Thomas Beale Ewell (1785–1826)
Bushrod Washington supported Ewell regarding the latter's proposal for a book on "chemical subjects."
Thomas Beale Ewell, physician, was born on 22 May 1785 near Dumfries, Virginia. After studying medicine with Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania, he was a surgeon at the naval hospital in New York (1808–13). In 1807 he married Elizabeth Stoddert (1784–1859), the daughter of the first secretary of the navy. Together they had nine children, including Confederate General Richard Stoddert Ewell.
"Thomas Ewell." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310013887/UHIC?u=viva_uva&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=56ddd4ce. Accessed 8 Sept. 2023.
Thomas Ewell, Letters to Ladies: Detailing Important Information, Concerning Themselves and Infants (Philadelphia: W. Brown, 1817).
Elizabeth Stoddert Ewell at Find a Grave.