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Malin Ewing  


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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