From the History of Fayette County
ERVIN, Captain James M., a veteran of the great Civial War, and a substantial and representative citizen of Lone Grove Township, residing on a magnificent farm of 280 acres of improved land, is a native of the State of Ohio, and is of Irish and Welsh extraction. He was born near Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, Spetember 10, 1825, shortly after his parents had settled there as pioneers.