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northeastern corner of Mississippi. Here George Washington Ervin grew to manhood and here, on July 26, 1849, in his twentieth year, he married Sarah Jane Martin, the daughter of Dr. Thomas Martin, who had recently come to Tishomingo County from Tennessee. 4
    The drift of population westward continued; and the young couple soon said good-bye to Sarah Jane's brothers Joseph and Benjamin Franklin Martin who, smitten by gold fever, were off to California. The first child of G. W. Ervin and Sarah Jane was Marilda, born on November 13, 1850. Her sister Chestena followed on Christmas Eve of 1852. Christopher C. Ervin arrived in 1855, and his brother was born eighteen months later. Before her death in 1874, Sarah Jane Martin had borne her husband ten children. 5
    ROBERT E. HOWARD'S PATERNAL LINES OF DESCENT
    THE HENRYS
    Shamus McHenry (Jim Henry)
    b. circa 1778 on shipboard d. 1861
    (m) in 1796 Anna O'Tyrrell, who was
    born in Ireland Family moved from South Carolina to Tuscaloosa County, AL, to farm.
    THE HOWARDS
    Family settled in Oglethorpe County, GA, in 1733.
    James Henry, Jr.
    b. 1811 in South Carolina
    1884 in Quachita, County, AR Sept. 9, 1834, Mary Ann Walser, who was born in Georgia, 1816 daughter of Sam Walser Family moved to a plantation in Mississippi and hired William Benjamin Howard as manager.
    Louisa Elizabeth (Eliza) Henry
    d.
    (m)
    Dec. 6, 1856 (m)
    Henry Howard
    Living in Oglethorpe County, GA, in 1849
    A schoolteacher and farmer; had three sons, all of whom went west during The Gold Rush.
    William Benjamin Howard
    b. 1840 in Alabama; a da. of James Henry, Jr., and Mary Ann Walser d. 1916 in Delia, TX; buried in
    Antioch Cemetery, nearby (m) William Benjamin Howard 1856 and had 6 children, including Isaac Mordecai Howard.
    Circa 1830 in Oglethorpe, GA, a son of Henry Howard 1885 in Holly Springs, AR Dec. 6, 1856, Louisa Eliza Hei for whose parents he served as plantation manager Fought in the Civil War.
    d.
    (m)
     
    b. Jan. 24, 1906, in Peaster, Texas
    d. June 11, 1936, in Cross Plains,
    Isaac Mordecai Howard
    b. April 1, 1871, in Holly
    Springs, AR d. Nov. 12, 1944, in Ranger, Texas Physician who practiced medicine in various locations.
    ROBERT E. HOWARD'S MATERNAL LINES OF DESCENT THE ERVINS THE MARTINS
    Family settled in North Carolina near the Virginia border in 1724.
    Robert Ervin
    b. 1801 in North Carolina near
    Currituck Sound d. date unknown
    (m) in 1824 Jane Tennyson, da. of an old Tidewater plantation family in North Carolina Family moved to Tishomingo County, MS.
    July 20, 1849 George Washington Ervin  (m)
    b. 1830 near Raleigh, NC, son of Robert Ervin and Jane Tennyson d. 1900 in Exeter, MO A colonel in the Civil War; a restless promoter who moved family often. Had 16 children in all.
    Thomas Martin
    A physician who came to Tishomingo County, MS, from Tennessee Circa 1835 with his infant daughter, Sarah Jane.
    Sarah Jane Martin
    b. 1832 in Tennessee; a da. of Dr. Thomas Martin. Grew up in Tishomingo County, MS. d. June 2, 1874, in Fayetteville, AK (m) July 20, 1849, George Washington
    Ervin, as his first wife Had ten children, including Hester Jane Ervin.
    (m) July 20, 1849, Sarah Jane Martin, who had 10 children, inc. Hester Jane, (m) April 14, 1875, Alice
    Wynne, by whom he had 6 children Alice Wynne was a kind stepmother. Hester Jane Ervin and her son, Robert, continued to keep in touch with the children of Alice Wynne Ervin.
    _ Hester Jane Ervin
    b. July 11, 1870, in Dallas, Texas (Although she claimed that she was born several years later, her proper date of death appears on tombstone.) d. June 12, 1936, in Cross Plains, TX (m) in 1904 Dr. Isaac Mordecai Howard
    The tranquility of the Ervins' domestic life was disrupted by the War Between the States. G. W. Ervin fought in the Confederate Army as a colonel under General Forrest. After the war, Colonel Ervin viewed his devastated property and, deciding that restoration of his holdings without slaves was well-nigh impossible, set out for Texas with