City: Memphis
ERSKINE, Washington Gordon, insurance; born Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 3, 1878; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Alexander and Margaret Louisa (Gordon) ERSKINE; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents, Alexander and Susan Catherine (Russel) ERSKINE, maternal grandparents, George W. and Elizabeth (Bradshow) GORDON; educated in the city schools of Memphis, Tenn., and attended Memphis University School two years; began career as clerk in wholesale grocery store, and as secretary and treasurer of W. E. McGehee Co.; in 1906 became soliciting agent of Life Insurance Co., and in 1907 general agent Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Philadelphia, Pa.; 1908 became member of the firm of Sibley & Erskine, general agents Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Great Eastern Casualty Co., of New York, in which business he is now engaged; member of F. & A. M. (32d degree) and K. T., Business Men’s Club and Chickasaw Club, Memphis, Tenn.; member of Presbyterian church.
