Earl was a distant cousin on the Bascom side to Mitch Tenney who was Ellsworth's horse trainer. Earl worked on Al Hamblin's Flying V Ranch in the Beaumont area. Earl had his own cattle ranch in Ontario in San Bernardino Valley using the Two Bar Quarter Circle brand, before moving to the high desert, living in Hesperia, Apple Valley and Victorville.
Earl was a cousin on the Bascom side to Mitch Tenney, who trained Ellsworth's horses. Earl worked at Al Hamblin's Flying V Ranch in Beaumont. Earl had his own cattle ranch in Ontario within San Bernardino Valley using the Two Bar Quarter Circle brand before moving to the high desert and residing in Hesperia, Apple Valley, and Victorville.