The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

254 THE EARLE FAMILY [Seventh
Their children were :
2201-1.
2202-2.
2203-3.
William A. Cimima.w b. Sept. 23, 1836; m. Jan. 2, 1866,
Sibbie M. Caulder, of Beaumont, Tex.
Peleg E. Cusii.ma.n, />. May 9, 1842; m. Nov. 23, 1S70,
Mary E. Piper, and lives in Orford, N. II.
Henry I. Cushman, />. July 29, 1844; m. April 13, 1S68,
Emily E. Gilman ; is a Universahst minister, and lives,
1885. in Providence, R. I.
2204-4. Pleasantim: Cl SHMAN, b. March iS, 1S47; *• J une 29» 1870, John T. Wilson, and lives in Winchester, Mass.
[1 125-2]. Prudence 7 Earl (James, 6 Caleb,* Williams
Johnf Williams A'alf>//'), dau. of James and Elizabeth
(Soule) Earle, b. July 24, 1789, in Westport, Mass. : ;;/.
1st, in 1806, Joseph Manchester (b. 1783 ; d. 1808, in
Ellisburgh, N. Y.) ; 2d, in 1814, Samuel Welch (b. May
16, 1792 ; d. Dec. 3, 1828), and lived in Lorraine, Jefferson
Co., N. Y. She removed in Dec, 1845, to Madison,
Wis., and d. July 8, i860.
Their children were :
2205-1. Nancy Manchester, b. Sept. 1, 1S07 ; ;//. May 3, 1827,
at Lorraine, Chester Bushnell; d. Aug. 31, 1S77. at
Le Sueur. Minn.
"Nancy Bushnell has led a pioneer life; and we venture to say
that there is not a woman in America now living, who has braved
more of peril and hardships than she. Since 1832, she and her husband,
Bushnell, have lived in the outposts of civilization. Ohio first
became their new home. But so soon as clearings were made, and
roads opened up, they pushed farther west, and camped upon the
banks of Rock River, in Wisconsin. From there they advanced
westerly to Fountain Prairie, near Columbus, Wisconsin, where they
opened up a beautiful farm. Disposing of the farm, they settled in
Madison, in 1S45, where they remained until 1S52 or 53. when they
removed to Minneapolis, then just founded, where they remained a
few years, and then pushed back into the wilderness, south-west
from that thriving city. Here, on the 28th of January, 1S74, Mr.
Bushnell died, in the 72d year of his age.
In reviewing the lives of these relatives, it is fair to assume that
they have enjoyed a reasonable degree of happiness. But their lot, to
our mind, has been a hard one. If a log cabin, a score of miles from
any other habitation ; away from schools ; out of the range of ministers,
doctors and lawyers ; where the sound of the anvil has never