Elias Earle

Elias Earle (June 19, 1762 – May 19, 1823) was a United States representative from South Carolina. Born in Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia, he attended private school and moved to Greenville County, South Carolina, in September 1787. He was one of the earliest ironmasters of the South, and prospected and negotiated in the iron region of Georgia.

Elias Earle
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South 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 the South Carolina Senate
In office 1800
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
In office 1794–1797
Personal details
Born	(1762-06-19)June 19, 1762 Frederick County, Virginia Colony, British America
Died	May 19, 1822(1822-05-19) (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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Earle was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1794 to 1797 and was a member of the South Carolina Senate in 1800. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth Congress (March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807), was elected to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815), and was again elected to the Fifteenth 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, Greenville, South Carolina.^[1]

Family

Elias Earle was the son of Samuel Earle III, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1742 to 1747,^[2] (1692 Westmoreland County, Virginia - 1771 Warren County, Virginia) and Elizabeth Holdbrook. Elias was married to Frances Wilton Robinson (March 26, 1762 in Virginia - September 12, 1823) on September 17, 1782 in King George County, Virginia. 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 and Joseph Haynsworth Earle, were also members of the U.S. Congress.

His home, the Earle Town House, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.^[3] His estate property was developed between about 1915 and 1930, and in 1982 designated the Col. Elias Earle Historic District.

References

1. Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1906). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. III. Boston: American Biographical Society. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
2. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1742-1747, 1748-1749. The Colonial Press, E. Waddey Co. 1909.
3. "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.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John B. Earle	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 8th congressional district 1805–1807	Succeeded by Lemuel J. Alston
Preceded by Lemuel J. Alston	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 8th congressional district 1811–1813	Succeeded by Samuel Farrow
Preceded by Thomas Moore	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 7th congressional district 1813–1815	Succeeded by John Taylor
Preceded by John Taylor	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 7th congressional district 1817–1821	Succeeded by John Wilson

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