34-8 HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND ALLIANCE. 



Wheel. He was elected Second Vice- President of that 

 body. At the meeting of the National Wheel at McKenzie, 

 Tennessee, in November, 1887, he was elected National 

 Lecturer, but shortly after resigned that position on 

 account of his election as State Business Agent and his 

 inability to attend to the duties of both offices. He was sent 

 as a delegate from Kentucky to represent his State in the 

 meeting of the National Alliance at Shreveport, Louisiana, 

 in 1887. Was also a delegate in the convention of Labor 

 organizations which met in the city of Cincinnati, 

 February 22, 1887. On his mother's side, Mr. Erwin is 

 of Irish descent. His grand-father on his father's side was 

 a Captain under Gen. Green in the Revolutionary War. 

 On his mother's side he is a direct descendant of the 

 family of Alexander Hamilton. His great grand-mother 

 was a sister of Hamilton, and married a Davis. His 

 grand-mother was Margaret Davis, sister to Col. Joe Davis, 

 of Kentucky; also of Sam Davis, his brother. William 

 Hess, his grand-father, also served as Captain under Gen. 

 Jackson at New Orleans. Mr. Brwin had only one own 

 brother, who was killed at the battle of Belmont, Missouri, 

 on the 7th of November, 1861. He had four half-brothers, 

 two of whom were killed at the taking of the City of 

 Mexico. One of his half-brothers, Marcy Welborn, of the 

 7th Kentucky Regiment, was killed at the battle of Shiloh 

 in 1862. He is the soul of honor, and a true type of 

 Southern manhood. 



S. O. DAWS. 



<( Mr. S. O. Daws is an old citizen of Wise county, 

 residing on his farm near the Parker county line, a few 

 miles from Springtown, his post office. He was born in 

 Kemper county, Mississippi, thirteen miles west of DeKalb, 

 on the 28th day of December, 1848, making him now 

 bout 42 years of age. 



