Hon. Nathaniel Ewing and Sallie [Unk]

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Husband Hon. Nathaniel Ewing ¹

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           Born: 17 Jun 1848 - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA 2
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         Father: Judge John Kennedy Ewing (1823-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Ellen Willson (      -1884) 5 6

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       Marriage: 22 Oct 1878 7

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Wife Sallie [Unk] ⁷

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           Died: 1882 7
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         Father: Unknown (      -      )
         Mother: Frances M. Smith (      -1891)

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Children

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1 M William Kennedy Ewing ⁷

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Nathaniel Ewing

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He attended the public and private schools of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, spent one year at Pennsylvania Military academy, West Chester, and another at Alexander institute, White Plains, New York, and then entered Princeton college from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1869. His law studies were pursued at Uniontown under the preceptorship of Judges J. K. Ewing and A. E. Willson. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1871, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Uniontown. The substantial character of his legal education and his general ability obtained for him a speedy recognition as a leader at the bar of Fayette County. His practice was extensive and lucrative and included service as counsel for the South West branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from its obtainance of a charter in 1871 up to his accession to the bench in 1887. Upon the creation of the additional judgeship in the 14th district by act of assembly of June, 1887, he was appointed under the provisions of the act to fill that office up to the following January. In the interim he had received the nomination of the Republican party for the judgeship to which he was elected by a majority of seven hundred. He served for the full term of ten years. In his candidacy to succeed himself Judge Ewing was defeated for the nomination by E. H. Reppert by a vote of eighty-six to ninety-nine. Upon the nomination of the Hon. S. Leslie Mestrezat for the office of supreme judge of the State and his consequent resignation as president judge of the 14th Judicial district an extra Republican convention was held to nominate a candidate for that office and Judge Ewing was his party's nominee therefor. He was defeated at the election by Judge Robert E. Umbel by the narrow margin of thirty-two votes.
He was one of the builders and owners of the handsome law building known as the Blackstone, and was a liberal contributor toward the erection of the First Presbyterian church.
He was most active in the establishment of the Columbia Iron & Steel Company's plant, at Uniontown, being one of its original stockholders and one of its last directors. He was a stockholder of the Fayette Gas Fuel Company, and United Light Company, president of the National Bank of Fayette County; was projector and principal stockholder of Hygeia Crystal Ice & Cold Storage Company, and was a stockholder of the Uniontown Street Railway Company.

1 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 516, 518.

2 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 518.

3 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 168.

4 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 515.

5 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 169.

6 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 516.

7 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 519.