Maria Wills BOYLE ^4,6,11

	Born: 1 Jan 1801, Chillicothe, Ohio 30
	Married: 17 Jan 1819, Philemon Beecher Home 30
	Died: 1864, Lancaster, Fairfield Co., OH
	Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio

   General Notes:

Maria's mother died when she was four years old. From that time, she was raised by her Aunt Susan and Uncle Philemon Beecher. It was in their home that she eventually met Thomas Ewing, who came to do a law internship with Judge Beecher.

It is with Maria Boyle that the Roman Catholic division of the Ewing family had its beginning. Maria was a staunch Catholic. Through her lofty Christian example and teaching, she brought her husband, the Honorable Thomas Ewing, into the Catholic church, and carefully reared her large family in like Christian faith.

   Marriage Information:

Maria married Hon. Thomas EWING, son of George EWING Sr. and Rachel HARRIS, on 17 Jan 1819 in Philemon Beecher Home ³⁰. (Hon. Thomas EWING was born on 28 Dec 1789 in West Liberty, Ohio County, Virginia (Now West Virginia), died on 26 Oct 1871 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., OH ¹¹ and was buried in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., OH.)