William "Dudley" Paris Earls b. 10 Aug 1859 Tazewell County, Virginia d. 14 Mar 1943 Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA: Burress & Palmer Genealogy

William "Dudley" Paris Earls

1859 - 1943 (83 years)

Name William "Dudley" Paris Earls

Born 10 Aug 1859 Tazewell County, Virginia

Census 1860 1860 Western District, Tazewell, Virginia

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Age	BirthDate	Gender	Occupation	BirthPlace
Image								Transcript
30	1136	Samuel	Earl	36	1824	Male	Farmer Laborer	Virginia
31	1136	Amanda M.	Earl	36	1824	Female		Virginia
32	1136	Sarah	Earl	16	1844	Female		Virginia
33	1136	Julia A	Earl	14	1846	Female		Virginia
34	1136	Annania	Earl	9	1851	Male		Virginia
35	1136	James	Earl	7	1853	Male		Virginia
36	1136	Cynthia	Earl	4	1858	Female		Virginia
37	1136	Dudley	Earl	2	1858	Male		Virginia

Census 1870 1870 Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Age	BirthDate	Gender	Race	Occupation	BirthPlace
Image									Transcript
15	509	Samuel	Earls	56	1814	Male	White	Farmer	Virginia
16	509	Amanda E	Earls	55	1815	Female	White	Keeping House	Virginia
17	509	Amaniel	Earls	22	1848	Male	White	Farm Laborer	Virginia
18	509	James	Earls	10	1860	Male	White	Farm Laborer	Virginia
19	509	Dudley	Earls	12	1858	Female	White	Farm Laborer	Virginia
20	509	Cynthia	Earls	14	1856	Female	White		Virginia
21	509	Matilda	Earls	9	1861	Female	White		Virginia
22	509	Martha	Earls	3	1867	Female	White		Virginia

Religion 1880 Baptist Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia

Baptist Valley Church was organized about 1880. Present membership, 53; Present elders - Dudley P. Earls, L. Harrison and C.L Earls; present deacons, J.J. Cochran and Amos Nicewander; present clerk, Arch Harrison; present pastor, J. S. Meadows.

Newspaper 16 Jan 1903 Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Virginia

Mr. Dud Earls, who was shot here Xmas evening, was able to get down town yesterday and is almost well, although at first his case seemed serious. The fuss on Xmas morning ended without anyone being hurt.

Court Case 03 Dec 1904 Tazewell County, Virginia

D.P Earls Et Al Plaintiff Vs. Assumssil J.W. Dugger Defendant

CV News 3 January 1919 Tazewell County, Virginia

D.P Earls of Cliffied was here TU seeking info about his son, who was reported dead. Earls had two notices, dated at different times & hopes there is some mistake & that his boy is still living. No further news has been received.

Newspaper 27 Jun 1919 Tazewell County, Virginia

D.P. EARLS, of Gillespie, was a recent visitor to his niece, Mrs. Henry SHAMBLIN. He is the father of 12 living children, 1 dead. He lost his son, Kirk, in France. The blow fell heavily on the fond parents. (More...)

Newspaper 23 January 1920 Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

Mr. and Mrs. D.P. Earls, of this place were among the business visitors to Tazewell on Monday.

Newspaper 13 October 1922 Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

Mr. & Mrs. D.P. Earls have had as their guests the past week their two daughters, Mrs. Bram Massie, of Bluefield & Mrs. C.L. Young of Newhall.

Newspaper 3 Jun 1932 Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

D.P. and Kirm EARLS made a business trip to Tazewell Monday.

Newspaper 15 September 1932 Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

Mr. and Mrs. Bram Massie, of Montcalm, WV., spent the week end with D.P Earls.

Newspaper 24 August 1934 Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

James Earls, of Salem Va., is visiting his father, D. Earls. He was in a train accident a few days ago and now has an injured foot.

Will 1943 Tazewell County, Virginia

Died 14 Mar 1943 Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

Clinch Valley Newspaper Tazewell Virginia 19 March 1943
Mr. Dudley P. Earls, 84 years of age, died Sunday night at his home in Cliffield, where he was born and reared. Funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon, the service being in charge of the Rev. Clarence Greenleaf, of Grundy. Burial in the family cemetery near his home. Mr. Earls is survived by nine children: James S. Earls, of Salem, Va.; Clarence Earls, of Bluefield; Tom Earls, of Baptist Valley; Dewey Earls, of Orange, Texas; Joe Earls, of Coulwood Va; Mrs. C.L Young of Cucumber; Mrs. Mary Boothe, of Tazewell; Mrs. Fannie Massie of Cliffield and Mrs. Ella Saunders of Cliffield. His wife and five children preceded him in death. There also survives 45 grandchildren; 29 great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. George Brewster, of Pounding Mill.

Dudley P. Earls Death Certificate

Age 83 years

Buried 16 Mar 1943 Earls Family Cemetery, Cliffield, Earls Branch, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

Dudley P. Earls Grave

Siblings 10 siblings

+	1. Nancy "Nannie" J. Earls b. Sep 1843, Floyd County, Virginia, USA d. Aug 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age ~ 66 years)
+	2. Sarah Earls b. 1844, Floyd County, Virginia, USA d. 1866 (Age 22 years)
+	3. Julia Ann Earls b. 1846, Giles County, Virginia d. Greene County, Tennessee, USA
+	4. Ananias "Ennis" Earls b. Aug 1847, Floyd County, Virginia, USA d. 1911-20, Tazewell County, Virginia
+	5. James Hamilton Earls b. 1852, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 23 Apr 1929, Tip Top, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 77 years)
	6. Margaret Earls b. 1852, Floyd County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Feb 1854, Floyd County, Virginia, USA (Age 2 years)
+	7. Cynthia Elizabeth Earls b. 1 Sep 1856, Floyd County, Virginia, USA d. 17 Jun 1941, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 84 years)
+	8. Matilda "Tildie" Rose Earls b. 1861, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 3 Nov 1895, Cavatts Creek, Tazewell Co., Virginia (Age 34 years)
	9. Martha "Mattie" Jane Earls b. 04 May 1867, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 07 Jul 1924, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 57 years)
+	10. Mary Ann Earls b. 10 Aug 1869 , Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia d. 27 Nov 1950, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 81 years)

Photos 2 Photos

Dudley & Rittie Earls

Dudley Earls

Notes

According to a Chancery case filed in 1898 regarding a land dispute between Dawson's, Dudley Earl owned:

One moiety of a certain water grist mill and about one acre of land in connection therewith, situate about 100 yards from the mouth of said Earls branch; the other moiety of said tract and grist mill being owned by Dudley Earls, who is now running and operating said mill."

Person ID P272 Burress

Last Modified 16 May 2018

Father	Samuel Earls b. 1822, Pittsylvania County, Virginia d. 7 Jun 1893, Hankins Branch, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 71 years)
Mother	Amanda Melvina "Mandy" Delong b. 1825, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1883, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age > 59 years)
Married	27 Apr 1843	Floyd County, Virginia, USA
Family ID	F417	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Wife Kate "Rittie" Asbury
b. 24 Jul 1863, Tazewell County, Virginia
d. 01 Aug 1931, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 68 years)

Married 15 Mar 1881 Tazewell County, Virginia

Children 13 children

+	1. Sarah Matilda Earls b. 15 Jan 1884, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 19 Nov 1940, North Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 56 years) [natural]
+	2. Julia Grey Earls b. 28 Dec 1886, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 22 Mar 1942, Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA (Age 55 years) [natural]
+	3. James Sherman Earls b. 24 Nov 1887, Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Nov 1952, Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia (Age 64 years) [natural]
+	4. Clarence Levi Earls b. 03 Feb 1889, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 22 Feb 1955, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA (Age 66 years) [natural]
	5. Unknow Earls b. 21 Oct 1892 , Barnets Branch, Tazewell, Virginia [natural]
+	6. Dudley Thomas Earls b. 1 Sep 1894, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 8 Feb 1973, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 78 years) [natural]
	7. Fielden Kirk Earls b. 28 Dec 1894, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 28 Sep 1918, France (WWI) (Age 23 years) [natural]
+	8. Amelia Cornelia Earls b. 30 Jan 1897, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 23 May 1969, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 72 years) [natural]
+	9. Dewey Otis Earls b. 03 Apr 1899, Tazewell County, Virginia d. Apr 1965, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 66 years) [natural]
+	10. Fannie Earls b. 13 Apr 1900, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 28 Aug 1985, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 85 years) [natural]
+	11. Joseph W. Earls b. 22 May 1903, Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA d. 31 Oct1991, Earls Family Cemetery, Cliffield, Earls Branch, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA [natural]
	12. Mary L. Earls b. 1906, Tazewell County, Virginia [natural]
	13. Ella B. Earls b. 15 Apr 1909, Tazewell County, Virginia d. May 1985, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 76 years) [natural]

Last Modified 22 Apr 2018

Family ID F423 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 10 Aug 1859 - Tazewell County, Virginia
	Census 1870 - 1870 - Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
	Religion - Baptist Valley Church was organized about 1880. Present membership, 53; Present elders - Dudley P. Earls, L. Harrison and C.L Earls; present deacons, J.J. Cochran and Amos Nicewander; present clerk, Arch Harrison; present pastor, J. S. Meadows. - 1880 - Baptist Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia
	Married - 15 Mar 1881 - Tazewell County, Virginia
	Newspaper - Mr. Dud Earls, who was shot here Xmas evening, was able to get down town yesterday and is almost well, although at first his case seemed serious. The fuss on Xmas morning ended without anyone being hurt. - 16 Jan 1903 - Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Virginia
	Court Case - D.P Earls Et Al Plaintiff Vs. Assumssil J.W. Dugger Defendant - 03 Dec 1904 - Tazewell County, Virginia
	CV News - D.P Earls of Cliffied was here TU seeking info about his son, who was reported dead. Earls had two notices, dated at different times & hopes there is some mistake & that his boy is still living. No further news has been received. - 3 January 1919 - Tazewell County, Virginia
	Newspaper - D.P. EARLS, of Gillespie, was a recent visitor to his niece, Mrs. Henry SHAMBLIN. He is the father of 12 living children, 1 dead. He lost his son, Kirk, in France. The blow fell heavily on the fond parents. (More...) - 27 Jun 1919 - Tazewell County, Virginia
	Newspaper - Mr. and Mrs. D.P. Earls, of this place were among the business visitors to Tazewell on Monday. - 23 January 1920 - Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
	Newspaper - Mr. & Mrs. D.P. Earls have had as their guests the past week their two daughters, Mrs. Bram Massie, of Bluefield & Mrs. C.L. Young of Newhall. - 13 October 1922 - Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
	Newspaper - D.P. and Kirm EARLS made a business trip to Tazewell Monday. - 3 Jun 1932 - Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
	Newspaper - Mr. and Mrs. Bram Massie, of Montcalm, WV., spent the week end with D.P Earls. - 15 September 1932 - Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
	Newspaper - James Earls, of Salem Va., is visiting his father, D. Earls. He was in a train accident a few days ago and now has an injured foot. - 24 August 1934 - Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
	Will - 1943 - Tazewell County, Virginia
	Died - 14 Mar 1943 - Cliffield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
	Buried - 16 Mar 1943 - Earls Family Cemetery, Cliffield, Earls Branch, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA