, & cousin David Suker [David Luker] 19 Mar 1881 farm labor. (Ancestry.com [on-line database w/ image]) Ancestry Record 7602 #43189301 .
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 16 December 2020), memorial page for Levicey Armstead Bone Ewing (31 Dec 1861–8 Jul 1957), Find A Grave: Memorial #37405577, citing Graham Chapel Cemetery, Comanche County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Rebecca Ewing Peterson (contributor 46987065) .

See also:

• "1880 United States Federal Census"| for Douglass, Nacogdoches, Texas. With husband J. P. Ewing 24 , self L. A. Ewing 18, & son A. K. Ewing 1. (Ancestry.com [on-line database w/ image]) Ancestry Record 6742 #7889661 Her father. mother, siblings and grandmother living next door.