Elias Earle
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina | |
| In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | |
| Preceded by | John Taylor |
| Succeeded by | John Wilson |
| Constituency | 7th district |
| In office March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815 | |
| Preceded by | Lemuel J. Alston |
| Succeeded by | John Taylor |
| Constituency | 7th district (1813–1815) 8th district(1811–1813) |
| In office March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 | |
| Preceded by | John B. Earle |
| Succeeded by | Lemuel J. Alston |
| Constituency | 8th district |
| Member of theSouth Carolina Senate | |
| In office 1800 | |
| Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office 1794–1797 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 19, 1762 Frederick County,Virginia Colony,British America |
| Died | May 19, 1822(aged 59) Centerville,South Carolina,U.S. |
| Resting place | Greenville, South Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican(1823–1825) |
| Other political affiliations | Jacksonian(after 1825) |
| Profession | Ironmaster |
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Elias Earle(June 19, 1762 – May 19, 1823) was aUnited States representativefromSouth Carolina.Born inFrederick Countyin theColony of Virginia,he attended private school and moved toGreenville County, South Carolina,in September 1787. He was one of the earliestironmastersof theSouth,and prospected and negotiated in the iron region ofGeorgia.
Earle was a member of theSouth Carolina House of Representativesfrom 1794 to 1797 and was a member of theSouth Carolina Senatein 1800. He was elected as aDemocratic-Republicanto theNinthCongress (March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807), was elected to theTwelfthandThirteenthCongresses (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815), and was again elected to theFifteenthandSixteenthCongresses (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821). He died inCenterville, South Carolina,in 1823; interment was in Old Earle Cemetery, Buncombe Road,Greenville, South Carolina.[1]
Family[edit]
Elias Earle was the son of Samuel Earle III, member of the VirginiaHouse of Burgessesfrom 1742 to 1747,[2](1692Westmoreland County, Virginia- 1771Warren County, Virginia) and Elizabeth Holdbrook. Elias was married to Frances Wilton Robinson (March 26, 1762 in Virginia - September 12, 1823) on September 17, 1782 inKing George County, Virginia.She was the daughter of Gerard Robinson (1725 - 1770) and Elizabeth Monteith.
Elias Earle's nephews,Samuel EarleandJohn Baylis Earle,as well as great-grandsonsJohn Laurens Manning IrbyandJoseph Haynsworth Earle,were also members of theU.S. Congress.
His home, theEarle Town House,was added to theNational Register of Historic Placesin 1969.[3]His estate property was developed between about 1915 and 1930, and in 1982 designated theCol. Elias Earle Historic District.
References[edit]
- ^Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1906).The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.Vol. III. Boston: American Biographical Society.RetrievedMarch 16,2022– via Internet Archive.
- ^Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1742-1747, 1748-1749.The Colonial Press, E. Waddey Co. 1909.
- ^"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service.July 9, 2010.
- United States Congress."Elias Earle (id: E000007)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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