William M. Ewell, planter, Evergreen, La. No worthy reference to the agricultural affairs of this parish would be complete without mention of Mr. Ewell among other, engaged in tilling the soil. Besides enjoying to an unlimited extent the confidence and respect of all who know him, he comes of an old and respected family of Virginia. Mr. Ewell was born in Bedford County, Tenn., on March 20, 1830, and his parents, Leighton and Susan (Blanton) Ewell, were natives of Virginia and Tennessee, respectively. Leighton Ewell removed with his parents to Tennessee when a boy, grew to manhood, and received his education there, and followed the life of a planter. He died when about only twenty-five or thirty years of age, leaving two children, one a sister, besides our subject. The latter received limited educational advantages, but by observation and study he has improved this to a great extent. He moved to Avoyelles Parish in 1849, and shortly afterward was engaged as overseer for a prominent planter in that parish. Later he embarked in the mercantile business at Evergreen. In 1853 he was wedded to Miss P. A. Miles, daughter of Lemuel Miles, one of the pioneer settlers of Avoyelles Parish. In 1861 Mr. Ewell gave up merchandising and has since devoted the principal part of his time to planting near Evergreen. In the year 1861 he went out as a volunteer in Company H, Sixteenth Louisiana Infantry, operated with the army of Tennessee, and was in all the engagements of the army up to the fall of Vicksburg. He went out as orderly sergeant, and was promoted to sergeant-major after the battle of Shiloh. From the fall of Vicksburg to the close of the war he was engaged as the special agent of the treasury department of the Confederate States to receive money at Richmond, Va., and transmit it across the Mississippi. It was paid out at Shreveport, La., and at Marshall, Tex. Mr. Ewell was engaged in this business until the close of the war. Since 1858 he has been a notary public and magistrate most of the time up to the present. For years he has been mayor of Evergreen, and has always been interested in local politics. He is a prominent Mason, and has occupied prominent positions in both the home and State lodges for thirty years. He and his estimable wife are members of the Baptist Church. Their family consists of four children: L. B., Susan E. (wife of Dr. J. J. Roberts, Hillsboro, Tex.), William V. and M. B. Mr. Ewell’s farming operation are conducted in a manner indicative of a progressive, thorough agriculturist, and he is a man of industry and enterprise.