Ewing, Amos G.

EWING, THOMPSON, COAN

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Source: "The 1901 Biographical Record of Clinton Co., Iowa, Illustrated" published: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1901.

AMOS G. EWING.

It is an important public duty to honor and perpetuate, as far as possible, the name of any worthy citizen, who by his blameless and honorable life reflects credit on the community in which he lived. For almost a quarter of a century Mr. Ewing was not only prominently identified with the business interests of Clinton, but also labored for the bettering of the world about him, and when called to the rest and reward of the higher life his best monument was found in the love and respect of the community in which he lived.

Mr. Ewing was born in Oakdale, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1837, and was the son of John P. and Sarah (Thompson) Ewing, who were of Scotch-Irish descent. He spent his boyhood and youth in his native state. He had excellent educational advantages in early life, and was graduated with honors from Jefferson College, at Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, in the class of 1859. His warm heart and cheery disposition made him a great favorite among the students of that institution, and he was one of the honored contestants chosen by the literary society, of which he was a member. For a time after his graduation Mr. Ewing taught school in the south. In 1866 he came to Clinton, Iowa, where he engaged in the mercantile business for about ten years and in 1876 became connected with the lumber firms of W. J. Young and C. Lamb & Son. At the time of his death he was treasurer of Peterson, Bell & Company, box manufacturers and lumber dealers.

On the 11th of December, 1871, Mr. Ewing was united in marriage with Miss Stella C. Coan, daughter of the late William F. Coan, and to them were born three children, Katherine, Sarah and Claudius C.

As a public-spirited and progressive citizen, Mr. Ewing took a deep interest in municipal affairs and served as a member of the city council for several years. He was a member of the Masonic order of the thirty-second degree, and for four years previous to his death was president of the Young Men’s Christian Association. For twenty-five years he was an active and consistent member of the Presbyterian church, in which he served as a ruling elder for more than twenty years. In all the relations of life he was true to every trust reposed in him and commanded universal confidence and respect. After an illness of twenty-four hours, surrounded by his family, Mr. Ewing entered into rest in the full triumph of the faith in which he had lived, on the 11th of April, 1900.