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Title Page
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Introduction
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Chapter 1: Paternal Ancestry (Birthplace of my father's parents - Grandfather Ewing's Business - My Grandmother's School Advantages - Their Marriage - Coming to the United States - Their Long Ocean Voyage - Their Coming to Kentucky - The First High School for Girls in the State)
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Chapter 2: Paternal Ancestry (The Roving Disposition of Douglas Ewing - His Death, at New Orleans, Louisiana - The Separation of the two children - The marriage of the children of our grandparents - Father and Mother's Marriage)
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Chapter 3: Paternal Ancestry (Marriages of Father and Mother's children and other members of their family - Army Service - Deaths)
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Chapter 4: Paternal Ancestry (Grandfather and Grandmother's appreciation of the liberties accorded the people in America - What they thought was necessary to attain a high national standing -
Grand-father's speech to county court - Lack of high educational advantages, balanced by strong, practical common sense)
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Chapter 5: Paternal Ancestry (T. C. Beasley and wife's European trip - The great maritime port of Liverpool - Sights seen in London - Touring Ireland and some of the sights seen - On to Scotland - Edinburgh, Firth of Forth, Edinburgh University, Stirling Castle, the old home of Sir Walter Scott, the Old and New Bridges)
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Chapter 6: Maternal Ancestry (The birth of Abel Robbins and Mary Davis Watkins, who became his wife. The father of Abel Robbins - He was a soldier in the American Army - Was killed in the battle of Yorktown - His mother's second marriage)
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Chapter 7: Maternal Ancestry (Life and trials with second husband - His desire to make money - Also, for a good name in the community)
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Chapter 8: Maternal Ancestry (Travels to Kentucky- Removal from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, of the Evan Watkins family - Abel Robbins as a Surveyor, and acquaintances made - Contracts for farm - The little log cabin - His future wife's opinion of it)
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Chapter 9: Maternal Ancestry (My boyhood visit to Grandfather's - His many recitals to me of his early life - The many childish questions I would ask him - The Watkins thrift - Watkins percent - Faithfulness of the Negroes)
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Chapter 10: Maternal Ancestry (The removal of John Robbins and family from Virginia to Indiana - Their thrift in new location - Family prayers - The marriages of ten of Grandfather's children - Tribute to my parents)
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Ewing Family Association
Web Site's Home Page
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Ewing Family Association's
Reading Room
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Ewing Family Association's
Reading Room's Articles and Research Report List
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