Samuel McEwen, Sr.
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(b. 1877 NYC, NY - d. 1944 Petersburg, VA). 1900 @ Matoaca Gospel Hall in Virginia, and self-employed as a tailor. He managed a poultry farm in Namozine, Dinwiddie, VA in 1910. Wife (1899 @ Matoaca Gospel Hall, VA): Annie Belle Johnson McEwen (b. 1877 Clover Hill, Chesterfield, VA - d. 1963 Petersburg, VA), daughter of Henry Johnson (b. 1839 Southampton Co., VA - d. 1894 Portsmouth, VA) & Sarah F. Patron Johnson (b. 1844 VA). W.D. Best officiated their wedding, which was preceded by a Gospel meeting by Henry Turner, based in Richmond, VA, who had returned from Africa as a missionary.
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Ministry
1912
- WiS 1912-12: Ardmore, PA: "S. McEwen has had three week's meetings in Ardmore. Attendance good and some fruit."
1940
- WiS 1940-1: Phil., PA: "James McCullough had several weeks meetings for Christians in the Olney Hall. Sam McEwen began meetings in the Bryn Mawr Hall, and H.K. Downie had meetings on the Feast of the Lord in the West Philadelphia Hall."
Sources
- Words in Season: 1912-12; 1940-7
- Ancestry.com
