Adlai Osborne Ewing

Adlai Osborne Ewing BIRTH 25 Mar 1777 Iredell County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 27 Sep 1820 (aged 43) Christian County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery Christian County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 161742897 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 3 FLOWERS 2 Although the stone clearly says his given name was "Adlie," his namesakes and other descendants in several lines and all genealogy indexes spell it "Adlai."

Adlai Osborne Ewing was the son of Nathanial Ewing and Rebbeca Osborne, and the grandson of the immigrant Joshua Ewing who settled in Cecil Co., Maryland.

He married Sophia Goodrich Wallis, October 4, 1805. They had children: Rebecca M.; John Wallis who was an advisor to Lincoln early in his career, Eliza Ann who married Stevenson (who was the brother of John Wallis's wife) and became the mother the Vice President, Fielding Nathaniel, Alexander Osborne, Isabella Caroline, and Catherine Adlai.

Direct-line ancestor of Adlai Ewing Stevenson, 23rd Vice-President of the United States.

Family Members Parents Photo Rebecca Osborne Ewing 1747–1815

Spouse Photo Sophia Goodrich Wallis Ewing 1786–1848 (m. 1806)

Siblings Photo Nancy Agnes Ewing Hampton 1782–1841

Children Photo Rebecca M Ewing 1806–1824

Photo John Wallis Ewing 1808–1855

Photo Eliza Ann Ewing Stevenson 1809–1889

Photo Alexander O Ewing 1816–1820

Photo Catherine Adlai Ewing Worrell 1820–1900

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