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John Ewen

President, Delaware and Hudson Canal

Centurion, 1847–1850s

Born 9 December 1810 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 19 May 1877 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

Proposed by Charles M. Leupp

Elected 4 December 1847 at age thirty-six

Archivist’s Note: He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1855 and 1857.