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PALLSTON PAPERS 4,3 management for some time at least. Mr. Early was horn February 22, 1816, at Chambersburg, Pa., and re- ceived a common school education. He learned the printing business in 1831 in an office at New Lisbon, O., with a man named Watt. He worked on the "Aurora" between 1835 and 1838, on the "Argus" for some years, run a job office in New Brighton in 1840, was editor of the "Beaver County Palladium" 1841, and after that went to New Castle the same year where he was foreman of a paper. He returned to Beaver December 28, 1842, and was foreman on the "Argus" for years. Later he held cases on the Pittsburg "Dispatch" for a number of years and returned to Beaver in 1860, where he worked on the "Star." Mr. Early was married to Miss Mary Taylor of New Brighton, September 1, 1836. They had ten chil- dren, of whom three are living, Henry, William and Mar- garet. His ancestors came from Germany, while his wife's were Scotch-Irish, both their parents being born in America. Mr. Early died March 16, 1862, while his wife is still livmg at the age of 84 years. Mr. Early was one of the best printers ever in the county. It is said of him that he would set in type a page of his paper, take a proof on the hand press, and it would be free of errors in many cases, and very seldom were any corrections needed. He was an expert fisher- man and generous with his friends in the big catches he made.