Individual Details
Presley Underwood Ewing
(1 Sep 1822 - 27 Sep 1854)
Licensed as a preacher in First Baptist Church, Russellville, Apr 1845.
Occupation in 1850 - Lawyer. Elected to Legislature 1848; re-elected Aug 1849. Elected to US Congress Aug 1851.
EWING, Presley Underwood, (1822 - 1854)
EWING, Presley Underwood, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Russellville, Ky., September 1, 1822; attended the public schools; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1840 and from the law school of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1843; studied theology at the Baptist Seminary at Newton, Mass., in 1845 and 1846; returned to Kentucky and practiced law in Russellville; member of the State house of representatives in 1848 and 1849; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1851, until his death in the town of Mammoth Cave, Ky., September 27, 1854; interment in Maple Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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Events
| Birth | 1 Sep 1822 | Logan County, Kentucky |  | ||
| Death | 27 Sep 1854 | Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky |  | |
Families
| Father | Hon. Ephraim McLean Ewing (1790 - 1860) |
| Mother | Jane POPE McIntire (1795 - 1851) |
| Sibling | Henry Quincy Ewing (1826 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Fayette Clay Ewing (1830 - 1831) |
Notes
Death
Died of cholera at Mammoth Cave KY.Endnotes
1. US Census 1850 KY Digital Images online at GenealogyLibrary.
2. DAR Records. Most from Logan Co KY; Yearbooks. (LDS Microfilm #0855039).
3. DAR Records. Most from Logan Co KY; Yearbooks. (LDS Microfilm #0855039).
4. Logan County Kentucky Cemeteries (Logan County Genealogical Society; c1986; New Printing, January 2000), Maple Grove Cemetery, Russellville, KY, p.35..