Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Earley, Alfred M, D D 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Alfred M. Earley, D. D., Local Elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church at 
Erie, is a son of John and Mary (Graesberry) Earley, and was born in 
Philadelphia, Pa., June 1, 1811. His father and mother were natives of New 
Jersey. The latter was born in June, 1777, and died in Philadelphia, June 12, 
1865, aged 87 years. They had four children, of whom Alfred M. is the only 
survivor. He remained at home until 18 years of age, and then engaged in 
mercantile business in Philadelphia. In 1839 Mr. Earley came West, locating in 
Platteville, Wis., where he became a minister in the Methodist Church. Soon 
after he came to Jo Daviess County, this State, where he was engaged in the 
ministry, and has continued to labor in that profession ever since. His labors 
have been distributed in Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Bureau, Kane and this county 
since 1839. He has also preached the gospel in Wisconsin, and has preached in 
Albany, Union Grove and Prophetstown, this county, off and on since 1843. Rev. 
Earley has resided in Erie a number of years, and owns a nice residence and an 
acre of land there. He is now 74 years old, and occasionally fills an 
appointment. Mr. Early was united in marriage to Miss Ruth B. Childs at 
Philadelphia, in July, 1839. She was born in that State, in 1820, and bore him 
eight children, only two of whom survive. The record is as follows Henry, who 
was a Sergeant in the late war, came home sick from disease contracted in the 
army, and died; Israel, who was also in the army, was wounded at the battle of 
Perryville, received his discharge, came home and died; Amelia is the wife of 
William Smith, book-keeper in a mercantile establishment at at Erie; a son and 
daughter who died in their infancy; Minnie and Frank are also deceased, and 
Charles is carrying on a carriage and harness business in Erie. Mrs. Earley 
died in Erie, March 24, 1873 ; and Mr. Earley was again married, in Scott Co., 
Iowa, to Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter, a native of Ohio.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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