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ERWIN AND WOOD
ERWIN AND WOOD. Prior to December 1893, Captain Melvin E. Erwin and Nathan Wood established a business selling logs and manufacturing lumber. On December 21, 1893 the company capitalized at $30,000 was incorporated. Directors included Edwin W. ALBEE, Marshall M. WALKER, Robert BONSON, Erwin and Wood.
See: Civil War burials: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210476019/melville-e-erwin
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Source:
"Erwin & Wood Company," Dubuque Daily Herald, December 23, 1893, p. 4