Page 348 Confederate Veteran. September 1928

William K. Early
At Galax, Va. on July 18, 1927, William Kenny Early departed this life, at
the age of eighty years. He was one of the most prominant citizins of
Carroll County, and close relative of Gen. Jubal A. Early. He had been ill
for five months and bore his sufferings with the same patience and courage
which sustained him as a Confederate soldier and honorable citizin of the
commonwelth.
William Kenny Early was born April 8, 1847, at Hillsville, Va., and on June
1, 1863, at the age of sixteen, he entered the Confederate army as private
in Company F. of the 37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, his superior officers
being Captain Run, Col. A. C. Dunn, and brig. Gen. W. E. Jones. He was
honorably discharged from the service on the 14th day of April 1865.
After the war, he returned to his home at Hillsville, Va., and took up his
duties of farming and cattle raising. In 1902, he sold his farm and moved to
Galax, Va., and went into the retail lumber and coal business. He was
married to Miss Mary Louisa Belo, of Salem, N.C., September 3, 1872 and to
this union four sons were born, all surviving him. He was laid to rest in
the cemetery at Galax.