The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

l68 THE EARLE FAMILY [Seventh
finance committee of that city; in 1864, a director in the Fourth
National Bank ; in 1865, a director of the Provident Life Insurance
and Investment Company; in 1871, a trustee of the Chicago Relief
and Aid Society; in 1S79, a trustee of St. Luke's Free Hospital;
and in 1885, president of the Board of Trustees of the Young Men's
Christian Association.
He has now withdrawn from the presidency of the Fargo &
Southern Railroad, and holds no office limiting his command of his
time. Aside from large interests in Chicago, he has a wheat farm
of 2,400 acres, far west of the Mississippi, upon which the harvesters
are now—September 9, 1887—threshing the wheat at the rate of two
thousand bushels per day. He resides, in winter, in Chicago, and
in summer in Detroit, Minnesota.
[679-4]. Arnold 7 Earle (James, 6 William ,s William, "<
Ralph,* William? Ralph 1
), son of James and Deborah
(Sargent) Earle, b. Nov. 7, 1788, in Leicester, Mass.;
m. about 1814, Lydia (b. Dec. 14, 1794, in Cumberland,
R. I. ; d. Aug. 13, 1881, in Monticello, Minn.), dau. of
Wing and Diadamia (Daniels) Kelly, of Worcester,
Mass. ; d. June 30, 1828, at Newburgh, N. Y.
Their children were :
1468-1. Mary Ann Earle, b. Oct. 15, 1815 ; m. Levi Walden.
1469-2. Catherine C. Earle, b. Dec. 22, .1817 ; d. May 19, 1832J
1470-3. Charlotte Earle, b. July 19, 1822 ; d. June 13, 1824. I
1471-4. Homer Earle, b. April 3, 1825 ; d. April 22, 1S25.
[680-5]. Charles 7 Earle (James, 6 William,* William,*
Ralph,* William, 2 Ralph 1
), son of James and Deborah
(Sargent) Earle, b. June 8, 1790, in Leicester, Mass. ;
m. 1st, Abby Umberfield ; issue, 4 ch. ; 2d, Hannah
-
Kenned)* , of East Windsor, Conn. ; issue, 1 ch. His
second wife d. in Leicester, Aug. 11, 185 1, get. 49 years.
He was living in 1862 with his sister Charlotte, in
Leicester.
Their children were :
1472-1. Sarah Ann Earle, b. Oct. 23, 1830, in Burton, Ohio;
m. George Ewell ; 1 son, James Willard, b. Oct-. 21,
1853.