City: Clarksville
EWING, Thomas Polk, farmer; born Hampton, Tenn., April 19, 1884; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Finis and Danglus (Polk) EWING; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather Thomas EWING, paternal grandmother Prity (Fort) EWING, maternal grandfather Irvin POLK, maternal grandmother Faneris (Wilson) POLK; educated Cumberland City Academy and graduated from same 1901; member of Elks; he was elected Justice of Peace in 1907, and in 1910 elected representative of Montgomery and Houston counties in Lower House Tenn. General Assembly; in 1908-09 served as a member of the county board of education of Montgomery Co., and also a member of the highway committee 1908-09; in 1908 was chairman of the Planters’ Protective Association; has engaged in farming all of his life; member of the Episcopal church.
