City: Cedar Hill
EWING, Felix Grundy, planter, born at Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 8, 1858; Scotch and English descent; son of John OVERTON and Sallie (Bass) EWING; his father’s occupation, treasurer of a railroad Co. and planter; paternal grandparents Dr. John OVERTON and Lemira (Douglass) EWING, maternal grandparents John MEREDITH and Malvina (Grundy) BASS; educated at Nashville, Tenn.; has been interested in manufacturing, merchandising and agriculture all of his life; also interested in milling business; organized a Planters’ Protective Association to circumvent the tobacco trust and allied interests from encroaching upon inherent rights of the people in buying their tobacco below cost of production; inaugurated the second movement for a system of public roads which was the basis of the active movement of today; member Hermitage Club, Nashville, Tenn., Democrat; member of Episcopal church; manager of Planters’ Protective Association.
