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J. H. McEWEN, of the firm of J. H. McEwen & Co., manufacturers of
boilers, engines, etc., Ridgway, was born at Angelica, Allegany Co., N.
Y., in 1854, and is a son of Duncan S. and Susan D. (Ewing) McEwen, the
former of Scotch and the latter of Scotch-Irish parentage. J. H. McEwen
attended the Ohio State University at Columbus, where he took a course in
engineering, and after leaving school he followed his profession in
different parts of the country until 1885, when he came to Ridgway,
erected suitable buildings, and began the manufacture of portable and
stationary engines, boilers, circular saw-mills and tannery machinery,
mill gearing, iron and brass castings, etc. The firm was first known as
McEwen Bros. & Co., but in 1889 Mr. McEwen became associated with D. C.
Oyster and I. D. Bell, and the name was changed to J. H. McEwen & Co. This
firm carry on an extensive business, giving employment to about fifty men,
and have a wide reputation for the excellency of the work turned out. Mr.
McEwen married Miss Jennie Thornton, of Angelica, N. Y., daughter of Henry
and Jane (Eager) Thornton, of Irish descent, and they have two children.
In politics Mr. McEwen is a Republican. He and wife are members of the
Congregational Church. History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania with biographical selections, including their early settlement and development, a description of the historic and interesting localities, sketches of their cities, towns and villages, portraits of prominent men, biographies of representative citizens, outline history of Pennsylvania, statistics.. Chicago. J.H. Beers & Co.. 1890, page 734. Read this book on line - Free Trial Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors. View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com .
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