May 8, 1823 — James McEwen, a native of Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, was born.

The evidence

• “Alexander married Miss Mary B.. daughter of James and Elizabeth (McEwen) McEwan, who was born at Milton, Wis., and there and at Milton College received her education and taught in the public schools for eight years. Her father, a native of Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, was born May 8, 1823, the fourth son of William and Elizabeth (Dow) McEwan. He was educated in the parish schools, and in June, 1838, with his mother, four sisters and his brother, William, sailed from Greenock on board the "Lady of the Lake" to New York, and thence came to Milton, where they arrived September 11.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34e-biographical-5.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 588 / book p. 1072

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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