"Howell Cobb Erwin. Bearing names that indicate his relationship with distinguished Georgia families, Howell Cobb Erwin has for a number of years been one of the active-and prominent lawyers of Athens and is not only learned in his profession but a natural public leader and a thorough business man. Mr. Erwin is a grandson on the maternal side of Gen. Howell Cobb, whose wife was Mary Ann Lamar, a member of the distinguished Lamar family of Georgia and other southern states, his paternal grandfalher was Alexander Erwin, a man of distinction in the early days at Clarksville. Georgia, who married Catherine Wales.
Mr. Erwin's mother is still living at Athens, where she was born February 14, 1850. She was the originator of the Confederate Cross of Honor. He is the third in a family of nine children, the others being named as follows: Mary Lamar Erwin of Athens; Stanhope Erwin of Athens; Andrew Cobb Erwin of Athens; William Leonard Erwin of Athens; Julien Wales Erwin of Athens; while the three deceased children are Alexander S., John B. Lamar and Catherine Wales Erwin.
As a boy Howell Cobb Erwin attended the city schools of Athens, from which he graduated in 1892, and then entering the University of Georgia finished the classical course in 1897 and in 1898 was graduated LL. B. from the University Law School. While in the university he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. On being admitted to the bar in June, 1898, he at once took up practice in association with his father and older brother, as a member of the firm of Erwin & Erwin until 1907. After his father's death in that year he formed a partnership with Judge Andrew J. Cobb under the firm name of Cobb & Erwin. In 1914 Lamar C. Rueker and William L. Erwin were admitted as junior members of the firm, which then became Cobb, Erwin & Rueker.
Mr. Erwin is a member of the County and State Bar associations, in politics is a democrat, is a director in the Georgia National Bank of Athens and vice president and director of the American State Bank of Athens. On October 24, 1911, at Atlanta, he married Miss Lucy Grattan Yancey, daughter of Goodloe II. and Lucy (I)eupree) Yancey, who lived for a number of years at Athens and later in Atlanta. Mrs. Erwin is also a granddaughter of Hon. William L. Yancey of Alabama. To their marriage have been born two children: Lucy Deupree. born at Athens September 15, 1912; and Mary Lamar, born at Athens April 28, 1915."
SOURCE: A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Vol 5
by Lucian Lamar Knight Digital reproduced
at GOOGLE BOOKS
Mr. Erwin's mother is still living at Athens, where she was born February 14, 1850. She was the originator of the Confederate Cross of Honor. He is the third in a family of nine children, the others being named as follows: Mary Lamar Erwin of Athens; Stanhope Erwin of Athens; Andrew Cobb Erwin of Athens; William Leonard Erwin of Athens; Julien Wales Erwin of Athens; while the three deceased children are Alexander S., John B. Lamar and Catherine Wales Erwin.
As a boy Howell Cobb Erwin attended the city schools of Athens, from which he graduated in 1892, and then entering the University of Georgia finished the classical course in 1897 and in 1898 was graduated LL. B. from the University Law School. While in the university he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. On being admitted to the bar in June, 1898, he at once took up practice in association with his father and older brother, as a member of the firm of Erwin & Erwin until 1907. After his father's death in that year he formed a partnership with Judge Andrew J. Cobb under the firm name of Cobb & Erwin. In 1914 Lamar C. Rueker and William L. Erwin were admitted as junior members of the firm, which then became Cobb, Erwin & Rueker.
Mr. Erwin is a member of the County and State Bar associations, in politics is a democrat, is a director in the Georgia National Bank of Athens and vice president and director of the American State Bank of Athens. On October 24, 1911, at Atlanta, he married Miss Lucy Grattan Yancey, daughter of Goodloe II. and Lucy (I)eupree) Yancey, who lived for a number of years at Athens and later in Atlanta. Mrs. Erwin is also a granddaughter of Hon. William L. Yancey of Alabama. To their marriage have been born two children: Lucy Deupree. born at Athens September 15, 1912; and Mary Lamar, born at Athens April 28, 1915."
SOURCE: A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Vol 5
by Lucian Lamar Knight Digital reproduced
at GOOGLE BOOKS
"Howell Cobb Erwin. Bearing names that indicate his relationship with distinguished Georgia families, Howell Cobb Erwin has for a number of years been one of the active-and prominent lawyers of Athens and is not only learned in his profession but a natural public leader and a thorough business man. Mr. Erwin is a grandson on the maternal side of Gen. Howell Cobb, whose wife was Mary Ann Lamar, a member of the distinguished Lamar family of Georgia and other southern states, his paternal grandfalher was Alexander Erwin, a man of distinction in the early days at Clarksville. Georgia, who married Catherine Wales.
Mr. Erwin's mother is still living at Athens, where she was born February 14, 1850. She was the originator of the Confederate Cross of Honor. He is the third in a family of nine children, the others being named as follows: Mary Lamar Erwin of Athens; Stanhope Erwin of Athens; Andrew Cobb Erwin of Athens; William Leonard Erwin of Athens; Julien Wales Erwin of Athens; while the three deceased children are Alexander S., John B. Lamar and Catherine Wales Erwin.
As a boy Howell Cobb Erwin attended the city schools of Athens, from which he graduated in 1892, and then entering the University of Georgia finished the classical course in 1897 and in 1898 was graduated LL. B. from the University Law School. While in the university he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. On being admitted to the bar in June, 1898, he at once took up practice in association with his father and older brother, as a member of the firm of Erwin & Erwin until 1907. After his father's death in that year he formed a partnership with Judge Andrew J. Cobb under the firm name of Cobb & Erwin. In 1914 Lamar C. Rueker and William L. Erwin were admitted as junior members of the firm, which then became Cobb, Erwin & Rueker.
Mr. Erwin is a member of the County and State Bar associations, in politics is a democrat, is a director in the Georgia National Bank of Athens and vice president and director of the American State Bank of Athens. On October 24, 1911, at Atlanta, he married Miss Lucy Grattan Yancey, daughter of Goodloe II. and Lucy (I)eupree) Yancey, who lived for a number of years at Athens and later in Atlanta. Mrs. Erwin is also a granddaughter of Hon. William L. Yancey of Alabama. To their marriage have been born two children: Lucy Deupree. born at Athens September 15, 1912; and Mary Lamar, born at Athens April 28, 1915."
SOURCE: A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Vol 5
by Lucian Lamar Knight Digital reproduced
at GOOGLE BOOKS
Mr. Erwin's mother is still living at Athens, where she was born February 14, 1850. She was the originator of the Confederate Cross of Honor. He is the third in a family of nine children, the others being named as follows: Mary Lamar Erwin of Athens; Stanhope Erwin of Athens; Andrew Cobb Erwin of Athens; William Leonard Erwin of Athens; Julien Wales Erwin of Athens; while the three deceased children are Alexander S., John B. Lamar and Catherine Wales Erwin.
As a boy Howell Cobb Erwin attended the city schools of Athens, from which he graduated in 1892, and then entering the University of Georgia finished the classical course in 1897 and in 1898 was graduated LL. B. from the University Law School. While in the university he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. On being admitted to the bar in June, 1898, he at once took up practice in association with his father and older brother, as a member of the firm of Erwin & Erwin until 1907. After his father's death in that year he formed a partnership with Judge Andrew J. Cobb under the firm name of Cobb & Erwin. In 1914 Lamar C. Rueker and William L. Erwin were admitted as junior members of the firm, which then became Cobb, Erwin & Rueker.
Mr. Erwin is a member of the County and State Bar associations, in politics is a democrat, is a director in the Georgia National Bank of Athens and vice president and director of the American State Bank of Athens. On October 24, 1911, at Atlanta, he married Miss Lucy Grattan Yancey, daughter of Goodloe II. and Lucy (I)eupree) Yancey, who lived for a number of years at Athens and later in Atlanta. Mrs. Erwin is also a granddaughter of Hon. William L. Yancey of Alabama. To their marriage have been born two children: Lucy Deupree. born at Athens September 15, 1912; and Mary Lamar, born at Athens April 28, 1915."
SOURCE: A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Vol 5
by Lucian Lamar Knight Digital reproduced
at GOOGLE BOOKS
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