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ERASMUS W. PENDLETON, retired, Fairfield, son of Samuel C. Pendleton, was born November 13, 1834, in Warren County, Ky. His father, who was so long and favorably known in Wayne County, was born in Virginia in 1811, and when a young man removed to Kentucky, where, in 1833, he was married to a lady whose maiden name was Eliza Covington. She was born in Kentucky in 1808, and was first married to a man named John Whitlock, by whom she had one son, Dr. Whitlock, formerly a practicing physician in Fairfield. Her husband having died, she next married Elijah Mansfield. They had one child, a daughter, Susan, wife of David K. Felix, of Barnhill Township. This husband also died, and she was married to Samuel C. Pendleton, as above stated. This marriage, as in former ones, resulted in the birth of one child, whose name heads this sketch. They came to Wayne County in the spring of 1840 and bought a farm in Barnhill Township, where they spent the remainder of their useful lives. Samuel C. Pendleton was an ordained minister in the Missionary Baptist Church, and led a life characterized for honesty and Christian devotion. He died on the 11th of November, 1875,  his wife having died September 27, 1873.  Erasmus W. received such educational advantages as could be obtained in the pioneer schools of the country, and has devoted his time to the pursuits of the farm until removing to Fairfield in 1875, and still owns several hundred acres of land.  He was married in 1861 to Miss Lucretia Murphy, daughter of Jeremiah and Ann (Harl) Murphy.  She was born in Barnhill Township September 4, 1840. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton are members of the Baptist Church, which they honor by their useful and pious lives.   Mr. Pendleton is a member of the A. 0. U. W., and is esteemed by all who know him as an honorable, enterprising citizen. Their union has been blessed with seven children, but the reaper.  Death, has five times visited their household, each time conveying upon his cold bosom one of their jewels.  Elmer W. was born March 7, 1862, and died September 21 1879; Mary, born May 5, 1863, died September 9, 1865;  Laura, born December 15, 1865; Cora, born July 14, 1868, died September 11, 1879; Clara Bell, born May 13, 1870, died August 1, 1879;  Wilburn, born May 13, 1873,  died May 3, 1874; and Samuel Thomas Pendleton, born July 19, 1877.