Samuel
Milton
Erskine
Born in Cherry Fork, Adams, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Ebenezer Sillik Erskine
and Jane S (Lucas) Erskine
Brother of
Zillah Jane Erskine, Laura B (Erskine) King, Oscar Erskine, Mary Hannah (Erskine) Leigh and Eva (Erskine) Burnett
Husband of
Helen Mar (Lyons) Erskine
— married
13 Mar 1877 in Piper City, Ford, Illinois, United States
Died
at age 75
in Piper City, Pella Township, Ford County, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Sep 2011
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Biography
Samuel was born in Ohio in 1850. He was the son of Ebenezer Erskine and Jane Lucas.
He moved with his parents to Illinois. They were at La Prairie, Marshall, Illinois in 1860 and 1870.[1][2]
He married Helen Mar Lyons in 1877 at Ford county, Illinois.[3]
They were in Pella, Ford, Illinois in 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920.[4][5][6][7]
He died in Piper City, Ford, Illinois in 1926.[8] His obituary, published in the Sept 9, 1926 Piper City (Illinois) Journal, noted that his wife Helen Lyons Erskine survived, as well as three sisters, Mrs. John King of Hoopeston, IL, Mrs. E. R. Lee of Sparland, IL, and Mrs. Eva Barnett of Clarinda, IA.[9] He was also noted as the oldest of a family of six children, that his family had moved to Peoria county in Illinois when he was an infant, then to Marshall county. He had moved to Piper City about 1874.
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- WikiTree profile Erskine-518 created through the import of O'Bryan Family tree.ged on Sep 6, 2011 by Tim Tropeck. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tim and others.
Notes
- Note H413
- ***
- 1900 CENSUS - Pella Township, Ford County, ILL - Page 162 - #131/127 - June 15th
- SAMUEL M. ERSKINE - Age, 49 - Born, Sep 1850, OH - Father PA - Mother PA - Occupation, Farmer
- Helen M. Erskine - Age, 45 - Born, May 1859, IL - Father, Ireland - Mother, VT
- Maude E. Blair - Age, 12 - Born, Jan 1888, IL - Father, Germany - Mother, IL - Niece
- **
- 1910 CENSUS - Pella Township, Ford County, IL - Page 263 - # 119/119 - May 6th
- MILTON S. ERSKINE - Age, 58 - Born, OH - Occupation, Farmer
- Helen M. Erskine - Age, 54 - Born, IL - Married 33 Years - No Children
- ***
- 1920 CENSUS - Pella Township, Ford County, IL - Page 158 - #102/119 - Feb 2nd
- S. M. ERSKINE - Age, 69 - Born, OH - Occupation, Farmer
- Helen M. Erskine - Age, 65 - Born, IL - Wife
- ***
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4D-9KQ : 13 December 2017), Saml Erskine in entry for E L Erskine, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6H8-SN2 : 11 June 2019), S Milton Erskine in entry for Ebenezer S Erskine, 1870.
- ↑ Marriage article, Piper City (IL) advertiser, Saturday, March 17, 1877, page 1.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJF-BKS : 15 September 2017), J M Erskine, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 116, sheet 409A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0206; FHL microfilm 1,254,206.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS71-S48 : accessed 18 August 2019), Samuel M Erskine, Pella Township, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70, sheet 7B, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,301.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKHZ-HR2 : accessed 18 August 2019), Milton S Erskine, Pella, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 7A, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 235; FHL microfilm 1,374,248.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJWT-NML : accessed 18 August 2019), S M Erskine, Pella, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing ED 13, sheet 6A, line 17, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 368; FHL microfilm 1,820,368.
- ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQQ6-9JD : 8 March 2018), E S Erskine in entry for Samuel Milton Erskine, 03 Sep 1926; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,613,442.
- ↑ Obituary, Samuel Milton Erskine, The Piper City (IL) Journal, Sept 9, 1926.
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