Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Hon. Thomas Ewing and [Unk] Hufnagel




Husband Hon. Thomas Ewing 1 2 3

           Born: 3 Jul 1827 - Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: Samuel Ewing (      -1862) 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane Lyle (1793-1845) 2 3 4


       Marriage: 1859 5



Wife [Unk] Hufnagel 5

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Thomas Ewing


His parents were both of Scotch-Irish descent, and when he was about three years of age they settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. His education, which was thorough and extended, was completed by his graduation from Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in the class of 1853. For one year following he was an assistant Teacher in a school in his native State. and for the next three years Principal of the Natchez (Mississippi) Institute. Having occupied his leisure in legal studies and gained admittance to the bar, he commenced, in 1857, the practice of the law in Pittsburgh, and soon succeeded in establishing a professional connection which brought him wealth and high honor professionally and politically. He was a Republican Delegate, representing the Thirty-third Senatorial District, composed of the county of Allegheny, in the Constitutional Convention of 1872\endash '73, and occupied an influential position therein, being a member of the Committees on Legislation and Revenue, Taxation and Finance. He was for many years a School Director, and took a great interest in all matters pertaining to popular education. He was elected to be judge of common pleas court No. 2, of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, during his term of service as a member of the Constitutional Convention, and assumed the duties of the post on the 1st day of March, 1873.


General Notes: Wife - [Unk] Hufnagel

from Stockbridge, Berkshire Co, MA

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Sources


1 —, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 624.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 730.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 49.

4 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 77.

5 —, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 625.


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