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[8] Holyoke, Massachusetts | (aged 78)
Political party | Whig Party[9] Prohibition Party[10] |
Spouse(s) | Lydia Ann Stillwell (m. 1834-1854; her death) |
Children | 5[7] |
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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
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
George C. Ewing has been chosen superintendent of the public schools at Holyoke, in place Dr L. F. Humeston, resigned
Holyoke. George C. Ewing has been re-elected Superintendent of Schools
Holyoke—...Assessors, George C. Ewing, Abraham Jones, Jr.
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...
The prohibitionists were in council at Worcester...after some discussion Geo. C. Ewing of Holyoke was nominated by acclamation as candidate for lieutenant-governor...
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.
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.
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