The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

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Benjamin Buffum his lumber business, the yard and office of which
on the north side of Washington Square, nearly opposite the
Union Depot. He continued in this business until 1865, and soon
afterward, accompanied by his son Edward, he spent about eighteen
months in Europe. After his return he purchased the interest of his
half-brother, Edward, in the T. K. Earle & Co.'s card manufactory,
and retained it until his decease.
In the late civil war he held the commission of Lieutenant in Capt.
Pickett's Company of the 25th Regiment of Mass. Volunteers, and
was at the taking of Newbern, N. C. He was a member of the
School Committee of Worcester, for several years; and in 1870 a
member of the House of Representatives of the State Legislature.
The children of Thomas and Alice (Chase) Earle were:
1955-1. Edward Earle, b. Oct. 29, 1851 ; d. unm., Oct. 16,
1879, in Bradford, Pa. The Bradford Star said of
him : "In morals and integrity in business his example
was worthy of emulation by all his associates."
1956-2. Philip H. Earle, b. April 20, 1854; d. March 14, 1872,
in Worcester.
1957-3. Ellen C. Earle, b. Oct. 29, 1857; m. Oct. 25, 1882,
Arthur A., son of Nicholas A. and Sarah I. (Stevens)
Clarke, of Springfield, Mass., and lives in Salem, Mass. ;
1 ch., Alice C, b. Nov. 29, 18S3.
195S-4. Thomas Earle, b. March 13, 1S59; d. unm., May 3,
1887, in Worcester.
[919-1 1 J . Oliver 7 Keese Earle (Henry, 6 Robert £ Robert,*
Ralph,* William, 2 Ralph 1
), son of Henry and Ruth
(Keese-Earle) Earle, b. Sept. 8, 1824, in Leicester,
Mass. ; m. 1st, June 1, 1853, Margaret M. (b. Aug. 18,
1829; d. April 6, 1863), dau. of Isaac and Margaret
(Morris) Collins, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; issue, 4 ch. ; 2d,
Feb. 7, 1865, Sarah, dau. of Cyrus S. and Mary (Burnham)
Brown, of East Baldwin, Me. ; issue, 1 ch. ; lived
in Worcester, Mass., and d. April 7, 1868.
Oliver K. studied at the same institutions as his elder brothers,
completing his education at the Friends' School in Providence, and,
like them, lived with his parents upon the farm which his grandfather,
Robert Earle, Jr. [174-8], gave to his youngest son, Timothy