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Issac H. Erwin
Gender:
Male
Born:
Unknown
Died:
1843
Home Town:
Bedford County, TN
Later Residences:
Mobile, AL
Marriage(s):
Rebecca James Erwin (March 2, 1831)
Biographical Notes:
Issac H. Erwin was the son of Andrew Erwin, a lawyer in Bedford County, Tennessee. After attending the Litchfield Law School, Erin settled in Mobile, AL where he practiced as a lawyer. He married Rebecca James, the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Darrington) James of Sumpter District, SC. Erwin later served as a Trustee of the University of Louisiana in 1841. He died in 1843 of yellow fever.
Education
Years at LLS:
1828
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer; Political Office
State Posts:
State Representative (AL) 1838-1840
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Rebecca James Erwin
Wife - Andrew Erwin
Father
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School (Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1848), 22.
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