The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

384 THE EARLE FAMILY [Eighth
N. Y. ; m. July 16, 1851, Benjamin L. (b. Sept. 22,
1822, in Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y.), son of Hezekiah
and Alice (Loomis) House, and lives in New Haven,
Oswego Co., N. Y.
Their children were :
3491-1. Emmet H. House, b. Aug. 2, 1854; m. Aug. 17, 1883,
Viola Booth.
3492-2. Ernestine House, b. March 2, 1857.
3493-3. Eva House, b. June 2, 1861 ; m. Jan. 26, 1881, Frederick
Mack.
3494-4. Eugene House, b. June 19, 1869.
8 Earl (Eli? James, 6 Caleb,* William,*
[2248-2] . Frederick
1
John? William? Ralph ), son of Eli and Hannah (Wells)
Earl, b. 1830, in Ellisburgh, N. Y. ; m. Minerva Elmer,
and lives in Oswego, N. Y.
Their children were :
3495-1. Nettie Earl, b. 1S49; m. Carlton W. Sleght.
3496-2. Nellie Earl, b. 185 1 ; m. Walter B. Joslyn.
[2262-5]. Matthew s M. Earl (Andrew* C, Pardon, 6
Stephen? William? John? William? Ralph 1
) son of
Andrew C. and Abigail E. (Myers) Earl, b. Sept. 17,
1840, in Ellisburgh, N. Y. ; m. June 7, 187 1, Mary C.
Adams. They live in Sandy Creek.
Upon the maternal side Matthew M. Earl is descended from the
old Palatines who settled in and subdued the valley of the upper
Hudson and the Mohawk river. He received a common school
education, with the addition of one year each at the academies at
Whitehall, Washington Co., N. Y., and Belleville, Jefferson Co.,
N. Y. With the exception of about two years devoted to life
insurance work, he has been engaged, since he attained his majority,
in the banking business,—first, for about three years, in the city of
New York, and afterward, until the present time, in the office of his
uncle, Oren R. Earl, in Sandy Creek, N. Y., where he is cashier.
He is much interested in the subject of education, and has for
nearly ten years been a member of the Board of Education in charge