The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

2 26 THE EARLE FAMILY [Seventh
His attention and his time were largely engrossed by his business.
He was at one time a member of the school committee of Worcester,
but, other than that, he neither held nor sought public office ; and
among the various subjects of general importance agitated by the
people, there was but one in which he actively participated. In
regard to the use of intoxicating drinks, he was a " temperance man "
to the extreme, and a tireless advocate of the cause in his daily inter-
course with men. He gave to it liberal pecuniary assistance, and in
1880 and 1881, he was the candidate of the prohibition party for the
office of lieutenant-governor of the Commonwealth.
In religious relations he was a member of the Society of Friends,
taking part in the business meetings of their organization, and, in the
later years of his life, frequently " speaking in the ministry."
The children of Timothy K. Earle were :
1946-1. MariannaM. Earle, b. Aug. 24, 1850 ; m. Edwin Brown.
1947-2. Lloyd M. Earle, b. March 20, 1S53 ; d. May 18, 1868.
1948-3. Helen H. Earle, b. Nov. 16, 1S54; d. March 9, i860.
1949-4. Hettie H. Earle, b. April 16, 1859; d- J an - 2 7' I ^6o.
1950-5. Caroline H. Earle, b. June 18, 1861 ; d. April 26, 1862.
195 1-6. Nancy H. Earle, b. July 22, 1863.
1952-7. Daniel O. Earle, b. Sept. 3, 1869.
1953-8. Caroline Earle, b. March 19, 1873.
1954-9. Henry Halleck Earle, b. May 31, 1874; d. Feb. 13,
1879.
[918-10]. Thomas7 Earle (Henry, 6 Robert,* Robert,*
Ralfi/i,* William, 2 Ralfh 1
), twin brother of Timothy K.
[917-9], and son of Henry and Ruth (Keese-Earle)
Earle, b. Jan. 11, 1823, in Leicester, Mass. ; m. 1st, June
7, 1849, Alice, dau. of Philip and Alice (Brown) Chase,
of Salem, Mass. ; 2d, June 16, 1869, Harriet Coleman,
of Nantucket, Mass. He d. May 26, 1871.
Thomas Earle, like his twin brother, Timothy K., was educated
at a public school, at Leicester Academy and the Friends' School in
Providence, R. I. About the time that he reached his majority, he
opened a retail shoe-store in Providence ; and some time afterward
engaged in the same business in Worcester, Mass.
In 1849, he and his brother, Oliver K. Earle, formed a copartner-
ship under the firm name of T. & O. K. Earle, and purchased from