HARRY G. ERWIN, M. D. In the professional career of Harry G. Erwin, M. D., of Fort Wayne, there have been injected the qualities of industry, natural and acquired talent and a real liking and enthusiasm for his calling that have combined to place him among the eminent practitioners of his state. A member of a pioneer family of Indiana, he comes of sturdy and honorable ancestry, and has fully upheld the best traditions of a long line of forebears for honesty in business and conscientious service in public life. At present Doctor Erwin is serving in the capacity of coroner of Allen County, a position for which he is admirably qualified.
Dr. Harry G. Erwin was born November, 3, 1883, on a farm in Adams County, Indiana, and is a son of the late Judge Richard K. Erwin. His paternal great-grandfather, William G. Erwin, was born January 3, 1788, in Pennsylvania, and as a young man became a pioneer of Adams County, Indiana, where he developed a farm from the wilderness and spent the rest of an honorable and useful life in the pursuits of agriculture, dying July 13, 1845. He married Katherine Kenney, July 11, 1816, she having been born October 22, 1794, and died April 17, 1856.
David Erwin, the grandfather of Doctor Erwin, was born August 15, 1817, and in young manhood settled on a farm in Adams County, where he became a successful agriculturist and a prominent citizen of his community. For many years he served his fellow citizens well and conscientiously in the capacity of justice of the peace, and was also prominent and active in the work of the Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches. He died, honored and respected, June 27, 1879. Mr. Erwin married Miss Mary Need, a native of Adams County, who passed her entire life in Adams County.
Hon. Richard K. Erwin was born in Adams County, Indiana, July 11, 1860, and as a youth was reared in the midst of agricultural surroundings, acquiring his early education in the rural schools. Having ambitions for a professional career, he was given somewhat better educational advantages than the majority of farmers' sons of his day and locality, being sent to the Methodist College at Fort Wayne and subsequently taking up the study of law. After successfully passing the examination he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Decatur, Adams County, where he soon became one of the leading figures in his profession. In 1900 he was elected judge of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit, a position which he held for six years, and then moved to Fort Wayne. In 1912 he was elected a member of the Supreme Court from Allen County, and at the time of his death was chief justice of this body. He was a man of splendid gifts and of the true judicial temperament, and held in the fullest degree the esteem and confidence of all with whom he came into contact. Judge Erwin was connected with all the bodies of Masonry, was a Shriner, and a member of the Knights of Pythias, and his religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Miss Luella A. Wass, who was born February 26, 1862, in Adams County, and now survives him as a resident of Fort Wayne. To them were born the following children: Dr. Harry G., of this review; Richard W., who is engaged in the real estate business at Fort Wayne; David Thomas, also a realtor of Fort Wayne; Mabel, who died October 5,1918, aged thirty-two years, as the wife of Robert B. Allesen, of Indianapolis; and Francelle, who died April 9, 1921, aged twenty-one years, as the wife of Guy S. Means, of Fort Wayne.
Harry G. Erwin attended the public schools of Decatur, Indiana; and graduated from the Decatur High School as a member of the class of 1900. He began his independent career as a teacher in the public schools of Adams County when he was only seventeen years of age, and was thus engaged for three years, following which he enrolled at the Marion Normal School. In 1905 he matriculated in the medical college of the University of Illinois and graduated therefrom with the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1909, subsequently serving his interneship at the University Hospital, Chicago, and Saint Joseph's Hospital, Fort Wayne. Doctor Erwin began the practice of his profession at Huntertown, Indiana, and was busily engaged in the duties of a large practice there when the United States entered the World war. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States Medical Corps in which he was commissioned a captain, and saw nineteen months of service in the army, eleven months of which were overseas. Receiving his honorable discharge April 11, 1919, he returned to Huntertown, where he continued his practice until 1922, when he was elected coroner of Allen County and changed his headquarters to Fort Wayne. He retained that office for two years, then resuming private practice, but in 1926 was again elected coroner, his present term extending until 1930. He is an excellent executive who gives particular care to the duties of his official position, and is widely known as a capable, efficient and reliable physician and surgeon. He belongs to the Allen County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association; Eta Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity; and the American Legion, and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. With his family he belongs to the Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
On June 29, 1911, Doctor Erwin was united in marriage with Miss Hallie L. Hume, of Monroeville, Indiana, and to this union there has come one daughter: Margaret, born May 22,1912, a graduate of the North Side High School, Fort Wayne, class of 1929, who is now attending the Indiana University. The family home is at 472 Penn Avenue, and Doctor Erwin maintains offices in the Wayne Pharmacal Building.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931e
Dr. Harry G. Erwin was born November, 3, 1883, on a farm in Adams County, Indiana, and is a son of the late Judge Richard K. Erwin. His paternal great-grandfather, William G. Erwin, was born January 3, 1788, in Pennsylvania, and as a young man became a pioneer of Adams County, Indiana, where he developed a farm from the wilderness and spent the rest of an honorable and useful life in the pursuits of agriculture, dying July 13, 1845. He married Katherine Kenney, July 11, 1816, she having been born October 22, 1794, and died April 17, 1856.
David Erwin, the grandfather of Doctor Erwin, was born August 15, 1817, and in young manhood settled on a farm in Adams County, where he became a successful agriculturist and a prominent citizen of his community. For many years he served his fellow citizens well and conscientiously in the capacity of justice of the peace, and was also prominent and active in the work of the Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches. He died, honored and respected, June 27, 1879. Mr. Erwin married Miss Mary Need, a native of Adams County, who passed her entire life in Adams County.
Hon. Richard K. Erwin was born in Adams County, Indiana, July 11, 1860, and as a youth was reared in the midst of agricultural surroundings, acquiring his early education in the rural schools. Having ambitions for a professional career, he was given somewhat better educational advantages than the majority of farmers' sons of his day and locality, being sent to the Methodist College at Fort Wayne and subsequently taking up the study of law. After successfully passing the examination he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Decatur, Adams County, where he soon became one of the leading figures in his profession. In 1900 he was elected judge of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit, a position which he held for six years, and then moved to Fort Wayne. In 1912 he was elected a member of the Supreme Court from Allen County, and at the time of his death was chief justice of this body. He was a man of splendid gifts and of the true judicial temperament, and held in the fullest degree the esteem and confidence of all with whom he came into contact. Judge Erwin was connected with all the bodies of Masonry, was a Shriner, and a member of the Knights of Pythias, and his religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Miss Luella A. Wass, who was born February 26, 1862, in Adams County, and now survives him as a resident of Fort Wayne. To them were born the following children: Dr. Harry G., of this review; Richard W., who is engaged in the real estate business at Fort Wayne; David Thomas, also a realtor of Fort Wayne; Mabel, who died October 5,1918, aged thirty-two years, as the wife of Robert B. Allesen, of Indianapolis; and Francelle, who died April 9, 1921, aged twenty-one years, as the wife of Guy S. Means, of Fort Wayne.
Harry G. Erwin attended the public schools of Decatur, Indiana; and graduated from the Decatur High School as a member of the class of 1900. He began his independent career as a teacher in the public schools of Adams County when he was only seventeen years of age, and was thus engaged for three years, following which he enrolled at the Marion Normal School. In 1905 he matriculated in the medical college of the University of Illinois and graduated therefrom with the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1909, subsequently serving his interneship at the University Hospital, Chicago, and Saint Joseph's Hospital, Fort Wayne. Doctor Erwin began the practice of his profession at Huntertown, Indiana, and was busily engaged in the duties of a large practice there when the United States entered the World war. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States Medical Corps in which he was commissioned a captain, and saw nineteen months of service in the army, eleven months of which were overseas. Receiving his honorable discharge April 11, 1919, he returned to Huntertown, where he continued his practice until 1922, when he was elected coroner of Allen County and changed his headquarters to Fort Wayne. He retained that office for two years, then resuming private practice, but in 1926 was again elected coroner, his present term extending until 1930. He is an excellent executive who gives particular care to the duties of his official position, and is widely known as a capable, efficient and reliable physician and surgeon. He belongs to the Allen County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association; Eta Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity; and the American Legion, and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. With his family he belongs to the Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
On June 29, 1911, Doctor Erwin was united in marriage with Miss Hallie L. Hume, of Monroeville, Indiana, and to this union there has come one daughter: Margaret, born May 22,1912, a graduate of the North Side High School, Fort Wayne, class of 1929, who is now attending the Indiana University. The family home is at 472 Penn Avenue, and Doctor Erwin maintains offices in the Wayne Pharmacal Building.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931e
HARRY G. ERWIN, M. D. In the professional career of Harry G. Erwin, M. D., of Fort Wayne, there have been injected the qualities of industry, natural and acquired talent and a real liking and enthusiasm for his calling that have combined to place him among the eminent practitioners of his state. A member of a pioneer family of Indiana, he comes of sturdy and honorable ancestry, and has fully upheld the best traditions of a long line of forebears for honesty in business and conscientious service in public life. At present Doctor Erwin is serving in the capacity of coroner of Allen County, a position for which he is admirably qualified.
Dr. Harry G. Erwin was born November, 3, 1883, on a farm in Adams County, Indiana, and is a son of the late Judge Richard K. Erwin. His paternal great-grandfather, William G. Erwin, was born January 3, 1788, in Pennsylvania, and as a young man became a pioneer of Adams County, Indiana, where he developed a farm from the wilderness and spent the rest of an honorable and useful life in the pursuits of agriculture, dying July 13, 1845. He married Katherine Kenney, July 11, 1816, she having been born October 22, 1794, and died April 17, 1856.
David Erwin, the grandfather of Doctor Erwin, was born August 15, 1817, and in young manhood settled on a farm in Adams County, where he became a successful agriculturist and a prominent citizen of his community. For many years he served his fellow citizens well and conscientiously in the capacity of justice of the peace, and was also prominent and active in the work of the Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches. He died, honored and respected, June 27, 1879. Mr. Erwin married Miss Mary Need, a native of Adams County, who passed her entire life in Adams County.
Hon. Richard K. Erwin was born in Adams County, Indiana, July 11, 1860, and as a youth was reared in the midst of agricultural surroundings, acquiring his early education in the rural schools. Having ambitions for a professional career, he was given somewhat better educational advantages than the majority of farmers' sons of his day and locality, being sent to the Methodist College at Fort Wayne and subsequently taking up the study of law. After successfully passing the examination he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Decatur, Adams County, where he soon became one of the leading figures in his profession. In 1900 he was elected judge of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit, a position which he held for six years, and then moved to Fort Wayne. In 1912 he was elected a member of the Supreme Court from Allen County, and at the time of his death was chief justice of this body. He was a man of splendid gifts and of the true judicial temperament, and held in the fullest degree the esteem and confidence of all with whom he came into contact. Judge Erwin was connected with all the bodies of Masonry, was a Shriner, and a member of the Knights of Pythias, and his religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Miss Luella A. Wass, who was born February 26, 1862, in Adams County, and now survives him as a resident of Fort Wayne. To them were born the following children: Dr. Harry G., of this review; Richard W., who is engaged in the real estate business at Fort Wayne; David Thomas, also a realtor of Fort Wayne; Mabel, who died October 5,1918, aged thirty-two years, as the wife of Robert B. Allesen, of Indianapolis; and Francelle, who died April 9, 1921, aged twenty-one years, as the wife of Guy S. Means, of Fort Wayne.
Harry G. Erwin attended the public schools of Decatur, Indiana; and graduated from the Decatur High School as a member of the class of 1900. He began his independent career as a teacher in the public schools of Adams County when he was only seventeen years of age, and was thus engaged for three years, following which he enrolled at the Marion Normal School. In 1905 he matriculated in the medical college of the University of Illinois and graduated therefrom with the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1909, subsequently serving his interneship at the University Hospital, Chicago, and Saint Joseph's Hospital, Fort Wayne. Doctor Erwin began the practice of his profession at Huntertown, Indiana, and was busily engaged in the duties of a large practice there when the United States entered the World war. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States Medical Corps in which he was commissioned a captain, and saw nineteen months of service in the army, eleven months of which were overseas. Receiving his honorable discharge April 11, 1919, he returned to Huntertown, where he continued his practice until 1922, when he was elected coroner of Allen County and changed his headquarters to Fort Wayne. He retained that office for two years, then resuming private practice, but in 1926 was again elected coroner, his present term extending until 1930. He is an excellent executive who gives particular care to the duties of his official position, and is widely known as a capable, efficient and reliable physician and surgeon. He belongs to the Allen County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association; Eta Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity; and the American Legion, and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. With his family he belongs to the Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
On June 29, 1911, Doctor Erwin was united in marriage with Miss Hallie L. Hume, of Monroeville, Indiana, and to this union there has come one daughter: Margaret, born May 22,1912, a graduate of the North Side High School, Fort Wayne, class of 1929, who is now attending the Indiana University. The family home is at 472 Penn Avenue, and Doctor Erwin maintains offices in the Wayne Pharmacal Building.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931e
Dr. Harry G. Erwin was born November, 3, 1883, on a farm in Adams County, Indiana, and is a son of the late Judge Richard K. Erwin. His paternal great-grandfather, William G. Erwin, was born January 3, 1788, in Pennsylvania, and as a young man became a pioneer of Adams County, Indiana, where he developed a farm from the wilderness and spent the rest of an honorable and useful life in the pursuits of agriculture, dying July 13, 1845. He married Katherine Kenney, July 11, 1816, she having been born October 22, 1794, and died April 17, 1856.
David Erwin, the grandfather of Doctor Erwin, was born August 15, 1817, and in young manhood settled on a farm in Adams County, where he became a successful agriculturist and a prominent citizen of his community. For many years he served his fellow citizens well and conscientiously in the capacity of justice of the peace, and was also prominent and active in the work of the Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches. He died, honored and respected, June 27, 1879. Mr. Erwin married Miss Mary Need, a native of Adams County, who passed her entire life in Adams County.
Hon. Richard K. Erwin was born in Adams County, Indiana, July 11, 1860, and as a youth was reared in the midst of agricultural surroundings, acquiring his early education in the rural schools. Having ambitions for a professional career, he was given somewhat better educational advantages than the majority of farmers' sons of his day and locality, being sent to the Methodist College at Fort Wayne and subsequently taking up the study of law. After successfully passing the examination he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Decatur, Adams County, where he soon became one of the leading figures in his profession. In 1900 he was elected judge of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit, a position which he held for six years, and then moved to Fort Wayne. In 1912 he was elected a member of the Supreme Court from Allen County, and at the time of his death was chief justice of this body. He was a man of splendid gifts and of the true judicial temperament, and held in the fullest degree the esteem and confidence of all with whom he came into contact. Judge Erwin was connected with all the bodies of Masonry, was a Shriner, and a member of the Knights of Pythias, and his religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Miss Luella A. Wass, who was born February 26, 1862, in Adams County, and now survives him as a resident of Fort Wayne. To them were born the following children: Dr. Harry G., of this review; Richard W., who is engaged in the real estate business at Fort Wayne; David Thomas, also a realtor of Fort Wayne; Mabel, who died October 5,1918, aged thirty-two years, as the wife of Robert B. Allesen, of Indianapolis; and Francelle, who died April 9, 1921, aged twenty-one years, as the wife of Guy S. Means, of Fort Wayne.
Harry G. Erwin attended the public schools of Decatur, Indiana; and graduated from the Decatur High School as a member of the class of 1900. He began his independent career as a teacher in the public schools of Adams County when he was only seventeen years of age, and was thus engaged for three years, following which he enrolled at the Marion Normal School. In 1905 he matriculated in the medical college of the University of Illinois and graduated therefrom with the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1909, subsequently serving his interneship at the University Hospital, Chicago, and Saint Joseph's Hospital, Fort Wayne. Doctor Erwin began the practice of his profession at Huntertown, Indiana, and was busily engaged in the duties of a large practice there when the United States entered the World war. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States Medical Corps in which he was commissioned a captain, and saw nineteen months of service in the army, eleven months of which were overseas. Receiving his honorable discharge April 11, 1919, he returned to Huntertown, where he continued his practice until 1922, when he was elected coroner of Allen County and changed his headquarters to Fort Wayne. He retained that office for two years, then resuming private practice, but in 1926 was again elected coroner, his present term extending until 1930. He is an excellent executive who gives particular care to the duties of his official position, and is widely known as a capable, efficient and reliable physician and surgeon. He belongs to the Allen County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association; Eta Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity; and the American Legion, and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. With his family he belongs to the Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
On June 29, 1911, Doctor Erwin was united in marriage with Miss Hallie L. Hume, of Monroeville, Indiana, and to this union there has come one daughter: Margaret, born May 22,1912, a graduate of the North Side High School, Fort Wayne, class of 1929, who is now attending the Indiana University. The family home is at 472 Penn Avenue, and Doctor Erwin maintains offices in the Wayne Pharmacal Building.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931e
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