Henry Simon Ewen was born at Jackson, Michigan on January 22, 1863. Gurine Knutson was born September 28, 1863 at Iola, Wisconsin. They were married January 18, 1888 at Casselton. Mr. Ewen homesteaded in 1886 in Rosehill Township on the Northwest 1/4 of Section 14. The Ewens were the first to build permanent buildings on their farm. He planted many trees in the area. Mr. Ewen, an active man, walked to Mayville, nearly 100 miles, to help his brother several times. He walked from his farm home to town a distance of ten miles on his seventieth birthday. Mr. Ewen was a charitable man as his neighbors would testify.
The Ewens had seven children: Mabel, Nellie , Edith, Loren, Lillie, Harry and Edwin. The three, Lillie, Harry and Edwin died young. Mr. Ewen died January 21, 1938 and Mrs.
Ewen died May 5, 1949. They are buried at Carrington.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 100B