MARTIN C. EWBANK [1.9], Miller Township, one of the oldest farmers of Dearborn County, was born in Yorkshire, England in November, 1804. He is a son of John and Ann (CHAPMAN) EWBANK, both of English parentage. In 1806 John EWBANK left his native country for America on a prospecting tour, leaving his family behind till he should determine the chances for their better support in their new country. He landed in New Jersey, where he began work immediately as an overseer of a farm belonging to one of his countrymen, and in the following year he sent for his wife and children who joined him in New Jersey, where they resided till the autumn of 1811, when they migrated westward and located in Dearborn County. Here he entered land on which he resided till his death in 1832, his wife surviving till 1848. Until the death of his father, Martin C. EWBANK resided on the farm with his parents. In 1826 he married Rebecca CLARK, a daughter of George Clark , who was a native of Ireland and immigrated to America in his earlier years and located in Virginia, where he reared his family, subsequently moving to this state. By this wife, who died in 1838, two children were born: Sarah and Margaret. October 12, 1841 Mr. EWBANK was again married, this time to Mary HUNT, daughter of Robert HUNT and five children resulted from this union: Matilda, Francis, Robert J., Martin L, and Sarah, all now living with homes in different parts of the United States. January 19, 1852 his second wife departed this life, and in August, 1854, Mr. EWBANK was joined in marriage to his present wife, whose maiden name was Hannah LIDDLE, daughter of Stephen LIDDLE, one of the earliest settlers of Miller Township. Five children were born to this union: Findlay, Ida, Russell, Raper, and Florence. On the death of his father, in 1832, Mr. EWBANK came into possession of a portion of the old homestead, which he has since cultivated, making some addition by later purchases. He now owns 140 acres of valuable land from which he derives a comfortable support in his declining years. Mr. EWBANK has always engaged in farming, in which occupation he has been moderately successful, though he has met with some reverses. He is remarkably strong and active for one of his age, the writer finding him in the woods on a cold December day busily engaged in chopping, perched upon a log more than two feet in diameter, which he had twice severed by the the well directed and vigorous blows of his ax. Mr. and Mrs. EWBANK are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and this organization Mr. EWBANK has been associated with most of his life.