Rev. John Campbell Ewing (1868)

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Posted By: Linda Smith
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:04:42

Daily State Register
Des Moines, Iowa
December 27 1868

Death of Rev. J.C. Ewing

The Winterset Madisonian of the 24th inst. comes to us in mourning for the death of Rev. John Campbell Ewing, proprietor of that paper, and a faithful laborer in the Lord's vineyard. In an editorial that papers says: "For eight years he labored on this field during which time he organized the Presbyterian Church at Bloomfield and Unionville, and then after preaching one summer at Oskaloosa, he came to Winterset in 1854, and in the same year organized the Presbyterian Church in this place, with nine members, and for nine years labored efficiently as its pastor.

As a preacher of the gospel he sought the salvation and sanctification of his hearers, presenting the truth in its simplicity and power, relying on the Spirit of God. As a pastor he watched over his people, and labored faithfully in personal conversation. He had been by the bedside of many with counsel, comfort and prayer, with whom he now sleeps in yonder cemetery".
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History and Business Directory of Madison County, Iowa
Author: J. J. Davies
Mills & Company, Printers & Publishers
Des Moines, Iowa
1969

Rev. J. C. Ewing, who organized the First Presbyterian Church and was its acting Pastor for nine years, died at Winterset, December 16, 1868, in the 66th year of his age. He was born in the town of Marysville, Blount County, Tennessee, in the year 1803.

In 1832 he graduated at the Collegiate and Theological Institute at Marysville, and was licensed, and in 1834 received ordination. After eleven years, following his ordination, of labor in his native state as Missionary at Large, Pastor and Teacher, he removed in 1845 to Davis county, Iowa, where he was engaged for eight years in pastoral work in connection with the Presbyterian churches at Troy and Shunem. He has been a resident of Winterset fourteen years; in every relation in life a Christian, upright, genial and faithful, universally respected and loved.

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