Samuel Ewing served in the Revolutionary. We honor his service through our service as members of the Daughters of the American Revolution. On this page, we honor his wife Esther Shaffer Ewing.
Letter from Marie Duncan-Wagers
September 7, 2007
We went to Nauvoo last Saturday. They have added a new memorial for the pioneers who left Nauvoo, but never made it to Salt Lake City.The wall says “UPON THESE WALLS ARE THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO DIED BEFORE THEIR JOURNEY’S END”
Esther EWING and James Clark EWING are listed on the board.
They died in August 1847.
Esther SHAFFER was the wife of Samuel EWING
~ They were the parents of Anderson Shaffer Ewing ~
~ grandparents of Almeda Elizabeth (Ewing) Carr ~
~ great great grandparents of John Ewing Carr ~
Samuel EWING and Esther SHAFFER were pioneers to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Esther and her son James died in August 1847 while crossing the plains.
Eliza Snow, in her Mormon Trail diary, said she saw the burial of
Mrs. Ewing on the 4th of August, 1847.
They were about 15 miles “this side” of Ft. Laramie, Wyoming.
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