Thomas Ewing Jr.
Born: August 7, 1829
Birthplace: Lancaster, Ohio
Father: Thomas Ewing Sr. 1789 – 1871
(Buried: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio)
Mother: Maria Willis Boyle 1801 – 1864
(Buried: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio)
1st Wife: Ellen Cox 1833 – 1880
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, New York)
2nd Wife: Julia Ann Beauchemin 1834 – 1925
(Buried: Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas)
Children:
William Cox Ewing Unknown – 1927
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, New York)
Maria Ewing Martin 1858 – 1942
(Buried: Forest Rose Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio)
Thomas Ewing III 1862 – 1942
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, New York)
Mary Beall Ewing 1864 – 1938
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, New York)
Hampton Denman Ewing 1866 – 1939
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, New York)
Education:
1854: Graduated from Brown University
Occupation before War:
1849 – 1850: Private Secretary to President Zachary Taylor
1855 – 1856: Attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio
1856 – 1861: Attorney in Leavenworth, Kansas
1858: Member of Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Washington, D.C. Peace Conference
1861 – 1862: Chief Justice of Kansas State Supreme Court
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 11th Kansas Infantry Regiment
1862: Served in the Battle of Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory
1862: Served in the Battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas
1862: Served in the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers
Union Army Commander of District of the Border
Responsible for General Order No. 11 being Issued
1864: Deputy Commander of District of St. Louis, Missouri
1864: Union Army Commander at Battle of Fort Davidson
1865: Resigned from the Union Army on February 23rd
1866: Brevetted Major General for his service in the war
Occupation after War:
1865: Attorney for two Ford’s theater employees in conspiracy trial
1865 – 1870: Attorney in Washington, D.C.
Helped obtain a pardon for Dr. Samuel Mudd from President Johnson
1870 – 1877: Attorney in Lancaster, Ohio
1870 – 1877: Investor in Railroad and telegraph companies
1873 – 1874: Member of Ohio State Constitutional Convention
1877 – 1881: United States Congressman from Ohio
1879: Unsuccessful Candidate for the office of Governor of Ohio
1881 – 1896: Attorney in New York City, New York
Died: January 21, 1896
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Cause of Death: Shock from fracture of Skull after hit by cable car
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, New York
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