Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1908 — Death of Floyd Erwin. [ARTICLE]

Death of Floyd Erwin.

Mrs. Henry Wood, of Rensselaer, received a telegram Saturday apprising her of the death on Friday night of her nephew,F'oyd Erwin, at Lenore, Okla. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Erwin, former residents of this county, and he was a student in the high school here in 1902. He was about 24 years of age at the time of death and had always been frail and he was compelled to quit school here because of his hedth. The family moved from here to Coats, Kans., where they resided until in October of this year, when tie removal to Lenore, Okla., was made in hope of saving his life. Last spiing he had measles and his alieady fra.l constitution became weakened still more and he grew steadily worse until the end. Consumption was the malady that destroyed his life. He was a nephew of James Erwin of DeMctte, and was also related to the Welsh families and others in this county.