Biographical Sketch of Albert Boardman EARLE (1904); Chester County, PA

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"Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs
of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania", Vol. 1, edited by Gil-
bert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, Lewis Publishing Company, New York,
1904, page 391.

"ALBERT BOARDMAN EARLE, of Primos, Pennsylvania, a leader in the insurance
business, comes of English ancestry, his paternal grandparents, John H.
and Agnes (Cooper) Earle, having been natives of England.  After their
marriage they came to this country, and made their home with an uncle,
proprietor of Earle's art gallery, in Philadelphia.  John H. Earle estab-
lished himself as a merchant tailor, becoming in a short time one of the
leaders in the business.  He and his wife were the parents of ten children,
of whom John, the third, was educated as a steel engraver, being afterward
employed by the American Bank Note Company, and for about fifty years one
of their experts.  He married Rebecca E., daughter of Archibald and Rebecca
(Monteith) Nichols.  Their family consisted of three children: Albert
Boardman, mentioned at length hereinafter; Howard I.; and Adelaide Louise,
both of whom are single.

"Albert Boardman Earle, son of John and Rebecca E. (Nichols) Earle, was
born March 11, 1855, in Philadelphia, where he attended the public schools,
and graduated from the Boys' Central High School.  He then began to learn
engraving under the instruction of his father, but followed this occupa-
tion only for a few years, and then engaged in the insurance business.
Within a short time he was offered the secretaryship of the Insurance
Company of the State of Pennsylvania, which he accepted and remained with
them in this capacity for fourteen years.  In July, 1901, he resigned his
office to establish himself as an insurance agent on his individual
account, representing only first class old line companies.  He has at the
present time a flourishing business, and is agent for several of the lead-
ing American companies.

"Mr. Earle married, June 24, 1885, Clara, daughter of William Wesley and
Eliza (Pennock) Nickle.  They preserve the original orthography of the
family name, which was been almost wholly superseded by that of Nichol,
though at what period the change took place does not appear.  Mr. and Mrs.
Earle are the parents of four children: Adelaide L., who died December 28,
1892; Clara, who died in infancy; Ralph Pennock, born September 26, 1887;
and Helen Rebecca, born October 17, 1891.  The two latter named are living
at the present time (1903)."