Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert McElwain Erwin and Annecca Tracy




Husband Robert McElwain Erwin 1 2 3

           Born: 6 Jan 1834 - Newville, Cumberland Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jun 1902 - Sewickley, Allegheny Co, PA 2 3
         Buried: 


         Father: James Bard Erwin (1810-1883) 1 3 4
         Mother: Isabel McKee McElwain (1809-1888) 1 2 3


       Marriage: 1864 2



Wife Annecca Tracy 1

            AKA: Ann Ecca Tracy 2 5
           Born: 17 Mar 1840 - Sewickley, Allegheny Co, PA 2 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Aug 1891 or 1899 2 5
         Buried: 


         Father: Bruce Tracy (1810-      ) 5 6
         Mother: Ann McCowan (      -      ) 5 6




Children
1 M John Dickson Erwin 2 7

           Born: 8 Feb 1865 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Feb 1865 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 F Katherine Bruce "Kittie" Erwin 2 5 7

           Born: 29 Apr 1866 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William H. White (      -      ) 5 7
           Marr: 18 Oct 1888 7


3 F Anna May Erwin 2 7

           Born: 9 Dec 1868 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Samuel Robert Cunningham (      -      ) 5 8
           Marr: 5 Mar 1889 8


4 M William Kingsley Erwin 2 5 8

           Born: 8 Sep 1870 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Mar 1897 5 8
         Buried: 



5 M Robert McElwain Erwin, Jr. 2 5

           Born: 30 Jul 1874 - Sewickley, Allegheny Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Florence Jeannette Bevington (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 11 Jun 1898 9


6 M Walter Tracy Erwin 2 8

           Born: 15 Jun 1876 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Nov 1877 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 M Edward Eaton Brennard Erwin 2 8

            AKA: Edward B. Erwin 1 5
           Born: 15 Feb 1879 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



8 F Jane Tracy Erwin 2 5 8

           Born: 18 Jun 1884 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 May 1908 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Neil J. McKeefrey (      -      ) 5 8
           Marr: 11 Mar 1903 8



General Notes: Husband - Robert McElwain Erwin


He was born near Carlisle, Mifflin township, in the Cumberland valley, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was, as near as anyone knew, one of the eighth generation born in America of Scotch-Irish descent. He is the second child born to James B. and Isabell M. (McElwain) Erwin. His grandparents were early settlers in the Cumberland valley, and were represented in both the war of the Revolution and of 1812.
He had no early school advantages, and, as soon as able, worked to help support his parents. He followed carpentering, and did work by the day from 1855 to 1866 in Sewickley, except during his service in the army. He enlisted in Co. G, 28th P. V. I., served eighteen months, and was discharged on account of disability. Returning home, he engaged in storekeeping five years; subsequently he embarked in the coal trade, in which he continued sixteen years, and in 1885 he abandoned that line for the livery business. He came to have one of the most extensive livery-stables in Sewickley. [HAC 1889 ii, 630]

His education, which was acquired in the district schools of his day, was but a limited one, and in his earlier years he was employed as a farmer's boy. Subsequently he worked as a carpenter, then was engaged in the coal business and still later conducted a livery business, with which he was identified until he retired in 1894, and took up his residence in Sewickley. During the Civil War he was a member of Company G, Twenty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, holding the rank of third sergeant. After the battle of Antietam he was sent back to his home, presumably to die, but careful attention restored him. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Knights of Honor. [GPHWP, 219]

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 630.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 28.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 219.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 26.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 220.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 523.

7 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 244.

8 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 245.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 221.


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