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Abel Alexander Erwin 1815–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 Oct 1815

Birth Location: Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 5 Dec 1898

Death Location: West Point, Harris, Georgia, USA

Father: Josephus Erwin

Mother: Catherine Cowan

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Children(s):

In 1815, Abel Alexander Erwin entered the world in Tennessee, United States, born to Josephus Erwin And Catherine Nancy Cowan. Abel Alexander Erwin passed away in 1898 in West Point, Harris, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1815, Abel Alexander Erwin entered the world in Tennessee, United States, born to Josephus Erwin And Catherine Nancy Cowan.
  • Abel Alexander Erwin passed away in 1898 in West Point, Harris, Georgia, USA.

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Spouses(s)

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Abel Erwin's Ancestors

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Abel Erwin
1815–1898
Birth Place: Tennessee, United States
Parents
Josephus Erwin
1769–1846
Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Catherine (Nancy) Cowan
1774–1839
Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
(Capt) (Joseph Johnson Erwin) Sr
1729–1793
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland
Agnes (Reed) Erwin
1731–1803
Pennsylvania, Somerset, PA
Thomas (Cowan \Capt.) *
1748–1817
Salisbury, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary (Elizabeth Barkley (Cowan)) *
1755–1836
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
James I
1709–1770
Agnes Paterson
1716–1771
Robert Reed
–1794
Agness Cathey
1689–1734
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Drum
1675–1744
Margaret Wylie
1660–1730
John Paterson
1685–1749
Agnes Paterson
1687–1760
John I
1649–1721
Bethiah Frye
1653–1730
Alexander Y
1640–1697
Margaret Armstrong
1645–1698

Abel Erwin's Timeline

2 Records

1815
05 Oct 1815
Birth of Abel Alexander Erwin in Tennessee, United States
Tennessee, United States
1898
5 Dec 1898
Age 83
Death of Abel Alexander Erwin in West Point, Harris, Georgia, USA
West Point, Harris, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 05 Oct 1815
    Event Place: Tennessee, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Dec 1898
    Event Place: West Point, Harris, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

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