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Wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman
- Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman (October 4, 1824 – November 28, 1888) was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman, a leading Union general in the American Civil War. She was also a prominent figure of the times in her own right.
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Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman (October 4, 1824 – November 28, 1888) was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman, a leading Union general in the American Civil War. She was also a prominent figure of the times in her own right.
Wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman, Eleanor was known for her many philanthropic activities. She was the daughter of the Honorable Thomas Ewing, who served on the cabinet of President Taylor.
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- Major General William Tecumseh Sherman
William T. “Cump” Sherman and Ellen Ewing had grown up as foster siblings before they married in 1850. Their sixty-year relationship, first as brother and sister, then as husband and wife, was complex and turbulent.
Nov 3, 2023 · Ellen Ewing Sherman (October 4, 1824 – November 28, 1888), was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman, a leading Union general in the American Civil War. She was also a prominent figure of the times in her own right.
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- October 4, 1824
- Major General William Tecumseh Sherman (USA)
- November 28, 1888
Nov 23, 2022 · Who is Ellen Boyle Ewing Sherman? Ellen Ewing Sherman 1824-1888. Childhood playmate, foster sister, friend, confidante, advisor and wife of William Tecumseh Sherman. Like her husband she was intelligent, vivacious, opinionated and strong willed. Together they had 8 children, two died –one in infancy– both during the Civil War.
On May 1, 1850, Sherman married his foster sister, Ellen Boyle Ewing, who was four years and eight months his junior. Ellen's father, Thomas Ewing, was the US Secretary of the Interior at that time. Father James A. Ryder, president of Georgetown College, officiated at the Washington, D.C., ceremony.
Ellen as she was called, was born October 4, 1824 in Lancaster, Ohio. She was the daughter of a prominent Whig politician, Thomas Ewing and Maria Boyle Ewing. Ellen's future husband, William Tecumseh (Cump) Sherman was reared by her parents after the 1829 death of his father.
