Ewing Cemetery Gravestones & Genealogical Connections

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