The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

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constant companion, travelling with him and personally assisting in
his literary and business labors. The death of their only child was
deeply felt by the parents ; but they went again to their work, and
continued together in the field until the last illness of Mr. Earle.
He had seemed the very embodiment of health, and had always
looked forward to a long life almost as an assured gift. But it was
not so to be. While engaged in historical work in Boston, Massa-
chusetts, he was taken ill with a fever which terminated fatally at
the end of but a single week. His remains were interred in the
cemetery at Honey Creek, Wisconsin.
His life was one of usefulness and benevolence. It is a pleasant
memory that comes with the mention of his name,— pleasant because
it brings before us not alone a man of wisdom and thoughtful ness,
but because he had added to those traits the rarer one of sterling
goodness. The tribute has often been paid to him— " He was one of
the best men I ever knew"; and the scarcely less complimentary
opinion that " he was constantly developing and growing in ability
as well as character," has frequently been expressed.
The only child of Lyman and Emogene (Partridge) Earle
was
3773-1. Eugene Addison Earle, b. Jan. 4, 1878, at Englewood,
111. ; d. Jan. 10, 1881, at Waukegan, 111.
9 Earle (Thaddeus, 8 Calvin? Thaddeus, 6
[2837-3] • Eunice
David? William? Ralphs William, 2 Ralph 1
), dau. of
Thaddeus and Sarah (Jones) Earle, b. April 22, 1848, in
Rochester, Wis. ; m. Dec. 26, 1866, James W. Lewis
(b. Oct. 19, 1841), of Rochester, and lives there.
Their children were :
3774-1. Sherman T. Lewis, b. Sept. 19, 1867.
3775-2. Luella M. Lewis, b. Oct. 3, 1870.
3776-3. William L. Lewis, b. July 21, 1872.
[2838-4]. Harriet 9 M. Earle (Thaddeus, 8 Calvin? Thad-
deus, 6 David,* William,* Ralph? William, 2 Ralph 1
), dau.
of Thaddeus and Sarah (Jones) Earle, b. May 17, 1850,
in Rochester, Wis.; m. Jan. 1, 1878, Edwin A. Bacon,
and lives in Hubbell, Neb.