The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

322 THE EARLE FAMILY [Eighth
[1592-8]. George s Earle (Dexter? Clark, 6 Ralph,*
William,* Ralph,* 1
William,* Ralph ), son of Dexter and
Susan (Eaton) Earle, b. Sept. 16, 1824, in Worcester,
Mass. ; m. Jan. 1, 1849, Lavina E. (b. April 25, 1825),
dau. of Abijah and Susan (Underwood) Nichols, of
Oxford, Mass. ; lived in Worcester, and d. Jan. 11, 1864.
Their children were :
2930-1. Ada J. Earle, b. June 16, 1850.
2931-2. Susan Earle, b. Sept. 4, 1852 ; m. Jan. 20, 1874, Charles
A. Jewell; d. Feb. 29, 18S0.
2932-3. Mary E. Earle, b. July 2, 1854; d. July 23, 1854.
2933-4. Jenny A. Earle, b. July 27, 1855 ; d. March 19, 1856.
2934-5. Charles S. Earle, b. March S, 1858.
[ 1 599-1]. William s Young Earle (William"' T., Fred-
erick, 6 George,* Robert,* Ralph,* William, 2 Ralph 1
), son
of William Young and Amelia (Adams) Earle, b. Sept.
30, 1819, in Chester, Windsor Co., Vt. ; removed with
his fathers family to Ohio; m. Feb. 24, 1845, Emily,
dau. of Isaac and Polly (Cleveland) Russell, of East
Liberty, Ohio.
In April, 1839, when still a minor, and living with his father's
family in Ohio, he went, with consent of parents, to Iowa, then a
Territory, and settled in Jackson County. In the autumn of 1840, a
few days after his arrival at the age of twenty-one years, he was
elected Superintendent of Schools for the County. In 1S44, he
returned to Ohio, and taught a school during the winter months.
Early in the following year he married, soon returned to Iowa and
settled in Dubuque County, where he was elected Superintendent of
Schools, and, subsequently, Justice of the Peace. In 1S50 he went by
the Panama route to the gold regions of California, remained there a
year, returned to Iowa, again settled in Jackson County, at Richland,
and was elected Justice of the Peace and Assessor. "I never asked
for an office in my life," he stated to one of his friends, " and I never
was defeated when run."
In 1865, he removed to Missouri ; in 1874, to Southern California
in 1878, again to Missouri; and finally, in 1882, again to California;
— "this time to stay." He settled in Los Angeles County, first at
;