Jane Hunter Ewing ^8,12,31,32

  General Notes:

Jane Hunter Ewing was the youngest child of George Ewing and Rachel Harris. She was born 26 April 1792 in Wheeling, Virginia and died on 5 April 1877 in Hansboro, Mississippi.

It was while her parents were living in Athens County, Ohio, that Jane met and married Elisha Latimer and where several of their children were born. In May of 1818, she and Elisha, with her parents and several other members of the Ewing family, traveled by boat down the Ohio River and landed in Perry County, Indiana where they made their home for many years. They purchased 748 acres of excellent land at the mouth of Millstone Creek, fronting on the Ohio River. On the premises were about 50 acres under cultivation, a hewn log house, several cabins, a number of bearing fruit trees, and a good millseat. They planted 10 or 12 acres of corn and were well supplied with fish from the river. In addition to her work on the land, Jane had a total of twelve children with Elisha, four of whom died in infancy.

Jane and Elisha lived in Perry County for almost 30 years then about 1842 moved to Biloxi, Mississippi. In family letters to her brothers, she talks about the long trip down the Ohio River to the Mississippi and then on to Biloxi.

Jane Hunter was probably named after Maskell Ewing's wife, Jane Hunter. Maskell was Jane's 1st cousin.

Jane Hunter Ewing and Elisha Latimer had twelve children, four of whom died in infancy. The Latimers went with other family members to Perry County, Indiana, and later, about 1842 moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, where Jane died.

Jane's obituary in the Biloxi, Mississippi newspaper reads:
In this place, on Thursday morning, April 5, 1877, after a long and lingering illness, Mrs. JANE H. LATIMER, aged 84 years, 11 months, and 9 days.
Mrs. Latimer was born in Virginia, April 26, 1792; moved from there to Ohio; then to Indiana, whence she removed to Mississippi, and had been living; to the day of her death at this point, thirty-five years, honored and respected by every one. Mrs. Latimer whose virgin name was Ewing, was a sister of Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, and nearly related to Mrs. General Sherman. (she was Jane's neice) A loving and fond mother, a kind neighbor, a true friend, she was fully reconciled to her fate, and met death with complete composure.

Jane Hunter Ewing is listed as a member of this family on DAR applications #112009 (for Mabel C. Pettingill, desc. of Nathaniel Harris Ewing) and #373965 (for Margaret Eleanor Rust, desc. of Anna Maskell Ewing).

Jane Hunter Ewing's death date comes from an article written by her descendant Jennie Latimer Clark in 1921. This article was originally written for the Southwestern Historical Association which met in Cannelton, IN. The LDS Family History Library has filmed this article, and it appears on film #1481368.

The book, GEORGE EWING, GENTLEMAN, A SOLDIER OF VALLEY FORGE, p. 81, states: Altogether she had 12 children of whom four died young. The Latimers went with the others to Perry County, Indiana, and much later removed to Biloxi, Mississippi, where Jane died. George Ewing , the only one of the present generation to have seen her, remembers her as a sprightly old lady sitting in bed smoking a clay pipe.

According to manuscripts found in the Library of Congress, Jane was educated by her sister and at a frontier school. She moved with her husband and parents in June 1818 to Perry County where they would educate their children. In 1840, she followed her sister Mrs. Abigail E. Brown to Biloxi, MI and lived near Handsboro until her death in 1877.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth, 26 Apr 1792.

Jane married Elisha Latimer, son of Elizah Latimer and Lopa, on 26 Aug 1814 in Amesville, Ohio ¹³.^,30 (Elisha Latimer was born on 28 Oct 1792 in New Palitz, Ulster Co., N.Y. ^11,16 and died on 9 Dec 1860 in Handsboro, Harrison County, MS ¹³.)