Stephen A. D. Earls was born 23 March 1861 in Jackson County, Alabama, United States to John O'Burton Earls and Sarah D. Crabtree and died 14 February 1944 Paris, Logan County, Arkansas of unspecified causes. He married Sarah Elizabeth Robins (1859-1901) 14 June 1883 in Logan County, Arkansas.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Henry Allen Earls (1886-1967) | 14 January 1886 Paris, Logan County, Arkansas, United States | 15 September 1967 Tranquillity, Fresno County, California, United States | Hilda Claretta Shirley (1889-1968) |
| Mary Irene Earls (1885-1969) | |||
| Ada B. Earls (1888-1973) | |||
| May Earls (1890-1972) | |||
| Alice Earls (1893-1972) | |||
| Burton Earls (1895-1914) | |||