Wayne-Randolph County IN Archives Biographies.....Ervin, Samuel October 19, 1820 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Wayne Township
p. 778 & 779

Samuel Erwin was born Oct. 19, 1820, in New Castle County, Del., a son of John 
and Elizabeth (Platt) Erwin, the former of Irish and the latter of English 
descent. When eight years old he came to Wayne County, Ind., where he 
experienced all the phases of pioneer life. He first attended the log-cabin 
schools, and completed his education at the schools of Richmond. He was 
married in 1842, to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Sibyl (Cook) Shute, who 
came from New Jersey to Wayne County, Ind., in 1818, where her father owned 
900 acres of land, and built the first brick house in his neighborhood. He 
followed farming through life, and died in February, 1857, in Covington, Ky., 
where he resided for many years. His wife died in Cincinnati, in February, 
1847. Mr. Erwin has followed agricultural pursuits through life, and his farm 
contains 190 acres of fine land. He also owns a farm of 415 acres in Elkhart 
County, Ind., all well improved. Mr. Erwin and wife are members of the Society 
of Hicksite Friends. His father came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1828, and 
bought 200 acres of land in what is now Wayne Township. At the end of five 
years he sold his farm, and established an iron foundry in Lafayette, Ind., 
doing a successful business for several years. He at one time owned 1,000 
acres in Randolph County. Ind. He died Nov. 19, 1849, in his sixty-eighth 
year. His wife died July 4, 1846, aged sixty years. They had twelve children, 
six still living---Lydia, John W., Susan B., Samuel, Edwin and William P. 


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