John M. Ewing and Lettice Work

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Husband John M. Ewing ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 8 Aug 1797 3
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           Died: 8 Oct 1878 3
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         Father: James Ewing (Abt 1767-1851) 4
         Mother: Mary Horn (Abt 1772-1858) 5

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       Marriage: 17 Sep 1818 6

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Wife Lettice Work ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 7 Jul 1796 2 3
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           Died: 23 Aug 1871 2 7
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         Father: William Work (1760-1828) 7 8 9
         Mother: Miriam Scroggs (1775-1850/1855) 7 8 9

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Children

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1 M James T. Ewing ⁶

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           Born: 21 Nov 1820 6
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           Died: Aug 1827 6
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Miriam S. Ewing ^{6 10}

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            AKA: Miriam Work Ewing 6
           Born: 12 May 1822 6
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           Died: 2 Feb 1855 6 11
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         Spouse: Thomas Clifford Reed (1813-1870/1878) 6 10
           Marr: 28 Apr 1840 6 10

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3 F Mary H. Ewing ⁶

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           Born: 18 Apr 1824 6
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Peter Dilts (      -      ) 12
           Marr: Oct 1843 12

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4 M William W. Ewing ⁶

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           Born: 14 Mar 1828 6
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: R. J. Hindman (1835-      ) 13
           Marr: 14 Oct 1857 13

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5 M John A. Ewing ⁶

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           Born: 18 Jul 1830 6
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           Died: Dec 1834 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M James S. Ewing ⁶

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           Born: Nov 1832 6
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1834 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Thomas H. Ewing ⁶

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           Born: 21 Jan 1835 6
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Louisa B. Gourley (1837-1867) 13
           Marr: 26 Feb 1857 13

         Spouse: Lucy King (      -      ) 13
           Marr: 28 Dec 1869 13

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General Notes: Husband - John M. Ewing

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He kept the first postoffice and owned the first grist-mill on the Little Mahoning.

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General Notes: Wife - Lettice Work

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Being among the oldest children, she nursed her younger brothers and sisters for quite a number of years, thus relieving her mother of a great deal of care. As she grew to womanhood, she became an adept on that ancient musical instrument, called a spinning wheel, and with other girls, as was their custom in those days, would shoulder her spinning wheel and go from house to house, thus preparing the thread with which to weave the fabric that clothed them. It was an arranged system that the girls in the neighborhood would meet and spin the wool and tow or flax, and when all was spun, that web would be sent to be woven, while they would go to the next house, and so one web of cloth after another would be woven in its turn.
The stranger was never turned hungry from her door, but many times old and dependent persons were given a home for a winter season and shared alike the comforts of her home. She, with the hearty cooperation of her spouse, took great interest in helping the fugitive slave, and would set refreshments before them at the hour of midnight, sending William or Thomas with them, (on the under ground railroad), to the next station.
Although she had children of her own, she was never found wanting in care or affection for the orphan, four of whom she took into her home.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 458, 459.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 980.

3 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 23.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 436, 459.

5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 459.

6 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 24.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 458.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 246.

9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 744, 980.

10 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 81.

11 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 86.

12 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 25.

13 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 26.