Born a " free Quaker " in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania to Thomas Earle and Mary Hussey , Earle was an eighth generation descendant of Pilgrim John Howland . The August 1907 issue of '' Law Notes '' states that Earle was a " personal friend " of Abraham Lincoln , and " the oldest surviving delegate to the first Republican National Convention that nominated Fremont for the presidency . " He worked at the Baldwin Locomotive Works , and was apprenticed to Matthias Baldwin for a time
first Republican National Convention
1856 Republican National Convention
George Hussey Earle Sr.