MALIN EWING, dealer
in dry goods, notions and millinery, is a native of New Lisbon, Ohio,
born April 13, 1843, and is a son of Jacob and Sarah A. (Malin) Ewing
of that town. The grandfather was a native of Ireland, who
immigrated to Ohio, where Jacob was born and reared. Jacob
married Sarah A. Malin, a native of Pennsylvania, whose paternal
ancestors were of Puritan stock, and, on the maternal side, of Quaker
origin. In the fall of 1847 they removed to Georgetown, Beaver Co.,
Penn., where our subject was reared and educated. In July, 1861, he
enlisted in Company L, Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and
served until April, 1865, when he was discharged with the rank of
second lieutenant. This regiment was afterward divided, Company L,
Twenty-eighth, then becoming Company A, One Hundred and Forty-seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteers. He participated in the many battles and
campaigns of his regiment, and was wounded at Lost Mountain, in the
Atlanta campaign, but recovered sufficiently to serve in Sherman’s
march to the sea. He was in command of his company from May, 1863,
until discharged, except the interval while wounded. He followed
steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers till 1870, when he came
to Sharon, and clerked until 1883, in which year he and B. B. Williams
succeeded to the old established house of Mrs. L. Williams. He
subsequently purchased his partner’s interest, and has since continued
alone. His parents came to Sharon about eight years ago, where they
died in 1881 and 1882, respectively, in the faith of the Disciple
Church. Mr. Ewing was married October 1, 1868, to Miss Lizzie, daughter
of Reese and Leah Williams (deceased), one of the old families of
Sharon. Of this union four sons survive: Charles S., Benjamin S., Malin
R. and Ralph W. Mr. Ewing is a trustee and stockholder in the Hall
Institute, a member of the G. A. R., and the family belong to the
Baptist Church.
Source: (History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 722 - 723)
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