My Genealogy Hound

EDWARD M. EARLE. There are few things in life that inspire a more general interest than does a sketch of a successful business man, who, by achieving fortune himself, gives an example to those who are trying to climb the ladder of fame, and encourages those who are in the commercial world to hope for similar success. Our subject is a man of decided ability, and is generally conceded to rank among the first business men of Catasauqua. He is connected with the New York Life Insurance Company, having his place of business located at No. 106 Church Street.

Mr. Earle was born in Catasauqua, Lehigh County, April 13, 1855, and is the son of Rev. Cornelius and Louise (Lent) Earle, natives respectively of New York City and Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The father of our subject was a prominent minister in the Presbyterian Church, and located at Catasauqua many years ago. He is now minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Catasauqua. Mrs. Cornelius Earle was the daughter of David and Letitia Lent, the former of whom was a merchant in Poughkeepsie.

Our subject spent his early boyhood days in attendance at the public schools of his native place, and in 1873 became a student in Lafayette College at Easton, from which institution he was graduated with high honors four years later. In addition to his insurance business he is a stockholder and Director in the Slatington Rolling Mills, and from that branch of industry also reaps a handsome income.

In his political relations our subject is a true-blue Republican, and socially is a member of the Royal Arcanum at Catasauqua. He is a genial, affable gentleman, a thorough business man, and has many friends throughout the county, who recognize the nobility of his character and realize that he deserves to be held in the highest possible esteem.