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Walter Earp81 was born 1787 in Montgomery County, Maryland82, and died January 30, 1853 in Monmouth,Warren County, Illinois82.He married Martha Ann Early on 1808 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia82.
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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 for about 20 years.
In 1847 the entire family moved from Kentucky to Illinois and settled in the city of Monmouth, Warren County.
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More About Walter Earp and Martha Ann Early:
Marriage: 1808, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.82
Children of Walter Earp and Martha Ann Early are:
  1. +Lorenzo Dow Earp, b. December 08, 1809, Lincoln County, North Carolina83, d. December 12, 1893, Jasper County, Iowa83.
  2. Elizabeth Earp, b. 1811, d. date unknown.
  3. +Nicholas Porter Earp, b. September 06, 1813, Lincoln County, North Carolina84, d. November 12, 1907, Los Angeles County, California84, 85.
  4. Josiah Jackson Earp, b. 1816, d. date unknown.
  5. James O'Kelly Earp, b. Abt. 1818, d. date unknown.
  6. Francis Asbury Earp, b. 1821, d. date unknown.
  7. Jonathan Douglas Earp, b. April 28, 1824, d. date unknown.
  8. Sarah Ann Earp, b. 1827, Ohio County, Kentucky, d. February 05, 1902, Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois.