The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

Gen.] GENEALOGY. 411
Their children were
:
3767-1. Clara Smith. 3769-3. Edwin Smith.
3768-2. Alpheus Smith.
[2835-1]. John? Earle (Thaddeus? Calvin? Thaddeus 6
David,* William,* Ralph,* William, 2 Ralph 1
), son of
Thaddeus and Sarah (Jones) Earle, b. Nov. 7, 1843, in
Rochester, Wis. ; m. March 2, 1874, *n Waterford, Wis.,
Grace Bauchop, and lives in Rochester.
Their children were :
3770-1. Nellie G. Earle, b. May 26, 1875.
3771-2. George B. Earle, b. March 14, 1879.
3772-3. Eunice L. Earle, b. Jan. 12, 1884.
[2836-2] . Lyman
9 Earle (Thaddeus? Calvin? Thaddeus, 6
David,* William,* Ralph,* William, 21 Ralph
1
), son of
Thaddeus and Sarah (Jones) Earle, b. Nov. 2, 1845, in
Rochester, Racine Co., Wis. ; m. Dec. 22, 1875, Emogene
(b. Oct. 30, 1852, in Fremont, 111.), dau. of Addison B.
and Anna M. (Stebbings) Partridge, of Englewood, 111.
d. Sept. 17, 1883, in Boston, Mass.
He was reared on the home farm and trained to toil, but attended
the district school in winter. Ambitious and aspiring, he added
much to this rudimentary education by careful study and reading at
home, without a tutor. If this had its disadvantages it was not with-
out corresponding benefits, for it taught him self-reliance and that
confidence in himself which served him so well in after years. This
trait of his character was always noticeable ; yet, if he was confident
of his own abilities in every field which he entered, it was equally
true that he entered no field which his abilities did not peculiarly
qualify him to fill. Physically he was very strong and had great
endurance ; and this, added to a rare ability to apply his efforts to
the best advantage, made his achievements on the farm something
quite beyond the ordinary. In the school-room, as a pupil, he won
a leading place ; and later, as a teacher, he made a high reputation.
The bright and quick-witted pupils felt that their teacher shared with
them the honors of success, and the dull and plodding learned from
;