Jefferson County, Alabama Biographies

The late SAMUEL S. EARLE was one of the best and most prominent citizens of Jefferson for fifty years.  He was a native of South Carolina, where he was born in 1799, and came to Alabama in 1820.  Locating in Jefferson, his skill as a physician, his many excellencies of character, his literary culture, and practical sense soon gave him prominence.  He represented the county in the legislature in 1832, and three or four times subsequently; the last time in 1842, when his party was in a hopeless minority in Jefferson.  But he preferred peace of domestic life;
                   "And, to add greater honors to his age
                    Than man could give him, he died fearing GOD."
This event occurred in this county, December 20, 1870.  His numerous descendants are in Jefferson, and are among its most respected citizens.

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