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Henry Thompson Earle

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Henry Thompson Earle Veteran

Birth
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Death
6 Nov 1888 (aged 64)
Burial
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Square 44, Lot 43, Grave 5
Memorial ID
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Found in Lineage Book-National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 52, #51578, Mrs. Henrietta I. Earle: she was the daughter of Henry Thompson Earle and Caroline Leaphart, his 2nd wife and the granddaughter of Robinson M. Earle and Elizabeth Williams, his wife.

From the book, South Carolina Portraits, A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina, compiled by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, edited by Christie Zimmerman Fant, Margaret Belser Hollis and Virginia Gurley Meynard, page 96: Henry Thompson Earle was born on February 1, 1824, son of Dr. Robinson Messina and Elizabeth Williams (Thompson) Earle. An attorney in Columbia, he married Caroline Leaphart (1833-1915), daughter of Michael and Susan Leaphart of Lexington County. They were the parents of eight children. Henry Earle was brigadier general, 65th Regiment, 21st Brigade of the Alabama Militia in the Confederate Army. He died on November 6, 1888, and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia.

Conflict: note the day of birth on the headstone compared with that found in the book.
Found in Lineage Book-National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 52, #51578, Mrs. Henrietta I. Earle: she was the daughter of Henry Thompson Earle and Caroline Leaphart, his 2nd wife and the granddaughter of Robinson M. Earle and Elizabeth Williams, his wife.

From the book, South Carolina Portraits, A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina, compiled by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, edited by Christie Zimmerman Fant, Margaret Belser Hollis and Virginia Gurley Meynard, page 96: Henry Thompson Earle was born on February 1, 1824, son of Dr. Robinson Messina and Elizabeth Williams (Thompson) Earle. An attorney in Columbia, he married Caroline Leaphart (1833-1915), daughter of Michael and Susan Leaphart of Lexington County. They were the parents of eight children. Henry Earle was brigadier general, 65th Regiment, 21st Brigade of the Alabama Militia in the Confederate Army. He died on November 6, 1888, and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia.

Conflict: note the day of birth on the headstone compared with that found in the book.

Gravesite Details

Transcribed from the book Interment Records of Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC (three volumes)



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  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99893743/henry_thompson-earle: accessed ), memorial page for Henry Thompson Earle (4 Feb 1824–6 Nov 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 99893743, citing Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by rdsxfan (contributor 47525613).