Sacramento County
Biographies
DR. GEORGE VERNON EWING
DR. G.V. EWING--Among those who were actively
associated with the profession of medicine in Sacramento for a decade was Dr.
G.V. Ewing and during that period of time he reached a commanding position in
the ranks of the medical fraternity. He
was a physician and surgeon of great power and ability, of comprehensive
knowledge and wide practical experience, and these qualities he brought to the
performance of his responsible duties.
He won the success and prominence which always follow conspicuous
attainment. His birth occurred in Hayesville,
Ohio, February 12, 1831; and his preliminary education was obtained in the
public schools of his native state; in 1852 he was graduated from the Western
Reserve Medical College in Cleveland, Ohio.
On March 22, 1853, Dr. Ewing was united in
marriage with Miss Martha S. Coon, a native of Pennsylvania who came to Ohio
the previous year. Her father Prof Jacob
Coon, was a prominent minister in the Presbyterian
Church and also a professor of mathematics at Vermilion Institute: later he
established a private school at Freeport, Ill., which he conducted for two
years until he re-entered the ministry.
While in his pulpit at Albany, Ill., he passed away. Dr. and Mrs. Ewing settled in Rock Run, Ill,
fourteen miles from Freeport, where Dr. Ewing became well and favorably known
as a physician and surgeon. Mrs. Ewing
passed away in 1867 survived by her husband and five children: Mary V. is the
wife of Edgar Hoffner, whose sketch appears elsewhere
in this work; Frank C. resides in Ogden Utah; Walter G.R. is deceased; Florence
E. is now Mrs. Jackson and resides in Bloomington, Ill; Nora J. is
deceased. Subsequently Dr. Ewing is
married to Miss Elizabeth Wilson, a native of Lexington, Ohio, and in 1884 they
removed to Sacramento, Cal., where he was active in his profession. In 1887 he purchased ten acres of land in
Orangevale colony and later added another ten acres, which is now the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Hoffner. Dr Ewing was a prominent Mason and in
politics was a stanch Republican who had the honor of having voted for Abraham
Lincoln. He was an active and consistent
member of the Presbyterian Church and was liberal in the support of same. He passed away at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Hoffner, in Ogden, Utah, in 1894, aged
sixty-three.
Transcribed
by Louise E. Shoemaker, September 29th 2007.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 327. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Louise E. Shoemaker.