Biography

05/07/1795 - 12/07/1867

McEWEN, John Homer, a Representative from Indiana County; born, May 7, 1795 in Ireland; merchant; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1842 and 1843; farmer; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1860); died, December 7, 1867 in Plumville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; interred, Beracha Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Plumville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.