Erwin Family Cemetery, Evangeline, LA
Submitted by:Charles L. Seal 
Date: October 18, 2001

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ERWIN FAMILY CEMETERY
Established July 1875


By Charles L. Seal
October 18, 2001


The cemetery is located on 20 acres of land in the Northwest corner of
Evangeline Parish, (Formerly St. Landry Parish) owned by Edna Welch Odom
(Wife of James Odom), Elizabeth, LA.  The family cemetery of James Andrew
and Susan Fisher Erwin is located on what was the North side of the old
home place.  Pecan trees and shrubs surrounded it at that time.  The
cemetery is enclosed with a beautiful rod iron fence, approximately 24 feet
by 24 feet.  Two graves are within the fence.  James Andrew Erwin, was a
Captain in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States.  He
married Susan Fisher.  Following the war, James Andrew Erwin served as the
Clerk of Court in Washington Parish until about 1870.  During the year of
1870, Mr. And Mrs. James Andrew Erwin and family moved to St. Landry Parish
(Later to be divided into Evangeline/St. Landry Parishes) where he engaged
in farming until the year 1902.   Mason Erwin of Oakdale, LA tells the
story of his Great Grand Father and how the two children died.  James
Andrew Erwin was breaking a young horse to ride and gave Angus instruction
not to try and ride the horse.  While he was in Glenmora, LA, Angus tried
to ride the untrained horse. He was thrown from it and injured internally
and died from those injuries.  James Wilbur Erwin died as an infant of
fever.  The inscription on the headstones are: 


ANGUS DOWLING ERWIN                                 JAMES WILBUR ERWIN
April 13, 1877                                        July 5, 1875
May 30, 1889                                           Dec 8, 1875 



The Center marker has the following inscription.

Our darling Buds
Our dear sweet boys
To give you up
It grieves us so,
But in that land
Of eternal joys,
You are better off
We know.