[1]   Records that may have showed his date and circumstances of death were destroyed when the  

       Allen County Courthouse burned in 1902.  Statewide reporting of vital statistics in Kentucky did 

       not begin until 1907.

[2]   John Alexander Ewing probably went by the name ‘Alex’ or ‘Alexander,’ rather than John.  The 

       records refer to him as John A., J.A. and as A.  The custom of the times was to use initials more 

       in written records than we do today.  Since some of the records refer to his middle initial rather 

       than to his first initial or both, it is likely that he used his middle name.

[3]   Their dates of birth are accurate only to within about a year.  They come from census records that 

       show how old they were every ten years.  Some of the census records show when the census 

       was taken, but others do not (legibly anyway).  He is listed in Find A Grave for Green River Union 

       Cemetery Lot number 127.  He is shown as being born on April 12, 1875 and dying on October 

       10, 1897.

[4]   According to an abstract of Barren County, Kentucky marriages.  Their original data is in Barren 

       County,Kentucky Marriage Book A.

[5]   1850 United States Census for Barren County, Kentucky, Microfilm Roll 191, First Part.

[6]   1850 United States Census for Barren County, Kentucky, Microfilm Roll 191, First Part.  This 

       census was taken on October 5, 1850.

[7]   1860 United States Census for Allen County, Kentucky, Page 117, Family unit 846.

[8]   1870 United States Census for Allen County, Kentucky.

[9]   1880 United States Census for Allen County, Kentucky, Enumeration District 4.

[10] 1900 United States Census for Allen County, Kentucky at Enumeration District 4, Page 18,  

       Family Number 177.

[11] Born on July 27, 1847 in Allen County, Kentucky and died in 1907.

[12] Born on May 1, 1858 in Allen County, Kentucky and died on March 28, 1933 in Indianapolis,  

       Indiana.  All the records refer to him only as “Dee” or “D”.

[13] Born in May 1858, probably in Allen County, Kentucky.

[14] Allen County Kentucky Free Deaths 1852-1861, Book D-G, show that Almarr Ewing died on  

      December 7, 1858 at the age of 5 months.  He was the son of “A & M F Ewing.”  His cause of 

      death was unknown.

[15] Allen County, Kentucky Vital Statistics, 1852-1862, , by Mary Moltenberry Rabold and Elizabeth 

      Moltenberry Price.