Sacramento County
Biographies
EDWIN McEWEN
EDWIN McEWEN.--Another fearless, efficient and popular justice of the peace is the Hon. Edwin McEwen, of Granite Township, Sacramento County, and residing at 5002 Fourteenth Avenue. He was born on an Indiana farm, on February 25, 1871, the son of Archie and Sally Ann (Stewart) McEwen, who were substantial farmer folk, and did all that they could in their time to better the agricultural conditions of the country, and while working for better crops, to improve the status of the farmer.
Edwin McEwen set out on life’s journey with a pretty fair schooling, obtained in Indiana and Missouri, to which state his folks moved when he was twelve; enjoying not only public but private school instruction, and keeping up his studies at night, after a hard day’s work on the farm, so that he may be entitled to some of the credit of a self-made man. This credit is particularly deserved, for he even had to borrow school books where he could. When he reached manhood, he married Miss Allie Albright, in Arkansas, to which state he had gone, and then, for fifteen years, he farmed.
On March 7, 1903, Judge McEwen came to California and Sacramento; a cripple, for while mining, in August, 1901, he was injured in a mine, and since that time he has been unable to walk. He has never lost courage, however, and with real bravery, and entire self-respect, he has always made his own way. At first, he had a little store at Oak Park, and had concessions at different places; and for the past twelve years, or for three consecutive terms, he has been the favorite justice of the peace of Granite Township, and he is just commencing his fourth term in that responsible office. He is a Democrat in politics. He is very fond of baseball and spends leisure hours with the fans in this sport.
Albert Roger and Annie Lucretia Harrison are the two children conferring honor on the Judge; and they are enthusiastic about the open-world in Sacramento County, and the many attractions that make this the home-place and the natural garden spot of California.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 950.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.