William Payton EWER
Name: Carvey, Elsie Martha County: Clackamas, Oregon Death Date: 06 Jul 1927 Certificate: 195
The last record found for Willard Wesley Ewer is in the Minnesota Phone directory, listing him as follows; Williard Wesley, driver; Lyman Tuttle, 1903 Fairbault, Rice Co., MN
From Olivia Times-Journal, Thursday, May 29, 1947, front page Olivia Pioneer Lady Passed Away Sunday Mrs. William Warner, sixty years a resident of Olivia,passed away Sunday, May 25th, after an illness of three years duration. She suffered a stroke a week before her death. Funeral services were held from the home at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Rev. G. A. Morrison, pastor ofthe Methodist church, officiating. Acting as pallbearers were four grandsons,Dean of Redwood Falls, Jack and George Warner and John Mehlhouse of Olivia,and two nephews, Wayne and Claude Ewer of Bird Island. The interment was in the Olivia cemetery. Mrs. Wm. Warner, nee Jennie M. Ewer, was born at Owatonna, Jan. 18, 1866, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ewer. At an early ageshe came with her parents to Bird Island, and on Jan. 18, 1887, she was united in marraige to William Warner, since which date her home had been in Olivia. On January 18, 1937, the couple observed their Golden wedding anniversary,and on last January 18, their 60th wedding anniversary, a family reunion washeld in observance of the occasion. The death of Mrs. Warner removes from Olivia one of its oldest citizens, in point of continuous residence. She, and her husband, who survives her, and who is 90 years of age, took an active partof the up-building of the Olivia community, commencing that work sixty yearsago. Other survivors of the family are Mrs. Irene Peterson, Robbinsdale, Merrill Warner, Redwood Falls; Mrs. Mike Leininger, Royal, Donald and Lloyd Warner, all of Olivia. She also leaves 16 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren;one brother, George Ewer of Bird Island, and one sister, Mrs. George Warner of King City, Calif. A son, Harlan, passed away in 1913.
He married Nancy Jane Whaley 30 Jan 1848 at Miami Co., Indiana . Nancy Jane Whaley was born at Indiana; parents born in Ohio 29 May 1831 daughter of Joseph Whaley and Matilda (unknown) .
They were the parents of 13
children:
Elsie Matilda Ewer
born 9 Jan 1849.
James William Ewer
born 26 Aug 1850.
Squire Joshua Ewer
born 12 Apr 1852.
Charles Albert Ewer
born 23 Oct 1853.
Francis Marion Ewer
born 13 Apr 1856.
Abraham Lincoln Ewer
born 1861.
Willard Wesley Ewer
born 14 Jul 1862.
Freddy Alonzo Ewer
born 30 Apr 1864.
Mary Ann Jane "Jennie" Ewer
born 18 Jan 1866.
Nellie Geneva Ewer
born 4 Jun 1868.
Ida Olive Ewer
born 27 Aug 1869.
Seth Oliver Ewer
born 28 May 1871.
George Chester Ewer
born 9 Apr 1874.
William Payton Ewer died 6 Feb 1878 at Havana, Steele Co., Minnesota .
Nancy Jane Whaley died 25 Sep 1905 at Steele Co., Minnesota .