Record of Graves in Shelby Cemetery, Near Eichorn Illinois

John Edward Ewell

Obituary for John Edward Ewell in Harrisburg "The Daily Register," 21 November 1938,

page 1: Ill for a year and in a state of coma practically all of the time for the past month,

John Edward Ewell, 52, 1201 South Holland Street, died at 2 a.m. Sunday and was buried today

at Shelby cemetery near Thacker's Gap. He was a retired farmer who came to Harrisburg

five years ago and whose entire lfe hand been spent in the country near this city.

A complication of diseases caused his death. He was the father of Emerson Ewell,

East Alton; Mrs. Icalie Duncan, Spring Valley; Marie, May and Audie Ewell of Harrisburg

and was a brother of Clarence Ewell of this city. They and five half-brothers, Dee and Alfred of Broughton,

Elijah of Harrisburg, Virgil of Rudement and Clifford of Chicago, and three half-sisters,

Mrs. Pearl Gribble, Rudement; Mrs. Effie Clark, Mitchellsville, and Mrs. Bess Langford, Harrisburg, survive.

Rev. William Partain conducted his funeral at 11 a.m. today at the Dorrisville Baptist Church,