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Born 1854, Liberty Township
From Twentieth century history of Findlay and Hancock County and representative citizens (1910), History of Hancock County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns ... portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of the Northwest Territory, history o (1886)
A. C. EWING, Findlay, superintendent of Hancock County Infirmary, was born in Liberty Township, this county, November 26, 1854, son of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Insley) Ewing, natives of Ohio, the former of German descent, the latter of English extraction. Cornelius Ewing, who was a miller of the soil all his life, came to this comity in 1853, and settled on a farm in Liberty Township; his family consisted of four children, om* subject being the eldest. A. C. Ewing was reared on the farm and followed agriculture as an occupation until he reached his majority; he afterward went to Findlay and engaged as a clerk in a wholesale and retail store, and was thus employed for five years; then went to farming for himself. Mr. Ewing is the owner of a farm of eighty acres in Union Township. In politics he is a Democrat and is a member of the Democratic committee of Hancock County. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum. In 1884 Mr. Ewing was appointed superintendent of Hancock County Infirmary. He is a kind-hearted man, well calculated for the position he fills, and is ably assisted by his wife. Mrs. Ai-abella Ewing is a daughter of John King and is of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Ewing were united in marriage in 1878, and they have one child, Maud May. Our subject and wife are members of the Evangelical Church, and he is a class leader and superintendent of the Sabbath-school.
As printed in History of Hancock County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns ... portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of the Northwest Territory, history o (1886). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
ALVIN C. EWING, county recorder of Hancock County, O., now residing at Findlay, is a prominent citizen of this county and an influential member of the Democratic party. He was born in Liberty Township, Hancock County, O., November 26, 1854, and is a son of Cornelius S. and Elizabeth (Ensley) Ewing.
Alvin C. Ewing was reared on his father’s farm and obtained his education in the country schools. At the age of twenty-one he came first to Findlay, where, for seven years he was a clerk in a general store, after which he returned to the farm and shortly afterward was appointed superintendent of the county infirmary, which office he retained for two years and then resumed farming. Later he embarked in the mercantile business at Mt. Cory and for six years served as mayor of that town. For ten years previous to assuming the duties of county recorder, on September 1, 1909. he resided on his farm in Union Township, where he also, at different times, filled the offices of township clerk and trustee.
Mr. Ewing married Miss Malissa A. King, who was born and reared in Hancock
County and is a daughter of John King, Sr. They have one child, Maud May, who is the wife of George F. Guin. Mr. and Mrs. Guin have a daughter, Josephine. Mr. Ewing belongs to the fraternal orders of Knights of Pythias and the Maccabees, also is an associated member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
As printed in Twentieth century history of Findlay and Hancock County and representative citizens (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Cornelius Ewing (b. 1824)
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