BIO: R. M. Earley, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER LVIII.

    SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF MOUNT HOLLY SPRINGS.

551  SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP.

  R. M. EARLEY, editor, publisher and proprietor of the Mountain Echo, 
Mount Holly Springs, was born in Leesburg, Penn., February 11, 1846, 
son of Robert and Jane (McCormick) Earley, natives of Pennsylvania and 
of English descent; former a blacksmith by trade, in later life a 
farmer.  R. M. Earley, next the youngest in a family of six children, 
received his education in the Williamsport Seminary, and then taught 
school for one year.  In 1871 he established his present enterprise in 
Mount Holly Springs, and in the same year married Martha Fishburn, of 
German lineage, and daughter of Philip Fishburn, a farmer.  To this 
union have been born two children:  Frank Norman and Barton.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Earley are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  In politics 
he is a Republican.