City: Duckriver
McEWEN, William J., farmer; born Maury Co., Tenn., Oct. 7, 1848; Scotch-Irish descent; son of C. C. and Martha (Carr) McEWEN; father was a physician; paternal grandparents James and Elizabeth (Goff) McEWEN, maternal grandparents William and Susan (Smith) CARR; received common school education; entered the farming and stock raising business in early life and has been engaged in the same since; married Sallie ERWIN Dec. 23, 1879; member Knights of Pythias, Centerville, Tenn.; Democrat; Sheriff of Hickman Co., Tenn., from 1892 to 1896; member of Methodist church.
