Frank Dick Erwin

b. 5 May 1893, d. January 1963
  • Frank Dick Erwin was born on 5 May 1893 in Texas.
  • Thomas J. Erwin and Alice Cornelia Boles appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Forney, Kaufman County, Texas, living not far from Alice's sister Laura.. Other members of the household included Frank Dick Erwin, Austin Dow Erwin and Lizzie Harris Wood.
  • 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 Frank Dick Erwin, Powell Erwin, Edwin I. Erwin, Hal Erwin, Ross Emil Erwin, Nancy Jane Powell, Hiram P. Erwin, Willis Eason Wood, Hannah Ross and Hannah Marguerite Wood.
  • He was a telegraph office boy, according to the 1910 census.
  • He married Matty E. (?) circa 1914.
  • Frank Dick Erwin registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Dallas, Texas, while living in Dallas with a wife and child.
  • Frank Dick Erwin and Matty E. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in New York City, New York County, New York, at 660 West 179th Street.
  • He was a clerk with Western Union, according to the 1920 census.
  • Frank Dick Erwin and Matty E. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen County, New Jersey, at Madison Avenue.
  • He was a special agent with Western Union, according to the 1930 census.
  • Frank Dick Erwin registered for the draft in 1942 while living at 201 Madison Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights with wife Matty, and employed by Western Union Telegraph Company at 60 Hudson, New York City.
  • The following appeared on 13 March 1942 in The Dallas Morning News: Eason Wood, age 63, passed away at his home, 3712 Oakland, early Thursday. Survived by wife, Mrs. Hannah Ross Wood; two daughters, Mrs. Alice Taberer, Rossville, and Mrs. Margaret Cox, Dallas; a son, Tom Wood, Albuquerque, N.M; two brothers, Frank Erwin, Newark, N.J., and Austin Erwin, Snyder, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Kitty Myers [sic], Dallas, and an aunt, Mrs. Laura Erwin, Dallas. Funeral services Friday at 4 p.m. at Colonial Baptist Church, with the Rev. John G. Moore officiating. Burial Oakland Cemetery. Arrangements Rhoton Funeral Home, Carrollton. Phone 137.
  • Frank Dick Erwin died in January 1963 at age 69.
  • Last Edited: 5 Apr 2008

Family: Matty E. (?) b. circa 1887