Background
Ewin was born in County Leitrim, Ireland on October 8, 1808.
Ewin was born in County Leitrim, Ireland on October 8, 1808.
From 1830 to 1840 he worked in Philadelphia and Baltimore as a maker of mathematical instruments. An example is shown at the Virtual Museum of Surveying. In 1840 he moved to Western Ford, Randolph County, Virginia, which today is Saint George,, West Virginia.
Ewin died November 25, 1886, and is buried in the family graveyard overlooking the Cheat River at Saint George.