Charles Ervin |
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My Present Past |
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Charles Ervin began his railroad career as a Fireman with the Illinois Central Railroad at East St. Louis, Illinois in 1907. He moved to Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas in 1909 and was hired by the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, also as a Fireman. He lived with Louis, an Engineer with the A. T. & S. F and Nannie Yengst, his Aunt and Uncle at 211 Spruce in Argentine. On August 28, 1918, he was promoted to Engineer with the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Argentine. After serving in WW1, he moved back to Argentine and was residing with Lorenzo and Ruth Hutchinson at 2119 Ruby in Argentine, which was only five houses south of 2019 Ruby, where his future wife, Josephine Lange lived. He and Josephine were married September 08, 1922 in Argentine, Kansas. In 1925, they were living at 1416 Ruby Avenue in Argentine. By 1926 they were living at 3225 Barber Avenue across the street from Edward, Sadie, George, Dorothy and Ruth Engel. Charles and Josephine's last residence in Argentine (Kansas City, Kansas) was at 1517 South 15th Street, right behind the old Franklin Elementary School. Charles Ervin retired from the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in 1963 after 54 years of service to his company. He was active in the Argentine American Legion Post and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of the Ben Hur Masonic Lodge, a life member since 1916 of the Abdallah Temple, Kansas City, Kansas and the Scottish Rite Bodies, Kansas City, Kansas. He was also a member of the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees and the Four Score Club of Kansas City, Kansas. Charles Ervin died November 12, 1974 in Kansas City, Missouri and is buried with military honors next to his wife Josephine, at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas. |
1910 Census Charles Ervin Argentine, Kansas |
1921 Roster of Railroad Men Charles Ervin |
1929 Dorothy Engel's Address Book |