HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III, pp. 1240-41. [Kenton County] JAMES T. EARLE--One who owes his prestige as a successful business man and influential citizen to his own well directed efforts is James Thomas Earle, who was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, on the 27th of August, 1866, and who is a son of Jonathan R. and Aramenta (King) Earle, both of whom were likewise born in Harrison county. Mr. Earle is a scion of one of the fine old families of the Blue Grass state, where various representatives of the name followed with considerable success the great basic industry of agriculture. Jonathan R. Earle became the owner of a fine landed estate in Harrison county and he raised the same to a high state of cultivation. He is now living virtually retired with his children in the city of Covington. During the Civil war he served as a valiant soldier in the home guards, an organization to prevent homes, railroads and public property from being destroyed. Kentucky furnished soldiers to both armies and as many sympathizers of both sides were left at home an organization of this kind was highly essential. In politics he accords and unswerving allegiance to the principles and policies of the Republican party. Aramenta (King) Earle was summoned to the life eternal in 1908, secure in the high regard of all with whom she came in contact. Mr. and Mrs. Earle became the parents of eleven children, six of whom are now living. James T. Earle, sixth in order of birth of the eleven children, was reared on the homestead farm in Harrison county and received his preliminary education in the common schools. At the age of eighteen years he began to learn the art of telegraphy and was subsequently employed by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company as telegrapher and agent in various places. In the fall of 1886 he went to Forth Worth, Texas, where he took up stenography and typewriting in the Commercial Business College. There he became the private secretary to the general manager and receiver of the International & Great Northern Railway Company. Two years later he resigned this position and came to Cincinnati where he assumed the position of private secretary to the joint agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Louisville and Nashville Railroads. In this office he was promoted to the position of cashier and in 1896 he became joint freight agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Louisville and Nashville Railroads. In this office he was promoted to the position of cashier and in 1896 he became joint freight agent of these railroads which incumbency he still retains. For many years he has been a resident of Covington, having established his home in Latonia when that place was a hamlet of but one hundred and fifty people. In this suburb he has erected seventy-seven houses and he has been most influential in connection with its local affairs. Before Latonia was annexed to Covington, Mr. Earle served as post-master, president of its school board, as a member of its council, and he served for four years as its mayor, having been the last incumbent of that office. He took an active part in its consolidation with Covington and while mayor he assisted in the organization of the State Law & Order League at Louisville, Kentucky, being elected as the first president of the same. He was also one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Latonia, in 1902, and he has since served as president of this bank. In politics he is an uncompromising advocate of the cause of the Republican party and was the first Republican appointed by the State Election Commissioner as election commissioner in Kenton county after the repeal of the Goebel election law, which almost caused a civil war in Kentucky. He was a member of the state board of equalization, being appointed to this office by Governor Willson in 1910 for a term of four years. Fraternally Mr. Earle is affiliated with the Masonic Order and with the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Cincinnati and has served as a member of its board of directors and as secretary of the same. Both he and his family are members of the Baptist church. In 1889 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Earle to Miss Katherine B. Good, who was born and reared in Harrison county, an old schoolmate of Mr. Earle's, and who is a daughter of Joshua J. Good, for many years a prominent business man of Cynthiana, Kentucky. Her maternal grandfather was Colonel Renaker, a representative of one of the oldest families of the state. He was a distinguished Democratic campaign speaker and one at one time a member of the state legislature. Mr. and Mrs. Earle became the parents of five children, whose names are here entered in order of birth--Marietta, Lucile, Katherine, James and Elizabeth, four of whom remain at the parental home, Katherine having died a few months after her birth. Mrs. Earle is a prominent factor in connection with the social activities of Covington and her home is a recognized center of gracious hospitality. Earle King Good Renaker = Harrison-KY Cincinnati-Hamilton-OH TX http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/kenton/earle.jt.txt