The size of Ewing Cemetery — fewer than a hundred graves — and the fact that it is called by a family name suggests that the persons buried here are probably linked by family ties. Some of the relationships are revealed by inscriptions on the gravestones or by the burials’ proximity to each other. Others take a bit of digging in local histories or genealogies, family files, or courthouse documents to discover the connections.
Abbreviations:
b. born
d. died
m. married
d/o daughter of
s/o son of
w/o wife of
h/o husband of
f/o father of
m/o mother of
prob. probably
Sources referred to below:
Africa, J. Simpson. History of Huntingdon & Blair Counties, 1883 and later reprints.
Bell, Raymond Martin. William Bell of Paxton & his Descendants, 1978.
Jones, U. J. History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley, 1940.
Starting at the Southwest corner
(to the right as you come through the gate)
HUTCHISON, GEORGE
b. 29 June 1800
d. 15 July 1878
m. Elizabeth Hagan [Africa 213]
HUTCHISON, ELIZA HAGAN
b. 2 April 1809
d. 1 July 1882
d/o Abraham Hagan [Africa 213] wife buried at church
HAGANS, MARY
b. 1815
d. 16 Dec. 1891
prob. sister of Eliza Hutchison
STRYKER, PENINA HUTCHISON
b. 1843
d. 7 Feb. 1873
dau. of Geo. & Eliza Hutchison
m. Peter Stryker
GEARHART, LEVI
b. 1843
d. 1923
2nd husband of Catharine Glass Ramsey
GEARHART, JENNIE
b. 1847
d. 1898
CROWNOVER, DELLA
aged 7 mo.
CROWNOVER, ETHEL
b. 1900
d. 1902
Northwest corner
RAMSEY, MARY JANE
b. 26 May 1871
d. 10 Nov. 1953
d/o William Ramsey (s/o David and Elizabeth Hennen Ramsey) and Catharine Glass Ramsey (William’s 2nd wife)
GEARHART, CATHARINE RAMSEY
b. 5 March 1845
d. 22 Feb. 1923
w/o William Ramsey
m/o Mary Jane Ramsey
2nd husband – Levi Gearhart
GLASS, ERMINA LILLY
b. 12 Oct. 1843
d. 10 Oct. 1915
prob. sister of Catharine Glass Ramsey Gearhart
McMANIGAL, EARL S.
b. 19 Jan. 1874
d. 15 April 1898
McMANIGAL, JOHN
b. 28 March 1865
d. 28 Jan. 1895
McMANIGAL, EMILY
b. 22 Feb. 1855
d. 21 Aug. 1890
d/o James and Jane Bell McManigal [1860 census]
McMANIGAL, JAMES
b. 18 Feb. 1825
d. 17 Oct. 1881
McMANIGAL, JANE BELL
b. 16 July 1834
d. 17 Sept. 1883
w/o James McManigal [from Wm. Bell of Paxton]
d/o Thos and Margaret Ewing Bell
RUDY, GEORGE
b. 1833?
d. 7 Nov. 1879
s/o Henry Rudy (below)
EWING, JAMES
b. 1793
d. 4 Dec. 1867
s/o William [Africa 402]
EWING, ELIZABETH CRESSWELL
b. 1800
d. 18 Sept. 1877
d/o Robert and Mary Graffius Cresswell (below)
EWING, WILLIAM
b. 1755
d. 1847
s/o Thomas [Africa 402]
[see Jones 316 & 440 for his account
of sister’s kidnapping by the Indians]
EWING, ELIZABETH ANDERSON
b. 1767
d. 1857
w.o William Ewing (above)
BELL, MARGARET EWING
b. 6 Dec. 1796 [from Wm. Bell of Paxton]
d. 26 Dec. 1875
2nd w/o Thomas Bell s/o John Bell [Africa 212]
d/o Wm. & Elizabeth Anderson Ewing [will of Eliz. Ewing]
EWING, WILLIAM
b. 1808
d. 15 May 1830
EWING, THOMAS
b. 1805
d. 18 July 1840
EWING, REBECCA
b. Dec. 1840
d. 13 Sept. 1841
d/o Thomas & Ann Ewing
RUDY, HENRY
b. 14 May 1791 Pfoutz Valley, Greenwood Tp. Perry Co.
d. 4 March 1864
s/o George Rudy [Africa 212] and f/o George (above)
RUDY, MARTHA EWING
b. 1 Aug. 1796
d. 5 March 1875
w/o Henry
RUDY, JOHN
b. 3 March 1825
d. 9 Nov. 1853
s/o Henry and Martha Ewing Rudy
unmarried
OAKS, WILLIAM
b. 1774
d. 14 Feb. 1865
m. Ann McCormick 22 April 1819 [Africa 295]
eldest s/o John Oaks [Africa 295 and will of John Oaks]
OAKS, ANN McCORMICK
b. 2 Oct. 1800 (McCormick family Bible)
d. 14 July 1857
w/o William Oaks
d/o Alexander Jr. and Mary McCormick
NEFF, ISABELLA McCUNE OAKS
b. Oct. 1825
d. Feb. 1856
m. Henry Neff [Africa 295]
d/o William and Ann Oaks
OAKS, REUBEN
b. Aug. 1832
d. 22 Nov. 1859
m. Caroline Huyette
s/o William and Ann Oaks [Africa 295]
McCORMICK, ALEXANDER Sr.
b. 1732
d. 3 Oct. 1807
m. Ann Henry [Bible] [Africa 216, 401-02]
McCORMICK, ANN HENRY
b. 16 Feb. 1733
d. 16 Dec. 1814
w/o Alexander McCormick Sr. [Bible]
[These are the oldest marked burials in Ewing Cemetery. Earlier burials are assumed to lie in the unmarked section of ground not far from the gate. The fieldstones with which they were marked disappeared long ago, probably to assist with mowing.]
McCORMICK, ALEXANDER
b. 27 June 1773 [McCormick Bible]
d. 12 Sept. 1837
s/o Alexander Sr. and Ann Henry McCormick [Bible][Africa 216]
McCORMICK, MARY
b. 16 Feb. 1780
d. 11 Oct. 1842
(maiden name Walker?)
DRUMMOND, ANN H.
b. 1750
d. 8 Aug. 1838
m. Alexander Drummond [Africa 216]
d/o Alexander McCormick Sr. [will of Alex. McCormick]
“stone erected by her adopted son, R.H. McCormick”
ANDERSON, JAMES
b. 1778
d. 18 Sept. 1837
ANDERSON, HANNAH
b. 1787
d. 18 April 1849
w/o James Anderson
ANDERSON, ISABELLA
b. 1842
d. 26 May 1845
d/o Isaac and Mary Anderson
McMAHON, NANCY BELLE
b. 1858
d.20 Apr 1864
d/o Marshall and Margaret McMahon
Marshall was s/o John and Ann Bell McMahon [Africa 212]
HARRIS, NANCY
b. 1804
d. 24 July 1862
[head of household 1850 census West Tp. – 5 children, ages 5-26]
[head of household 1860 census Barree Tp. – 1 son]
STEWART, MAGGIE
b. 1866
d. 11 Sept. 1880
d/o W. and J.E. Stewart
STEWART, THOMAS
b. 1802
d. 31 Dec. 1876
CRESSWELL, MARY
b. 1827
d. 8 April 1869
w/o Robert Cresswell (below)
d/o Thos. and C.B. (Cresswell) Stewart
CRESSWELL, ROBERT
b. 5 April 1786
d. 29 Sept. 1867
h/o Mary Stewart (above)
s/o Robt. and Mary Graffius Cresswell
GRAFIUS, ELIZABETH CORYELL
b. 24 Nov. 1755
d. 12 Jan. 1843
w/o Nicholas
GRAFIUS, NICHOLAS
b. 2 April 1746
d. 20 July 1821
s/o Martin Nicholas Graffius [Africa 417]
JOHNSTON, MARY REED
age 19 [dates on stone
unreadable]
EWING, DAVID
b. 1781
d. 21 Dec. 1865
War of 1812 [Africa 107]
EWING, NANCY
b. 1785
d. 24 July 1851
Southeast corner, near south fence
FRAZIER, JANE
b. 1826
d. 7 Aug. 1871
w/o J. B. Frazier
FRAZIER, WILLIAM [in photo below]
b. June 1855
d. Aug. 1858
s/o John B. and Jane Frazier
FRAZIER, HARRY
b. 1861
d. 11 Aug. 1861
s/o J.B. and J. Frazier
FRAZIER, CLARA
b. 23 Oct. 1851
d. 26 Jan. 1852
d/o J.B. and J. Frazier
CRESSWELL, MATTHEW
b. 1766
d. 14 Nov, 1835
h/o Sarah Leonard
[Africa 216, 310, 403]
CRESSWELL, SARAH
b. 1767
d. Nov. 1837
w/o Matthew Cresswell
d/o Patrick Leonard and Sarah McCormick Leonard, d/o Alex. McCormick Sr.
LEONARD, JAMES
b. 1788
d. 24 June 1844
LEONARD, JANE
b. 1787
d. 7 Oct. 1867
w/o James Leonard
EWING, WILLIAM
b. 1826
d. 30 April 1903
EWING, MARY ANN [on marker above]
b. 1826
d. 1 July 1904
w/o William (above)
EWING, MARGARET C. [included on marker above]
b. 1857
d. 25 Aug. 1858
d/o William and Mary Ann Ewing
EWING, FRANCES
b. 1855
d. 1936
d/o William and Mary Ann Ewing
EWING, CAROLINE K.
b. 1862
d. 1936
d/o William and Mary Ann Ewing
EWING, MARY
b. 1854
d. 1936
d/o William and Mary Ann Ewing
EWING, HENRIETTA J.
b. 1869
d. 1950
d/o William and Mary Ann Ewing
Southeast corner, near east fence
HENNEN, JOHN H.
b. 1858
d. 1939
HENNEN, ELIZABETH A.
b. 1859
d. 1935
HENNEN, JAMES C.
b. 1896
d. 1951
JOHNSTON, ROBERT E.
b. 10 July 1857
d. 30 Jan. 1919
m. Idolette Ewing 7 Mar. 1894
JOHNSTON, IDOLETTE EWING
b. 1866
d. 1951
d/o William and Mary Ann Ewing
Northeast corner
HENNEN, JAMES
b. 1819
d. 13 April 1891
HENNEN, MARY A.
b. 1836
d. 16 April 1905
HENNEN, JENNIE H.
b. 1870
d. 26 Nov. 1904
HENNEN, MARY A.
b. 1850-51
d. 24 Jan. 1880
d/o Thomas and Jane Hennen
HENNEN, THOMAS
b. 1816
d. 14 Feb. 1887
s/o James (d. 1821)
HENNEN, JANE
b. 1813
d. 29 April 1887
w/o Thomas Hennen
HENNEN, MARTHA J.
b. 1856
d. 19 March 1889
d/o Thomas and Jane Hennen
HENNEN, JAMES S.
b. 1848
d. 11 July 1897
s/o Thomas and Jane Hennen
HENNEN, ROBERT A.
b. 1853
d. 14 April 1914
HUGHES, JOHN
b. 1773
d. 2 Nov. 1842
2nd husband of Nancy Hennen w/o James (below)
HUGHES, NANCY
b. 1787
d. 30 May 1869
1st m. James Hennen (below)
HANNEN, JAMES
b. 1786
d. 5 Aug. 1821 [will bk. 2-315-16]
HENNEN, SARAH E.
b. 1850
d. 1861
d/o J.A. and M. Hennen
d/o James (above)
HENNEN, MARTHA
b. 1804
d. 2 April 1879
HENNEN, ALEXANDRA
b. 1811
d. Jan. 1848
HENNEN, ELIZABETH
b. 1770
d. 17 Feb. 1849
w/o William Hennen
[may be d/o Mary Johnston whose will 17 Oct. 1832 mentions dau. Eliz. Hennen]
HENNEN, WILLIAM
b. 1770
d. 7 Sept. 1852
prob. s/o James (d. 1814)
War of 1812