Thomas West Ewart
Thomas West Ewart was born around 1816 in Ohio. He married Grace Dana on October 16, 1838, and they had at least four children: Mary, born around 1839; Alice, born around 1843; Thomas, born around 1846; and William, born around 1850. They lived in Marietta, Ohio, and he worked as a clerk of the court. By 1850, he owned $7,000 of real estate. He served in Ohio’s 1850-51 constitutional convention.
 
His wife died on May 13, 1854, and he married Jerusha Gear soon afterward. They had at least six children: Edward, born around 1855; Frances, born on July 7, 1861; George, born around 1865; Julia, born around 1867; Frank, born around 1872; and Elizabeth, born around 1875. In August 1857, he signed a public call for a “National Emancipation Convention” to “discuss and develope [sic] some plan of Emancipation which shall fully recognize the principle and policy of a fair and honorable compensation to the Slaveholders for the manumission of their Slaves.”
 
By 1860, he was working as a lawyer in Marietta, and he owned $15,000 of real estate and $400 of personal property. A decade later, his wealth had risen to $30,000 of real estate and $8,000 of personal property. He employed at least three white domestic servants. During the Civil War, he served as a leader in Ohio’s Union Party. He died in Granville, Ohio, on October 8, 1881.
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(5629)Ewart, Thomas West18161881-10-08
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (9108) [recipient] ~ George R. Gear to Thomas W. Ewart, 20 March 1863

People - Records: 5

  • (5629) Ewart, Thomas West is the [sibling-in-law of] (3310) Gear, George Rufus
  • (5629) Ewart, Thomas West is the [husband of] (3311) Ewart, Jerusha Ann
  • (5629) Ewart, Thomas West is the [sibling-in-law of] (3360) Gear, Hiram Lewis
  • (3359) Gear, Jerusha is the [parent-in-law of] (5629) Ewart, Thomas West
  • (5630) Gear, Mary is the [sibling-in-law of] (5629) Ewart, Thomas West

Places - Records: 3

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (2254) [death] ~ Granville, Licking County, Ohio
  • (626) [residence in 1860, residence in 1870] ~ Marietta, Washington County, Ohio

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, available from Ancestry.com; “Thomas West Ewart” Find a Grave profile, available from Findagrave.com; The Evening Post (Cleveland, OH), 13 August 1857; Belmont Chronicle (Saint Clairsville, OH), 28 August 1862; The Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, 10 October 1881