The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

258 THE EARLE FAMILY [SEVENTH
" His impulses were always in the right direction, and in his even
and uneventful journey he advanced on the pathway of common life
and filled the measure of a good citizen. His political ambition was
gratified in being Deputy Sheriff of his county ; his religious zeal in
adhering to the Golden Rule ;
and he recognized a good Providence
in all that was vouchsafed him. Upon a clear, frosty morning the
crack of a minie rifle could be heard from the place of his birth to
the place where he always lived and where he now lies. He never
had a neighbor whom he could not look squarely in the face ; and
his last gaze upon the friends who surrounded his deathbed was as
calm and guileless as was his first when his vision opened upon the
world."
2233-5. Andrew J. Potter, b. Aug. 22, 1822 ; m. Dec. 27, 1847,
Elmina Doane.
2234-6. Almira A. Potter, b. Oct. 6, 1825 ; m. Nov. 14, 1843,
G. G. Grinnell; d. Nov. 29, 1858.
[1 130-7]. William 7 Earl (James, 6 Caleb, 5 William,*
John,* William, 2 Ratyh x
), son of James and Elizabeth
(Soule) Earl, b. Aug. 25, 1796, probably in Westport,
was taken by his father when an infant to Galway,
Mass. ;
N. Y. ; m. Charity Hallenbeck. The children were all
born in Ellisburgh, but he and his wife both d. in
Mannsville, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
Their children were :
2235-1
2236-2
2237-3
2238-4
2239-5
Melvin Earl ; m. and d.
Alfred Earl, b. Sept. 11, 1821 ; m. Lorana Earl.
Nancy Earl, b. May 26, 1825 ; m. Dr. John C. Rudd.
Martha Earl ; d.
Henry Earl.
[1131-8]. James 7 Earl (James, 6 Calebs William,* John,=
William, 2 Ratyh 1
), son of James and Elizabeth (Soule)
Earl, b. May 4, 1798, in Galway, Saratoga Co., N. Y.
m. Nov. 7, 1822, Phebe (b. Feb. 14, 1803), dau. of
Cyrus and Joanna (Sargent) Taylor, of Russia, Herkimer
Co., N. Y. ; lived in Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., N. Y.,1
and d. Feb. 7, 1875, in Oswego, N. Y. The children
were all born in Ellisburgh. His widow is living, in 1887,
with her youngest son in New Haven, Oswego Co., N. Y.
;