Henry L. Erlewine
Although a young man in years, Henry L. Erlewine is a business man of experience and ability as his career in Marion, Indiana, has proved. He is the manager of one of the most important manufacturing plants in Marion, the Marion Machine Foundry and Supply Company, and he has made this concern the success which it is. He ahs devoted to the process all the energy of a tireless nature and has not spared himself in the effort. Enterprising and progressive, this young man has shown the confidence of the older business men of the town and is recognized as one of the leading men in the coming generation.
Henry L. Erlewine was born on the 28th of October, 1878, at Cameron, in Monroe County, Ohio. He is a son of John C. and Lena (Eberle) Erlewine, the former being a farmer in Cameron, Monroe County, Ohio. He is yet living and is actively engaged in farming in that place.
Henry L. Erlewine is one of eight children born to his parents and he received his education in the grammar and high schools of Cameron, Ohio. His first assay at earning his own living was as a school teacher and for three years he taught in various schools in Monroe and Washington Counties, Ohio. He then took up clerical work for two years and in September, 1902, came to Marion, Indiana. Here he organized the Marion Machine Foundry and Supply Company. This corporation does general machine work and manufacturing, clay working machinery, brass and iron castings, rocker grates for boilers, soot blowers and similar appliances. They are also dealers in oil well supplies and in new and second hand pipe. Mr. Erlewine has been secretary and treasurer as well as general manager ever since the organization of the company and he is a man of high standing in the commercial world. He is also a director in the Central Machine and Foundry Company of West Marion.
On the 18th of September, 1907, Mr. Erlewine was married to Miss Anna Louise Pierson, a daughter of W.W. Pierson, of Leslie, Michigan. They have two children, Susan Elizabeth, who was born August 30, 1909, and Janet, whose birth took place on the 12th of April, 1912.
Mr. Erlewine is a member of the Christian Church, and is chairman of the official board of the church in Marion. He has always taken a keen interest in sociological matters and is a member of the Civic Assembly and of the Federated Charities of Marion.
Submitted by: Gina Reasoner