Herbert P. Ewell, M. D. , Present of the Plastic Post Company 80 leading position of Rochester, Avon Township, Oakland County, was born June 23, 1862, and Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan. He is a son of James N. Ewell and Elsie A. Cannon, a grandson of Philander Ewell great-grandson of Peleg Ewell, who was a member of an old family of New York, of Scotch extraction.The Ewell Emily has been mainly in agricultural and has always been honorable and loyal. If settlement in America dates back to the time of the pilgrims, and during the Revolutionary struggle seven of its members serve in the colonial army. Peleg Ewell with his son Philander moved from New York to Michigan in 1830, and took up 800 acres of land in Macomb County, much of it still being in the hands of Dr. Ewell's father, who still attends the operation's farm, at the age of 72 years. Peleg Ewell died in Utica, Macomb County, Michigan, aged 80 years. Philander Ewell engaged in farming until 1860 and and started up the woolen mills at Stony Creek and a both a reputation as a fortune in operation. After running the middle for 25 years, he moved to Detroit and died in this city, age of about 86 years. He veered nine children, the father of her subject being the eldest.

The mother of Dr. Ewell died in 1894. She was born in New York and was a daughter of a clergyman, who with his wife settled later in Michigan. She was the beloved mother of five children, as follows: Lydia, who died from injuries received in a runaway; Herbert P., Our subject; Ada, who lives at home; George N., and undertaker of Bay City, Michigan; and Frank, who died in childhood.

Dr. Ewell was reason on a farm in Macomb County and attended the local schools, graduating at Utica high school in each and 82, and supplementing this with your at Buchtel College, at Akron, Ohio. In the following year he went to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and graduated in 18 five and pharmacy, and then took charge of drugstore at Albion for a year, preparing for entrance into the medical department of the University of Michigan. 1888 he received his medical degree and located at Rochester, where he has since been engaged in active and lucrative practice. Dr. Ewell makes a specialty of various chronic diseases and has been wonderfully successful in his treatment of a hernia. He is an inventor of no ability and is automatic truss is sold all over the country, meeting with universal approbation. This is the manufactures himself. He has invented a number of other surgical appliances of merit, and he also invented a plastic post, formed a company and is now serving as his present. He is, in addition, interested in a patent tie for the mail service. His inventions are all a practical value and bought him handsome returns.

On October 10, 1888, Dr. Ewell married Carrie J. Tuttle, who was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, they have one son, J. Mac. On account of Mrs. Ewell's delicate health, two years have been spent in Tennessee and Alabama. Dr. Ewell belongs to a number of fraternal organizations, Viz: the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of the Maccabees and Modern Woodsmen of America. In politics he is an independent. In religious beliefs he is a Universalist.