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Heroes & Dignitaries:James Madison Ewing

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James Madison Ewing 10/1841--06/26/1910

Enlisted in the Civil War as a Sergeant.  In October of 1841, James Madison Ewing was born in Illinois to William and Jane Ewing.  On August 17, 1861 the 19-year-old enlisted as a Sergeant and mustered into Company I, MO 10th Infantry.  On April 27, 1862 Ewing transferred from Company I to Company G, and later mustered out on August 24, 1864.  On July 30, 1865 he married Emeline S. Hatch, with whom he later had two daughters and a son.  In the 1880 United States Census, Ewing listed his occupation as carpenter and farmer.  He and his family moved to Seattle around 1891.  He passed away in the family residence at 154 Blewitt Street on June 26, 1910 and was interred at the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery on Capitol Hill, but was later removed to Evergreen Washelli on June 18, 1925.

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