McEwen, Emmitt Cornelius Doak^{[1, 2]}

1842 - 1915  (72 years)

• Name	McEwen, Emmitt Cornelius Doak
  Born	25 Dec 1842	, Washington, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Military Servic	Company C, 8th Tennessee Infantry, CSA  [3]
  Buried	Sep 1915	Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma
  Died	13 Sep 1915	Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I21110	McClure-Harris
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2005

  
  

  Father	McEwen, Alexander Jackson Junior,   b. 28 Jul 1795, Jonesboro, Washington, Tennessee ,   d. 1868, , Johnson, Tennessee  (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Rodgers, Huldah Kyle,   b. 1802, , , Virginia ,   d. Aft 1880  (Age > 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	04 Jul 1836	, Washington, Virginia
  Family ID	F7222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King, Mary Ellen,   b. 08 Mar 1851, , Cass, Illinois ,   d. 27 Dec 1941, Milfay, Creek, Oklahoma  (Age 90 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1871	St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2005
  Family ID	F7221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  !BIRTH, DEATH, AND BURIAL: E.C. McEwen Obit in possession of Robert E. Pendley, Vista, CA; Gravestone in Bristow, OK Cemetery. !MARR: Obit of Mary Ellen King McEwen in possession of Robert E. Pendley. !FAMILY: Notes in possession of Robert E. Pendley of interview of Mary Ellen King McEwen by Ruth Maude McEwen Calaway, June 6, 1934; Census: 1880 Montgomery Co., KS. !MILITARY: Emmitt enlisted 1 Nov 1862 in the Cavalry, Army of the Confederate States of America, in Taylorsville, Tennessee. He was badly wounded in the Battle of Chickamauga. ============================

  
  

• Sources

  [S186] GEDCOM file imported on 14 Aug 2002., Shane Symes. [S658] 1880 United States Census, 219C (Reliability: 3). Emmitt MCEWEN Self M Male W 38 VA Farmer VA PA Mary MCEWEN Wife M Female W 28 IL Keeping House AL IL Robert MCEWEN Son S Male W 8 KS VA IL Wm. MCEWEN Son S Male W 5 KS VA IL Hulda MCEWEN Dau S Female W 4 KS VA IL Maud MCEWEN Dau S Female W 2 KS VA IL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Fawn Creek, Montgomery, Kansas Family History Library Film 1254389 NA Film Number T9-0389 Page Number 219C [S616] Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (National Park Service) (Reliability: 3). CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS 8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry 8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Trousdale, Sumner County, Tennessee, in May, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Smith, Overton, Lincoln, Fentress, Putnam, Jackson, Moore, and Marshall. Ordered to Virginia, the unit arrived at Huntersville in July with 887 men. Assigned to D.S. Donelson's Brigade, it participated in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, then was sent to Port Royal, South Carolina. During the spring of 1862, it moved west, fought at Corinth, Munfordville, and Perryville, then joined the Army of Tennessee. During the war it was attached to M.J. Wright's and Maney's Brigade. The 8th took an active part in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesborough to Atlanta, returned to Tennessee with Hood, and saw action in North Carolina. It reported 38 casualties at Perryville, lost sixty-five percent of the 474 engaged at Murfreesboro, and took 260 into the fight at Chickamauga. During December, 1863, it totalled 233 men and 207 arms. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels John H. Anderson, Alfred S. Fulton, William L. Moore, and L.W. Oglesby; Lieutenant Colonels A.G. Ewing and C.C.McKinney; and Majors W.H. Botts and William G. Burford. E.C. McEwen (First_Last) Regiment Name 8 Tennessee Infantry. Side Confederate Company C Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private Alternate Name Notes Film Number M231 roll 29