Austin Dow Erwin

Austin Dow Erwin

• Father: Thomas J. Erwin b. June 1855
• Mother: Alice Cornelia Boles b. 27 July 1855, d. 15 June 1902

• Austin Dow Erwin was born on 18 June 1888 in Forney, Kaufman County, 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 Austin Dow Erwin, Frank Dick Erwin and Lizzie Harris Wood.
• James Brantley Boles and Cora Lee Hale appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Snyder, Scurry County, Texas. Other members of the household included Austin Dow Erwin, Jessie Boles, Linn Boles, Nannie Boles, Jim Boles and Robert Boles.
• He was working as a stenographer in a bank, according to the 1910 census.
• He married Mattie Pearl Nelson, daughter of Isham H. Nelson and Rose L. (?), circa 1913.
• Austin Dow Erwin registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Scurry County, Texas, while living in Snyder and working there as a cashier in the Snyder National Bank.
• Austin Dow Erwin and Mattie Pearl Nelson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Snyder, Scurry County, Texas. Other members of the household included Austin N. Erwin.
• He was self-employed in the insurance business.
• Austin Dow Erwin and Mattie Pearl Nelson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Snyder, Scurry County, Texas. Other members of the household included Austin N. Erwin.
• He was manager of an oil mill, according to the 1930 census.
• 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.
• Austin Dow Erwin died on 1 September 1949 at age 61 in Scurry County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 3 September 1949 in the Dallas Morning News: Austin D. Erwin, prominent president of the Snyder National Bank, was buried Friday in Snyder Cemetery. People from a wide area of West Texas attended funeral services in the First Methodist Church. The Rev. Woodrow W. Adcock conducted the rites. Born June 18, 1888, Erwin came here from Forney in 1906. He was associated with a cotton oil company about forty years and for the last fifteen years had been president of Scurry County's only bank. Surviving Erwin are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Dan Ritter of Alpine and Miss Eleanor Erwin and Mrs. R. C. Miller of Snyder; two sons, Marshall Erwin of Snyder and Austin D. Erwin Jr., and a brother, Frank Erwin of New York City.

• Last Edited: 10 May 2015