Excerpt from Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Vol. 3 Erskin E, John, jurist, was born at Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland, Sept. 13, 1813. He was taken in 1821 to America, where he was educated, with the exception of the years 1827 - 32, when he attended school in his native country. He removed to Florida in 1842, and after teaching school for four years he was admitted to the bar in 1846. He removed to Atlanta, Ga., in 1855, and in 1865 was appointed by President Johnson, u.s. District judge for the district Of Georgia. In April, 1882, when the state was divided he was made judge of the southern district, and retired in Decem ber, 1883, being succeeded by Judge Emory Speer. He died in Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 27, 1895. Ervin, James, representative, was born in Williamsburg district, S. C., Oct. 17, 1778. He was graduated from Brown university in 1797, was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1800, and practised law at Pee Dee, He was a representative in the state legislature, 1800 - 04; solicitor of the northern district of the state, 1804-16, and a representative in the 15th and 16th congresses, 1817 - 21. He died near Darling ton Courthouse, July 7, 1841. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.