James was the son of Alexander Brandon Ervin and Lydia Leamon
BLOWN TO ATOMS
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Sawmill Boiler Expodes, Killing Two Men and Demolishing the Mill.
Jackson, O., Oct 13. -At about 11 o'clock yesterday the boiler of a portable sawmill exploded, with fatal results. The engineer, Kent Evans, and the owner, James Ervin, were instantly killed. Evans' body was mangled, considered,[considerably?] but Ervin's was literally torn to pieces.