Francis Marion Earle (1841 - 1916)

Born 5 Jul 1841 in Salem, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah Suarez — married 21 Aug 1862 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1916 at age 75 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Erleigh Name Study.

Francis Earle is the descendant of a New Netherland settler.

Francis was born in 1841. He was the son of Alfred Earle and Priscilla Lockwood. He passed away in 1916.

Biographical Sketch

Quoted From the book: The History and genealogy of the Earles of Secaucus: ^[1]

REV. FRANCIS MARION EARLE (G 234), son of Rev. Alfred and Priscilla Lockwood Earle, was b. at Beezeley’s Neck, Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County, N.J.

His boyhood, up to the age of sixteen, was spent in the vicinity of Davisville, Pa.

In 1857 he went with his parents to Hornby, N. Y., and for a while attended a school at Elmira, N.Y.

We next find him at Piermont, N. Y., where he worked in a store kept by his father.

At the outbreak of the Civil War he was living in Jersey City, N.J., where he learned the trade of carpenter.

In 1862, when he became of age, he enlisted in Co. B, Thirteenth Regiment, N. J. Volunteers. His regiment left Newark for the seat of war on Aug. 31, 1862, and seventeen days later were in the thick of the fight at Antietam. Then followed Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, where the regiment saw hard fighting.

After the last named engagement, Slocum’s Corps, to which the Thirteenth belonged, was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and Mr. Earle went with Sherman on his March to the Sea.

He was in the war till its close in 1865. On being mustered out of service, he settled in Philadelphia, where he spent the remainder of his life.

Mr. Earle was first associated with his brother-in-law, Mr. T. B. M. Addis, in the flour and feed business.

Later he went in business for himself, first on Otis Street, then on Frankford Avenue. But, during the latter part of his life, for more than thirty years, he was employed in the Philadelphia Post Office, mostly as a carrier.

Mr. Earle was converted while in the army, and at once became active in religious work. Connecting himself with the Mount Zion Baptist Church, on Frankford Avenue, he was made superintendent of the Sunday School, in which capacity he served for many years, both there, and afterwards, in the Messiah Baptist Church on Dauphin St. He also engaged in street preaching and the work of organizing new Sunday Schools.

Several of the Baptist churches of Philadelphia grew out of interests begun in this way, notably the Fiftieth, the Allegheny Avenue, the Fairhill, and the Wissinoming Avenue. Some of these look upon Mr. Earle as their founder or, at least, as largely instrumental in their coming into being.

Mr. Earle also conducted the Waterloo Street Mission for several years, holding meetings every night for a very extended period.

Yielding to the persuasion of his friends, Mr. Earle was ordained to the Christian ministry, but he never ceased his secular occupation.

For seven years he served the Wissinoming Baptist Church as pastor, engaging daily in his work as letter carrier.

On August 21, 1862, before his regiment left for Washington, Mr. Earle was united in marriage to Susannah Suarez of Jersey City.

Miss Suarez was b. near Havana, Island of Cuba, Oct. 11, 1840. They had eight children:

1. William Moffat, who was a prominent ball player;

2. Alfred Newton, m. to Alice L. Walter, lives in Philadelphia, and has William Moffat, Eva, Albert Nelson, and Marian Grace Dorothy; Eva, d. young;

3. Sidney Morris, m. Lillian Huston Corkran, lives in Germantown, Pa., and has Sidney N., Fred. C., James H., and Virginia;

4. Minnie Grace, m. Stephen Foster, lives in Philadelphia, and has Myrtle, Roy, Earle, and John;

5. Marion (dau.), unmarried, lives in Philadelphia;

6. Judson Alvan, d. young; 7. Marmaduke, m. Elizabeth Meister, lives in Philadelphia.

Rev. Francis Marion Earle d. in Philadelphia, Thanksgiving Day, 1916. ^[2]

Death / Burial

Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1969.

Name: Frances Marion Earle

Gender: Male

Race: White

Death Age 75

Birth Date 5 Jul

Birth Place New Jersey

Death Date 30 Nov 1916

Death Place Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Alfred Weuton Early

Mother Early

Certificate Number 119431

Sources

1. ↑ History and Genealogy of the Earles of Secaucus, with an account of other English and American Branches, Marquette, Michigan: Guelff Printing Co., 1925..
2. ↑ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1969. Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1969. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/547267:5164