Hiram P. Erwin

Hiram P. Erwin

• Father: William H. Erwin b. circa 1814, d. between 1857 and 1860
• Mother: Jemima A. Voss b. circa 1829

• Hiram P. Erwin was born in October 1857 in Tennessee.
• James Lawrence Guest and Jemima A. Voss appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, and one domestic servant.. Other members of the household included Hiram P. Erwin, Robert Hill Guest, Thomas Marshall Guest, Susan Lenora Guest, Rosa Bell Guest, Joshua Guest, William J. Guest, Henry Morton Guest, David P. Erwin, Ephraim E. Erwin, Anna Erwin, Thomas J. Erwin and William Erwin.
• James Lawrence Guest and Jemima A. Voss appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, at South Main Street. Other members of the household included Hiram P. Erwin, Ephraim E. Erwin, Joshua Guest, William J. Guest, J. H. Guest and Porter Erwin.
• He was an harness maker, according to the 1880 census.
• He married Laura Ann Boles, daughter of William F. Boles and Nancy Jane Powell, on 8 February 1885 in Kaufman County, Tennessee.
• Hiram P. Erwin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Dallas, Texas, a prisoner in the county jail.
• Laura Ann Boles appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Dallas, Texas, at 190 Griffin and also nine additional boarders. For some reason, Willis and Hannah's daughter Mary Alice Wood, who would have been about five years old, is missing from the household.. Other members of the household included Hiram P. Erwin, Powell Erwin, Edwin I. Erwin, Hal Erwin, Ross Emil Erwin, Frank Dick Erwin, Nancy Jane Powell, Willis Eason Wood, Hannah Ross and Hannah Marguerite Wood.
• He was a house carpenter, according to the 1910 census.
• Hiram P. Erwin died on 17 August 1927 at age 69 in Dallas County, Texas.
• He was interred on 18 August 1927 at Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
• The following appeared on 20 August 1927 in the Dallas Morning News: Funeral services for Hiram P. Erwin, 67, father of a family of baseball players, who died Thursday morning at his home, 3812 Colonial avenue, were held Friday afternoon at the chapel of the Charles F. Welland Undertaking Company with burial in Grove Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his wife and six sons, R. E., Tom, J. P., W. H., and Hal Erwin of Dallas, and B. E. Erwin of St. Augustine, Fla. Tom Erwin, a former player in the East Texas League, is umpiring in the Texas League and W. H. Erwin is an umpire in the Western Association, R. E. Irwin formerly played with Brooklyn.

• Last Edited: 4 Apr 2008