William Smith Ervin
1875 - 1963
William was the son of George Washington Ervin and Martha Almira Grant Ervin. He married Lucy L. Basden on Christmas Day in 1900, they had one daughter, Minnie B. Ervin.
Later, he married Delilah "Lilah" Woodward McFarland on December 22, 1919, in Onslow County, North Carolina. He raised her four children: Leonard G., John L., Lilah M., and Saliah Woodward; along with his Minnie.
He was preceded in death by both wives: Lucy, at age 41, died 46 years before he passed on, from Addison's Disease. Lilah died 22 years before he left this life.
The *birth year on William's headstone is most likely incorrect, as his death certificate, WW I Draft Registration, Social Security Death Index, 1900 Census and North Carolina Death Collection all dispute it, as 1875.
William left his farm to the Richlands Methodist Church at his death. The farm was sold and a scholarship was established for college students that is still helping students to this day.
The Ervin family played a large and significant role in the prosperity of Onslow County. A family cemetery was named for Abner Ervin, William's grandfather, on the original Ervin property in Richlands, well maintained and still owned by Ervin family.
--Sources: North Carolina Vital Records, Ancestry.com, family records, Reamey Winn; records accessed and compiled by Annie Duckett Hundley.
1875 - 1963
William was the son of George Washington Ervin and Martha Almira Grant Ervin. He married Lucy L. Basden on Christmas Day in 1900, they had one daughter, Minnie B. Ervin.
Later, he married Delilah "Lilah" Woodward McFarland on December 22, 1919, in Onslow County, North Carolina. He raised her four children: Leonard G., John L., Lilah M., and Saliah Woodward; along with his Minnie.
He was preceded in death by both wives: Lucy, at age 41, died 46 years before he passed on, from Addison's Disease. Lilah died 22 years before he left this life.
The *birth year on William's headstone is most likely incorrect, as his death certificate, WW I Draft Registration, Social Security Death Index, 1900 Census and North Carolina Death Collection all dispute it, as 1875.
William left his farm to the Richlands Methodist Church at his death. The farm was sold and a scholarship was established for college students that is still helping students to this day.
The Ervin family played a large and significant role in the prosperity of Onslow County. A family cemetery was named for Abner Ervin, William's grandfather, on the original Ervin property in Richlands, well maintained and still owned by Ervin family.
--Sources: North Carolina Vital Records, Ancestry.com, family records, Reamey Winn; records accessed and compiled by Annie Duckett Hundley.
William Smith Ervin
1875 - 1963
William was the son of George Washington Ervin and Martha Almira Grant Ervin. He married Lucy L. Basden on Christmas Day in 1900, they had one daughter, Minnie B. Ervin.
Later, he married Delilah "Lilah" Woodward McFarland on December 22, 1919, in Onslow County, North Carolina. He raised her four children: Leonard G., John L., Lilah M., and Saliah Woodward; along with his Minnie.
He was preceded in death by both wives: Lucy, at age 41, died 46 years before he passed on, from Addison's Disease. Lilah died 22 years before he left this life.
The *birth year on William's headstone is most likely incorrect, as his death certificate, WW I Draft Registration, Social Security Death Index, 1900 Census and North Carolina Death Collection all dispute it, as 1875.
William left his farm to the Richlands Methodist Church at his death. The farm was sold and a scholarship was established for college students that is still helping students to this day.
The Ervin family played a large and significant role in the prosperity of Onslow County. A family cemetery was named for Abner Ervin, William's grandfather, on the original Ervin property in Richlands, well maintained and still owned by Ervin family.
--Sources: North Carolina Vital Records, Ancestry.com, family records, Reamey Winn; records accessed and compiled by Annie Duckett Hundley.
1875 - 1963
William was the son of George Washington Ervin and Martha Almira Grant Ervin. He married Lucy L. Basden on Christmas Day in 1900, they had one daughter, Minnie B. Ervin.
Later, he married Delilah "Lilah" Woodward McFarland on December 22, 1919, in Onslow County, North Carolina. He raised her four children: Leonard G., John L., Lilah M., and Saliah Woodward; along with his Minnie.
He was preceded in death by both wives: Lucy, at age 41, died 46 years before he passed on, from Addison's Disease. Lilah died 22 years before he left this life.
The *birth year on William's headstone is most likely incorrect, as his death certificate, WW I Draft Registration, Social Security Death Index, 1900 Census and North Carolina Death Collection all dispute it, as 1875.
William left his farm to the Richlands Methodist Church at his death. The farm was sold and a scholarship was established for college students that is still helping students to this day.
The Ervin family played a large and significant role in the prosperity of Onslow County. A family cemetery was named for Abner Ervin, William's grandfather, on the original Ervin property in Richlands, well maintained and still owned by Ervin family.
--Sources: North Carolina Vital Records, Ancestry.com, family records, Reamey Winn; records accessed and compiled by Annie Duckett Hundley.
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*Five sources dispute birth year on headstone.
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