Civil War Pension File # 224,998
Charles Lemon ERVIN
Company B, 138th Regiment
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Affidavit of Birth written by Charles L. ERVIN
Record of my birth was first put in the family bible. In 1856 my father sold
out his personal effects with the object of going overland to
I never saw anything of the Bible after the sale above mentioned. I remember
seeing my name in the Bible referred to among many other names of the family
but where the Bible went to is beyond my saying.
One incident in my early life is my Grandfather's death, the date of which was
according to the tombstone at his grave with his name, date of birth &
death. It says he died on
I remember distinctly of riding on horseback from my Grandmother's on my
Mother's side behind my uncle who lived four miles in the country to my
Father's home in Leesburg, county and state above mentioned. At that date I was
nearing six years old. I remember many other instances much earlier than this
but am unable to give data that would be satisfactory.
In 1858 when the big "commet" appeared in the West, I remember of
having seen it on nights I had been out to see the girls which would indicate I
was nearing manhood, and from the best evidence of my life, I can truthfully
say I was born
Charles L. Ervin of Company B, 138th Regiment,
Certificate No. 224 998.
(Notarized by an
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Bureau of Pensions
Sir: Please answer at your earliest convenience, the questions
enumerated below......
1. Date and Place of birth.
Answer: Leesburg,
Name of organizations in which you served?
Answer: Company B, 138th Ind.Vol
Inft.
2. What was your post office at enlistment?
Answer: LaPorte, LaPorte Co,
Indiana.
3. State your wife's full name and her maiden name.
Answer: Frances Harriet Ervin;
Frances H. Hoover.
4. When, where and by whom were you married?
Answer:
5. Is there any official or church record of your marriage? If so, where?
Answer: Yes at the County Seat of
6. Were you previously married? No
7. Was your present wife previously married? No
8. Are you living with you wife? Yes
9. State the names and dates of birth of all your children, living or dead.
Answer: Birl Hoover Ervin b.
Charles Leon Ervin b. August
15, 1879; Edward Clare Ervin b. Aug 21,
1881; John William Ervin b. June 7, 1883;
Walter Fredric Ervin b. June 20,
1885; Eudella May Ervin b. March 20, 1889;
Harry Alvin Ervin b.
Josephine Ana Ervin b.
Eleven, That's All.
Signed Charles Lemon Ervin
Date:
(Notes from Shirley D. Webb: Charles Lemon ERVIN was the son of James W. ERVIN
and Lucinda CUMMINGS and the grandson of Charles ERVIN & Sarah BENNETT, and
William CUMMINGS & Celia___, all of whom were residents of Kosciusko
County, Indiana, from the 1830's until after 1860).