Emma Estelle Ewing was the eldest child and was born on February 8, 1883, in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, her father, John, was 43, and her mother, Sarah Celia Gump was 33. John was a farmer and by 1893 the family had relocated to Cleveland County, Tennessee.  Emma's mother had died in 1866 and John re-married to his third wife - Caroline Eugenia Soule to where Emma's two younger brothers were born.

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JOHN M. EWING, son of Samuel and Christina (Mason) Ewing, was

born in Beaver County, Penn., April 26, 1839. He came with his parents

to this county in 1851, and located in Crane Township, where his father

purchased 280 acres, on which he (John) resided till his enlistment in the

late war, April 22, 1861. He was a member of Company I, Fifteenth Ohio

Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted for three months' service, but subsequently

re-enlisted for three years in Company D, Fifteenth Ohio Veteran Volunteer

Infantry, participating in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Chickamauga,

Mission Ridge and a number of others, receiving his discharge

at Chattanooga at the expiration of his term, September 24, 1864. Mr.

Ewing was married, Ajwil 13, 1865, to Jennie Hunter, of Beaver County,

Penn., and her death occurring in March, 1866, he was re-married, September

6, 1870, to Celia Gump, of Upper Sandusky. They have five children Maude A., Edith B., Ralph C, Carrie M. and Emma E. Mr. Evving has

always been an agriculturist and stock-raiser, managing his father's farm

of 100 acres. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, G. A. R. , and,

with his wife, of the Presbyterian Church, with which he is officially connected.

 

 

About 1914 the Ewings had made their way to West Palm Beach.  Emma  married Cullen Pence between 1900 and 1905, location of which is not known.   Cullen was already in Boynton Beach in 1895 and was a prosperous pineapple plantation owner among other things.  It appears that Emma was in South Florida before her younger brothers were to come down.  Cullen and Emma had two sons, Allen E. and Phillip W.Pence.  Cullen fell into ill health and took his life in 1910 at the age of 36 leaving his wife a widow with the two young sons.  After Cullen's death we find Emma living in Fort Pierce.

 

  On September 24, 1921 Emma married  Norman Kelley Bennett and  and by him had two more sons: Charles Marsh Bennett and Morris Ewing Bennett. Norman was fourteen years younger than Emma.He was a prosperous West Palm Beach plumbing contractor located on Georgia Avenue.   Norman died May 25, 1969 of an apparent heart attack at the age of 72 in Ocala, Florida.  

 

Emma died on September 17, 1967, in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 84, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in West Palm Beach.