Nancy A. (Booth) Earles (1808 - 1888)

Born 21 Nov 1808 in Patrick Co., Virginia USA

Ancestors

Wife of Bennett Earles — married 7 Sep 1826 in Union Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 10 May 1888 at age 79 in Windsor Township, Lawrence Co., Ohio USA

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== Biography ==

Nancy was born on 21 November 1808 in Patrick Co., VA. Her parents moved to Lawrence Co., OH between 1810-1817 where she grew up.

"Slander Suit between Nancy and Daniel Boothe Against John Scott", April 1826, On 27 Jun 1825 Nancy Boothe, "an infant under eighteen years of age who sues by Daniel Boothe the father..." John Scott for $500 damages for "slanderous and actionable words falsely and maliciously spoken by defendant... the crime of perjury". John evidently said in public that he would send Nancy to the penetentary for lying about the number of rails broken in Daniel Boothe's fence and trespassing in the trial involving Joas Meaning. Daniel contended that as a result of the slander Nancy "is very much prejudiced hurt and damnified in her good name fame credit and reputation and is fallen into public scandal and disgrace among all her neighbors..." Daniel won $275.

She married Bennet Earles on 7 September 1826 there in Lawrence Co., OH. They were founding members of Symmes Creek Missionary Baptist Church on 12 May 1819. She died from pressure on the brain that caused paralysis on 10 May 1888. An article in LAWCO LORE has a death date of 20 May but the headstone has 10 May.

Sources

• "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M7NP-95N : accessed 2014-11-13), entry for Mary McALEXANDER.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84287334

• Esther W. Powell, Ohio Records and Pioneer Families (Mansfield, OH:Ohio Genealogical Society)

• H.H. Hardesty, Historical Hand-Atlas History of Lawrence Co., Ohio, a Condensed History of the County; Biographical Sketches; General Statistics; (H.H. Hardesty & Co: Chicago and Toledo, 1882)

• LAWCO LORE, Lawrence County Genealogical Society, OGS: P.O. Box 1035, Proctorville, OH 45669-1035

• cemetery visit by Ralph Hayes

• Mr. Bev Harris, Descendants of James McAlexander

• LAWCO LORE, Lawrence County Genealogical Society, OGS: P.O. Box 1035, Proctorville, OH 45669-1035

• cemetery visit by Ralph Hayes

• Lawrence County, Ohio Probate Court records

• Mr. Bev Harris, Descendants of James McAlexander

• Charles Allison Weed, The History of the Weed and Allied Families (Baltimore: Gen Pub Co., 1971)

• Index of Persons Buried in Lawrence Co., OH as found in http://w3.gwis.com/~nnuss/cem/ecem.html, 21 Apr 2004

• Lawrence Co., OH Probate Court Ledger No. @, p 128

• Lawrence Co., OH Common Pleas Court Complete Record Book 3, pp 189-196