Born and raised in Rockford AL, Coosa County. Father was Herschel Edward McEwen, Sr., Grandfather John Sears McEwen, G-Grandfather George W. McEwen, Jr., GG-Grandfather George W. McEwen, Sr. (Civil War Cavalry Lt), All from Rockford AL Coosa County. GGG-Grandfather Jasper Kirkham moved to Mississipi near their daughter Mary Ann McEwen, who married a Washington. I believe they lived near Pototoc MS. GGG-Grandmother Mary Ann Canada McEwen is buried in Bishop Cemetery near Morton MS. Not sure where Jasper Kirkham McEwen is buried, since he died while returning to Pontotoc County from a visit to Alabama.