George Clinton Ewing | |
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| Member, Board of Directors of Holyoke National Bank | |
| In office 1872 | |
| Vice President of the Board of the Holyoke Public Library | |
| In office 1870-1871[1]: 48 | |
| Selectman of Holyoke | |
| In office 1869-1870[2] | |
| Superintendent of Holyoke Public Schools | |
| In office 1867-1869[3][4] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1852 | |
| Assessor of Holyoke | |
| In office 1851[5] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March/April, 1810[6][7][a] Hudson, New York |
| Died | July 16, 1888 (aged 78)[8] Holyoke, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Whig Party[9] Prohibition Party[10] |
| Spouse(s) | Lydia Ann Stillwell (m. 1834-1854; her death) |
| Children | 5[7] |
| Signature |  |
George Clinton Ewing (March/April 1810[a] – July 16, 1888)[6][7][8] was a salesman, wainwright, land agent, superintendent, assessor, selectman, state representative, and most notably one of the chief founders of Holyoke, Massachusetts; he is credited as having first brought the idea of building a dam and industrial city at Hadley Falls to investors in Boston, New York, Hartford, and St. Johnsbury, Vermont in 1846.[11][12][13]: 31
- ^ Copeland, Alfred Minot, ed. (1902). "The City of Holyoke and the Factors in its History". "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts. Vol. III. The Century Memorial Publishing Company. pp. 1–122. OCLC 5692695963.
- ^ "Holyoke". History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Vol. II. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts; Press of J.B. Lippincott and Co. 1879. p. 917. OCLC 866692568.
In the autumn of 1846, George C. Ewing, of the firm Fairbanks & Co., of New York, began negotiations for the property at this point, which at the close of three months were finally and satisfactorily concluded, and the transfer of about 37 acres was made in March, 1847. Soon after, the property of the Hadley Falls Company, and the mills mentioned above, were also purchased by Mr. Ewing, and thus he succeeded in accomplishing what others had failed in. Mr. Ewing is still a resident of Holyoke, and may justly point with pride to the success of his mission, which added another flourishing city to the constellation that has rendered the commonwealth of Massachusetts famous both at home and abroad.
The first company was incorporated for the development of Fairbanks & Co., of which firm Mr. Ewing was a member, together with a number of Boston and Hartford capitalists... The Messrs. Fairbanks withdrew from the enterprise in January, 1848, when Mr. Ewing resigned - ^ "New England News Items–Hampden County". Springfield Republican. June 3, 1867. p. 4.
George C. Ewing has been chosen superintendent of the public schools at Holyoke, in place Dr L. F. Humeston, resigned
- ^ "Intelligence". Editor's Department. The Massachusetts Teacher. XXI (4): 189. May 1868.
Holyoke. George C. Ewing has been re-elected Superintendent of Schools
- ^ "Town Elections, April 7". Springfield Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. April 9, 1851. p. 2.
Holyoke—...Assessors, George C. Ewing, Abraham Jones, Jr.
- ^ a b Cutter, William Richard; Adams, William Frederick (1951). Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. Vol. II. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 894. OCLC 1547995.
- ^ a b c "G. C. Ewing of Holyoke Dead". Springfield Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. July 17, 1888. p. 5.
- ^ a b "Lineage Chart for Living Ewing [MS, Group 1*]" (PDF). Ewing Family Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Whig Supper at Holyoke". Springfield Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. November 20, 1851. p. 2.
The following is the list of delegates, chosen by the Whigs of Holyoke, to attend the Webster Convention, at Boston: C.B. Rising, Otis Holmes, Geo. C. Ewing...
- ^ "State Conventions and State Nominations". Springfield Republican. Vol. XXVIII. September 12, 1878. p. 2.
The prohibitionists were in council at Worcester...after some discussion Geo. C. Ewing of Holyoke was nominated by acclamation as candidate for lieutenant-governor...
- ^ Warner, Charles F.; Johnson, Clifton, eds. (1891). Picturesque Hampden. Picturesque Massachusetts Series. Vol. Part II - West. Northampton, Mass.: Picturesque Publishing Company. p. 10. OCLC 70679168.
In 1847, George C. Ewing, a salesman for the Fairbanks Scale Company of St. Johnsbury, Vt., and who in his journeyings up and down the valley had acquired considerable familiarity with the region, became impressed with the idea that at the South Hadley falls was one of the largest available water powers in the country, going to waste. He interested his employers in the scheme of building a dam here, and shortly had brought up 1,100 acres of land on the present site of Holyoke. The total number of acres was afterwards increased to 1,300.
- ^ Breitbart, Myrna Margulies, ed. (2016). "'There are Only Three Cities in the World, Holyoke, Paris, and New York'". Creative Economies in Post-Industrial Cities: Manufacturing a (Different) Scene. Routledge. ISBN 9781317158318.
The idea for the city originated with George C. Ewing, a traveling salesman who sold scales and knew of the mills in Lowell, Massachusetts and along the Blackstone canal in Rhode Island.
- ^ Harper, Wyatt E. (1973). The Story of Holyoke. Centennial Committee of the City of Holyoke. OCLC 8060402.
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