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Caddo Co. Oklahoma - Civil War 
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Erwin, Samuel E. - 
Capt., Co. M, 8th Tennessee Cavalry

The Anadarko Tribune 04-Nov-1926
CAPTAIN S.E. ERWIN DEAD
Samuel E. Erwin, captain of Co.M, 8th Tennessee cavalry, died at his home near Ft. Cobb, Okla., on Oct. 26, 1926. He was 89 years, 1 month and 13 days old at the time of his death. Captain Erwin was a pioneer settler of this county, having filed on a claim in Caddo county in the early days here.
Captain Erwin was born in Unicoy(Unicoi) county, Erwin, Tenn., coming west soon after the civil war. He was chief engineer of the surveying crew who surveyed south and west Kansas. The land where Wichita now stands was then a vast prairie covered with buffalo. He lived in Brown county, Kansas until 1892 when he came to Oklahoma and settled on a farm near Okarche and lived there until the opening of the country, when he came to Caddo county and lived continuously in this county until his death.
He leaves to mourn their loss his wife, two sons and one daughter; five grandchildren, two boys and three girls; and other relatives. The daughter lives in Montana, one son in Manhattan, Kan., and the other son near Fort Cobb, Okla. His wife and one son were present at the time of his death.
Rev. C.W. Morrison of Hinton, Okla., conducted the funeral services. He was laid to rest in the Union cemetery near his home.