Kent County Biographies

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EARLE, Charles Henry, physician and surgeon, East Greenwich, was born at the homestead of his family in Cranston, R. I., near Fiskeville, January 15, 1861, the son of Charles William and Cynthia Jones (Hawkes) Earle. He came of good old Rhode Island stock, and is a relative of the late well known Dr. Pliny Earle. He received his early education at a private school, at home and in the public schools of the village, and was graduated from the Friends’ School in Providence, in 1883.  He was engaged as a teacher in the public schools of Rhode Island for five years, during which lime he held the position of Principal of the grammar school at Auburn for three years. He adopted medicine as a profession, and was graduated from Bellevue Medical College, N. Y., in 1889. and from Kings County Hospital, Flatbush, L. I., in 1890.  After graduating from the hospital he established himself in East Greenwich, R. I., where he has built up an excellent practice. He has acted as examiner for  various  life insurance companies.  having been appointed Medical Examiner for the East Greenwich District in 1892, as successor to the late Dr. J. H. Eldredge. He is a member of the Rhode Island Medical Society. In politics he is a Republican. He married, October 13, 1893, Miss Jennie M. Perry of Rehoboth, Mass ; they have no children.  

Source: Rhode Island Men in Progress - Submitted by Marie Miller

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