Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ George W. Erwin ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
George W. Erwin
LAST NAME: Erwin FIRST NAME: George MIDDLE NAME: W. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: Civil War - Union
BORN: 1838 DIED: 19 Dec 1879 BURIED: Dec 1879
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Ohio
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Oregon
NOTES: 
IOOF - Geo. W. Irwin, died in Portland 
[died at the Hawthorn Asylum]
MARRIAGE - G. W. Irwin [Erwin] md Margaret M. Halleck [dau of Heman S. Halleck and Lucretia King] 27 Mar 1864 in Benton Co., Oregon.
1870 OR CENSUS - Geo. W. Erwin, age 33, farmer, b. Ohio, is enumerated with Margaret, age 22, b. Missouri, along with Lyman, age 5, Stephen, age 2, and Milton, age 1, all born in Oregon, also enumerated with the family is H. S. Halleck [Herman S. Halleck, father of Margaret], age 66, farmer b. Vermont.

BIOGRAPHICAL:
George was the brother-in-law of Lyman Scott [his sister, Lyman's wife, was Eliza Jane Erwin Scott]
OBITUARY: 
No obituary found in Oregon Statesman
INSCRIPTION: 
G.W. Erwin 
1838 - 1879 

2nd marker (military): 
George Irwin 
Corpl 
Co. C 
4th Col. Inf. 
Died 
Dec. 19, 1879
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
IOOF Register of Burials 
DAR p. 61 
Saucy Survey and photographs
1870 OR CENSUS (Benton Co., Corvallis Pct., FA #123)
Mimi Stang
Benton County Marriage Record Books, Vol. 1 1850-1924, p 14
CONTACTS: 
Mimi Stang
LOT: 679 SPACE: 2 NE LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.183' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.922'
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