Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana. 1887. P. 578
William Ervin, deceased, was born in Clarke County, Ohio, May 25, 1913. Upon reaching his majority he came with his parent to Indiana, first settling in Goshen, Elkhart County. In 1833 he cam e to this county, his parent accompanying him , and settled on a farm two miles north -east of Leesburg, in Plain Township. In 1835 he was united in marriage with Miss Lucinda Harris. As one of the pioneers of Kosciusko County, Mr. Ervin was very highly esteemed by his neighbors for his sterling integrity and uprightness of character. In 1839 he united with the Methodist Episcopal church on probation. He was afterward converted, and was one of the thirteen original members of the first Methodist society organized in his community, all of whom have preceded him to their final rest. In June, 1852, he was bereaved by the death of his wife. They had six children three of whom are still living, one son and two daughters---Mary H. in the wife of Captain Samuel Boughter, now a resident of Warsaw, but for years past a passenger conductor on the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railroad; Elizabeth, wife of Hiram Smith, a farmer of Prairie Township; William E, a farmer of Lincoln County, Nebraska. Amada L. was the wife of Joseph B. Davis, and died at Warsaw in or about the year of 1856. James W. and John L. died in infancy. March 20, 1856, Mr. Ervin was married in La Porte, this State, to Mrs. Elizabeth Cadwallader, who still survives him. He died on his farm near Leesburg April 17, 1884, greatly lamented by a large circle of friends and neighbors. Mrs. Ervin was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1828. Her parent were Nathaniel and Rachel (Garwood) Steele, by whom she was brought to this state when she was an infant. They settled on a farm in La Porte County, where she was reared. In 1847 she was married to Jonah Cadwallader, and they settled on a farm near her parents, where Mr. Cadwallader died in 1852. They had three children, all deceased. Upon her marriage with Mr. Ervin she came to this county, and lived on the homestead; Orrin, a farmer residing on the homestead, and Arthur and Alice, who reside with their mother at Warsaw. Ellie died in August, 1865, aged five years, and Charles died in infancy in December, 1861. In 1857 Mrs. Ervin was one of the original members of the Methodist church organization of the Boone Prairie Church, in Plain Township, in which she still retains her membership. She zealously espoused the cause of the Master, and has been an efficient church worker.
William Ervin, deceased, was born in Clarke County, Ohio, May 25, 1913. Upon reaching his majority he came with his parent to Indiana, first settling in Goshen, Elkhart County. In 1833 he cam e to this county, his parent accompanying him , and settled on a farm two miles north -east of Leesburg, in Plain Township. In 1835 he was united in marriage with Miss Lucinda Harris. As one of the pioneers of Kosciusko County, Mr. Ervin was very highly esteemed by his neighbors for his sterling integrity and uprightness of character. In 1839 he united with the Methodist Episcopal church on probation. He was afterward converted, and was one of the thirteen original members of the first Methodist society organized in his community, all of whom have preceded him to their final rest. In June, 1852, he was bereaved by the death of his wife. They had six children three of whom are still living, one son and two daughters---Mary H. in the wife of Captain Samuel Boughter, now a resident of Warsaw, but for years past a passenger conductor on the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railroad; Elizabeth, wife of Hiram Smith, a farmer of Prairie Township; William E, a farmer of Lincoln County, Nebraska. Amada L. was the wife of Joseph B. Davis, and died at Warsaw in or about the year of 1856. James W. and John L. died in infancy. March 20, 1856, Mr. Ervin was married in La Porte, this State, to Mrs. Elizabeth Cadwallader, who still survives him. He died on his farm near Leesburg April 17, 1884, greatly lamented by a large circle of friends and neighbors. Mrs. Ervin was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1828. Her parent were Nathaniel and Rachel (Garwood) Steele, by whom she was brought to this state when she was an infant. They settled on a farm in La Porte County, where she was reared. In 1847 she was married to Jonah Cadwallader, and they settled on a farm near her parents, where Mr. Cadwallader died in 1852. They had three children, all deceased. Upon her marriage with Mr. Ervin she came to this county, and lived on the homestead; Orrin, a farmer residing on the homestead, and Arthur and Alice, who reside with their mother at Warsaw. Ellie died in August, 1865, aged five years, and Charles died in infancy in December, 1861. In 1857 Mrs. Ervin was one of the original members of the Methodist church organization of the Boone Prairie Church, in Plain Township, in which she still retains her membership. She zealously espoused the cause of the Master, and has been an efficient church worker.
Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana. 1887. P. 578
William Ervin, deceased, was born in Clarke County, Ohio, May 25, 1913. Upon reaching his majority he came with his parent to Indiana, first settling in Goshen, Elkhart County. In 1833 he cam e to this county, his parent accompanying him , and settled on a farm two miles north -east of Leesburg, in Plain Township. In 1835 he was united in marriage with Miss Lucinda Harris. As one of the pioneers of Kosciusko County, Mr. Ervin was very highly esteemed by his neighbors for his sterling integrity and uprightness of character. In 1839 he united with the Methodist Episcopal church on probation. He was afterward converted, and was one of the thirteen original members of the first Methodist society organized in his community, all of whom have preceded him to their final rest. In June, 1852, he was bereaved by the death of his wife. They had six children three of whom are still living, one son and two daughters---Mary H. in the wife of Captain Samuel Boughter, now a resident of Warsaw, but for years past a passenger conductor on the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railroad; Elizabeth, wife of Hiram Smith, a farmer of Prairie Township; William E, a farmer of Lincoln County, Nebraska. Amada L. was the wife of Joseph B. Davis, and died at Warsaw in or about the year of 1856. James W. and John L. died in infancy. March 20, 1856, Mr. Ervin was married in La Porte, this State, to Mrs. Elizabeth Cadwallader, who still survives him. He died on his farm near Leesburg April 17, 1884, greatly lamented by a large circle of friends and neighbors. Mrs. Ervin was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1828. Her parent were Nathaniel and Rachel (Garwood) Steele, by whom she was brought to this state when she was an infant. They settled on a farm in La Porte County, where she was reared. In 1847 she was married to Jonah Cadwallader, and they settled on a farm near her parents, where Mr. Cadwallader died in 1852. They had three children, all deceased. Upon her marriage with Mr. Ervin she came to this county, and lived on the homestead; Orrin, a farmer residing on the homestead, and Arthur and Alice, who reside with their mother at Warsaw. Ellie died in August, 1865, aged five years, and Charles died in infancy in December, 1861. In 1857 Mrs. Ervin was one of the original members of the Methodist church organization of the Boone Prairie Church, in Plain Township, in which she still retains her membership. She zealously espoused the cause of the Master, and has been an efficient church worker.
William Ervin, deceased, was born in Clarke County, Ohio, May 25, 1913. Upon reaching his majority he came with his parent to Indiana, first settling in Goshen, Elkhart County. In 1833 he cam e to this county, his parent accompanying him , and settled on a farm two miles north -east of Leesburg, in Plain Township. In 1835 he was united in marriage with Miss Lucinda Harris. As one of the pioneers of Kosciusko County, Mr. Ervin was very highly esteemed by his neighbors for his sterling integrity and uprightness of character. In 1839 he united with the Methodist Episcopal church on probation. He was afterward converted, and was one of the thirteen original members of the first Methodist society organized in his community, all of whom have preceded him to their final rest. In June, 1852, he was bereaved by the death of his wife. They had six children three of whom are still living, one son and two daughters---Mary H. in the wife of Captain Samuel Boughter, now a resident of Warsaw, but for years past a passenger conductor on the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railroad; Elizabeth, wife of Hiram Smith, a farmer of Prairie Township; William E, a farmer of Lincoln County, Nebraska. Amada L. was the wife of Joseph B. Davis, and died at Warsaw in or about the year of 1856. James W. and John L. died in infancy. March 20, 1856, Mr. Ervin was married in La Porte, this State, to Mrs. Elizabeth Cadwallader, who still survives him. He died on his farm near Leesburg April 17, 1884, greatly lamented by a large circle of friends and neighbors. Mrs. Ervin was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1828. Her parent were Nathaniel and Rachel (Garwood) Steele, by whom she was brought to this state when she was an infant. They settled on a farm in La Porte County, where she was reared. In 1847 she was married to Jonah Cadwallader, and they settled on a farm near her parents, where Mr. Cadwallader died in 1852. They had three children, all deceased. Upon her marriage with Mr. Ervin she came to this county, and lived on the homestead; Orrin, a farmer residing on the homestead, and Arthur and Alice, who reside with their mother at Warsaw. Ellie died in August, 1865, aged five years, and Charles died in infancy in December, 1861. In 1857 Mrs. Ervin was one of the original members of the Methodist church organization of the Boone Prairie Church, in Plain Township, in which she still retains her membership. She zealously espoused the cause of the Master, and has been an efficient church worker.
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