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Ervin, James – Este, David Kirkpatrick

Ervin, James

lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 17, 1778, in Williamsburg district, S. C. He served in the state legislature in 1801 and 1802, and from 1804 to 1816; was a solicitor of the northern circuit; and for eight years was a trustee of the South Carolina college. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1817 to 1821. He died July 7, 1841, near Darlington, S. C.

Erving, George William

diplomat, was born in 1771 in Boston, Mass.

He was made consul to London by Jefferson; was secretary of legation to Spain in 1804; special minister to Denmark in 1811; and minister to Spain in 1814. He died in July, 1850, in New York.

Erving, John

merchant, was born in 1693 in Scotland. He was one of the wealthiest and most distinguished merchants of Boston, and was a member of the council of Massachusetts for twenty years. He died Aug. 12, 1786, in Boston, Mass.

Erwin, Alexander R

clergyman, educator, was born Jan. 12, 1820, in Louisiana. He occupied a high rank in the ministry, and presided over the Clarksville Female academy and the Huntsville Female college. He died Jan. 10, 1860, in Huntsville, Ala.

Erwin, David

jurist. He was an early emigrant to Michigan; and in 1832 was appointed judge for the territory of Michigan.

Erwin, George Z

lawyer, state senator, was born Jan. 15, 1840, in Madison, N. Y. He has been trustee of the village, chief of the fire department, and a member of the local board of the normal training school of Potsdam, N. Y. In 1881 he was elected to the assembly from St.

Lawrence county, and in 1887 to the state senate.

Erwin, Robert Wesley

physician, surgeon, was born May 24, 1842, in Laceyville, Ohio. In 1868 he graduated from the Ohio university with the degree of B. S.; and in 1870 from the Bellevue Hospital Medical college of New York city, with the degree of M. D. During the civil war he served as a volunteer soldier in an Ohio regiment. He has attained success as a physician in Bay City, Mich.; and has served as United States examining surgeon.

Esher, John Jacob

clergyman, bishop, was born Dec. 11, 1823, in France.

He was the first agent of the Northwestern college, and started that institution of learning. He has been editor of several German religious publications; and has edited the Sunday-School and Juvenile Literature of his church, of which denomination he has been bishop for the past thirty-four years.

Espy, James Pollard

meteorologist, author, was born in 1785 in Pennsylvania. He was a meteorologist of Philadelphia, sometimes called the storm king, who published The Philosophy of Storms. He died Jan. 24, 1860, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Espy, John Boyd

soldier, lecturer, clergyman, legislator, was born July 13, 1838, in Espyville, Pa. During the civil war he served as captain in company H, one hundred and forty-fifth regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. He was twice a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature. Since 1876 he has been a clergyman in the methodist episcopal church.

Estabrook, Francis M

clergyman, financier, was born Aug. 25, 1842, in Rushville, Ill. For thirty years he has been a successful clergyman of the methodist episcopal church in Nebraska. He is now the financial agent and treasurer of the Nebraska Wesleyan university.

Este, David Kirkpatrick

jurist, was born in 1785 in Morristown, N. J. He removed to Ohio in 1809, settled in Cincinnati in 1814, and became a noted lawyer and jurist. He died April 1, 1875, in Cincinnati, Ohio.