Elias Earle (June 19, 1762May 19, 1823) was a

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from

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. Born in Frederick County in the

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, he attended private school and moved to

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, in September 1787. He was one of the earliest

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s of the

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, and prospected and negotiated in the iron region of

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. Earle was a member of the

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from 1794 to 1797 and was a member of the

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in 1800. He was elected as a

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to the

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Congress (March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807), was elected to the Twelfth and

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Congresses (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815), and was again elected to the

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and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821). He died in Centerville, South Carolina, in 1823; interment was in Old Earle Cemetery, Buncombe Road,

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Family

Elias Earle was the son of Samuel Earle III, member of the Virginia

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from 1742 to 1747, (1692

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- 1771

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) and Elizabeth Holdbrook. Elias was married to Frances Wilton Robinson (March 26, 1762 in Virginia - September 12, 1823) on September 17, 1782 in

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. She was the daughter of Gerard Robinson (1725 - 1770) and Elizabeth Monteith. Elias Earle's nephews, Samuel Earle and John Baylis Earle, as well as great-grandsons

John Laurens Manning Irby John Laurens Manning Irby (September 10, 1854 – December 9, 1900) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born in Laurens, he attended Laurensville Male Academy (Lauren), Princeton College (Princeton, New Jersey in 1870-1871, and t ...

and

Joseph Haynsworth Earle Joseph Haynsworth Earle (April 30, 1847May 20, 1897) was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Biography Born in Greenville, he attended private schools in Sumter. He was a first year cadet at the South Carolina Military Academy (now T ...

, were also members of the

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. His home, the

Earle Town House Earle Town House is a historic house in Greenville, South Carolina. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on August 5, 1969, and is included in the Col. Elias Earle Historic District. Until the end of the 20th century, the ...

, was added to the

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in 1969. His estate property was developed between about 1915 and 1930, and in 1982 designated the Col. Elias Earle Historic District.

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