| Eliza Ervin |
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February 13, just six weeks following the death of her husband, J. E. Ervin, occurred the death of Mrs. Eliza M. Ervin, one of the most respected residents. Mrs. Ervin was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Locksley Richard, and was born in Niles Township, Delaware County, Indiana, seventy-seven years ago. She was first married to Hiram Moon. To them were born two children-William and Alice Moon. At the breakout of the Civil War Mr. Moon enlisted and in 1862 died in the service at New Orleans, and Mrs. Moon returned to Delaware County to the home of her parents where she lived a widow for twenty-three years, during shich time her children both died. She remarried, 1885, to Ephraim Smell, a well-known man of Muncie, and became the mother of his sons, Herbert and Richard Smell. For sixteen years Mr. and Mrs. Smell resided in Muncie, and in the year 1901 death claimed the husband. Mrs. Smell, after four years more residence in Muncie, journeyed to California, where she resided for two years. She returned to Muncie in 1907 and was married to Rev. J. E. Ervin, retired. They took up their residence at 515 West Adams Street, where they lived happily until the death of Dr. Ervin, January 2, this year. Sister Ervin has been a life-long Methodist, and is survived by one sister, Mrs. M. E. Harrington; a brother Dr. W. A. Rickard; and four stepsons and one step daughter. The funeral services were held at the High Street United Methodist Church, in Muncie, Indiana, in charge of Rev. D. T. Stephenson, assisted by Dr. L. J. Nafzger, of Warsaw, and the body was laid to rest in Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie. |