His younger brother, John Burke Earman would become a prominent dentist, one of the few in West Palm Beach at that time, eventually having offices in West Palm Beach, Dade City and Charleston, South Carolina. He married Elizabeth Anne Albers June 18, 1925. He attended Cornell University in New York. Joseph and Georgia had a son named John Simms Earman, born Jin West Palm Florida and died Augin Vero Beach, Florida. He became known for his philanthropic activities later in life. Governor Sidney Catts appointed him chairman of the board of control and he became known as one of Catts major advisors during a stormy period of Florida's politics. Earman became the only man ever elected to the Palm Beach City Commission running independent of the two major political parties. He was Editor of the Palm Beach Post from 1913 to 1920, Earman resigned to start the Palm Beach Independent, noted for its editorials. Joseph would go on and become quite successful as the Editor of the Palm Beach Post and later on as a judge. Joseph was born in Virginia in 1875 and as mentioned above, John Burke was born in Florida. John and Susan had two sons, Joseph Lucien Earman and John Burke Earman. West Palm Beach's first mayor, John Earman, was nearly booted from office in 1895 when he was charged with being "in a state of intoxication" in the company of a lady of the evening who went by "Specks." Earman denied the charges and they were dismissed a month later. When the city was incorporated in 1894, John Sites Earman was elected as the first Mayor. Although he lived with his family in downtown West Palm Beach, Earman farmed north of town in the area that is now Lake Park and North Palm Beach.
After a short stint in Tavares, John and his family are found in West Palm Beach, Florida. Per census information, we see that John and Susan had relocated to Florida after 1880 but prior to 1887 when his second son, John Burke Earman, was born in Tavares, Lake County, Florida. In addition, his eldest son, Joseph Lucien Earman and his wife, Georgia Alberta Farwell Earman are buried there, all in Plot B. Burke Earman are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida. Crawford, Virginia, the same cemetery that John B. Both he and his wife are buried in the Friedans church Cemetery in Mt. The Colonel was in the stage coach, mail and livery business mainly in New Market, Virginia. John Wesley Burke and Asnith Jane Adelia Pratt. On Februhe married Susan Elizabeth Burke, the daughter of Col. His occupation at that time was that of a carpenter and cabinet maker. He signed his parole papers May 31, 1865. He volunteered and fought with the CSA where he served as a scout for Stonewall Jackson’s army. John Sites Earman was born about 1845 in Rockingham County. He was mustered in at Harrisonburg Apwhen he was 47 years old. Earman served his state in the 9th Battalion Reserves of Rockingham County. Mathews Cemetery in New Market, Virginia. Mary Ann was buried back in Virginia at St. James Augustin Brown Scherer would become the President of Newberry College in South Carolina and later the President of what would become Caltech. Scherer was of the very prominanr Scherer family, Lutheran ministers. Melanchthon Gideon Groseclose Sherer in Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia Oct 20, 1886. After the death of her husband in 1883, Mary Ann apparently went to live with Alice who at that time was living in Newberry, South Carolina where her husband was serving on the faculty of Newberry College, prior to living in Charleston Alice was married to Dr. Mary Ann was born about 1825 and died in Charleston, South Carolina where she was living with her daughter, an only child, Alice M.
John married a second time to Mary Ann Sites, a cousin of his first wife prior to 1860 in Rockingham County. Amanda was born in 1820 and died at 37 years of age in 1855. Amanda was the daughter of John Samuel Sites and Elizabeth Henton, both buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. He married first, Amanda Jane Sites prior to 1845 (the year of the birth of their first child). John Sites Earman was the son of John B Earman and Amanda Jane Sites.
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