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Cynthia Ann McEwen

Cynthia Ann McEwen

Female 1822 - 1883  (61 years)

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  • Name Cynthia Ann McEwen 
    Born 26 Jan 1822  Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 31 Dec 1883  Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Union Cemetery, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20266  Tofterå Slettemoen
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2018 

    Family Solomon Ferguson,   b. 22 Feb 1822, Wayne, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1899, Turlock, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 4 Oct 1838  Jasper County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2008 
    Family ID F6527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Parents: James McEwen (1785-1854) and Catherine Chambers (1788-1876), both born in NC. James died in Mahaska Co, Iowa, Catherine died in Oakland, WA.

      "Wife of Rev. Solomon Ferguson
      Aged 61 years 11 months 9 days

      Died, near Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, December 31, 1883, at 12 p.m., Mrs. Cynthia A., wife of the Rev. Solomon Ferguson, aged 61 years, 11 months, and 5 days. Mrs. Ferguson was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana. She moved with her parent, the Rev. James McEwen when quite young to Decatur County where in October 1838 she was married to Solomon Ferguson, by whom she had ten children, two sons and eight daughters. Two daughters died in infancy; the others are left with the bereaved husband to mourn her loss, all member of the church.

      She was converted in 1843, and united with the Milford Salem Baptist Church where she remained a member until September 1847, when she moved to Fremont, Iowa, where she became a consistent member of Salem, now Fremont, Baptist Church. While in this church her husband was ordained a minister of the gospel, where in his arduous self-denying labors, he found in her an uncomplaining, self-denying helpmate. They moved to Cowley in the spring of 1871, and united with the faithful, earnest, consistent member, beloved by all who knew her.

      A great light has gone out in that neighborhood. With the last moment of the passing year, she breathed her last on earth, only to wake in the brightness of heaven. She died as does the ocean wave along the shore, without a ripple, quite and triumphant, as only the Christian can die. For a year her health has been failing, the immediate cause of death being paralysis. In addition to her husband and children, she leaves twenty-one grandchildren. It was a most affecting sight when they gathered around her to take their last farewell.

      Her funeral was attended by Prof. E. P. Hickok, her former pastor, and Rev. J. Cairns, of this city. The latter preached the funeral sermon from first Thessalonians, 4th Chapter, 14th verse, when Prof. Hickok made some very appropriate remarks to a large and deeply affected audience . Seldom have we seen so much genuine sorrow; but our loss is her eternal gain."