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1. Walter EARP1,2 was born in 1787 in Montgomery County, Maryland.3 He died on 30 Jan 1853 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois.3 Walter Earp (1787-1853) was a teacher according to the Earp Family Genealogy and "was occupied for many years in the primitive schools of the middle [sic] west [sic]." He moved to Kentucky and settled in Russellville, Logan County, where Walter Earp taught school a few years, thence to Morgantown, Butler County (Kentucky) where he taught for a few years. He also was a licensed preacher in the M.E. (Methodist Episcopal) Church.

From Butler County, Walter Earp moved to Ohio County, improved a farm and lived there for about 20 years. In 1847 the entire family moved from Kentucky to Illinois and settled in the city of Monmouth, in Warren County.

This is a work in progress. No doubt there are errors in it. Please use with caution and verify the data. Remember to credit all who provide you with genealogical information. If you use any or all of this information, your source is: Gormley, Myra Vanderpool. Some Descendants of Walter Earp [online]. Available: WorldConnect: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=myravg1&id=I041 [add complete date of your download; example: 20040214].

Walter EARP and Martha Ann EARLY were married in 1808 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.3 Martha Ann EARLY2 was born on 28 Aug 1790 in North Carolina.3 She died on 24 Sep 1880 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois.3 Martha Ann Early and her husband, Walter Earp, "raised all the children born to them, lived to see all married and settled in life."
"She was a woman of strong mind and quick perception, quick to discern between the right and wrong and uphold the right, but her faith and trust in God, and promises were stronger still..."
She lived to be 91 years and 17 days old, leaving behind her eight children, being the mother of 9 children, the grandmother of 85, the great-grandmother of 130, and the great-great-grandmother of 13, making in all 237 of the family
--from the eulogy that Jonathan Douglas Earp wrote in September of 1880 for his mother, and which appears on pages 136-137 of Earp Family Genealogy. Walter EARP and Martha Ann EARLY had the following children:

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Lorenzo Dow EARP.

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Elizabeth "Betsy" EARP.

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Nicholas Porter "Nick" EARP.

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Josiah Jackson EARP2,4 was born in 1816.

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James O'Kelly EARP2,5 was born about 1818.

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Francis Asbury EARP2,5 was born in 1821.

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Walter Cooksey EARP2,6 was born on 28 Apr 1824.

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Jonathan Douglas EARP2,7 was born on 28 Apr 1824.

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Sarah Ann EARP.