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county and purchased considcral)le fruit and farming!; land on tlie Kanawha ri\er. Later, at the close of the war between the states, lie went to the hmne of h'u son, Robert II. Early, in Lexington, Mis>ouii. where he passed awa}- in 1S70. iind being a Mason was buried with Masonic honors. He mar- ried, 1812, Ruth llairston. l)orn 1794, died 1832, daughter of Coh)nel Samuel and Jud- ith (Saunders I llairston (see llairston line). Children: Samuel Henry, see forward; Mary Judith; Jul)al Anderson, see forward; Rob- ert llairston. Elizabeth J., Anne Letitia, Ruth llairston. Elvira Evelyn, Richard and Joab, twins.

Captain Samuel Henry Early, son of Colo- nel Joab and Ruth (Hairston) Early, was born in Franklin county. Virginia. January 22. 18 1 3, died in Charleston. West Virginia, March 11. 1874. He received an excellent education, attending the Patrick Henry Academy in Henry county, and William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia. After a course in a law school at Ereder- icksburg he was admitted to the bar and began legal practice in Franklin county. He did not, however, devote himself entirely to the practice of law^ but branched out in var- ious other directions. For a few- years he was postmaster of Coopers, Franklin county, Virginia ; engaged in the manufacture of salt at Ka-nawha Salines, and wdiile engaged in that business he invented and patented a pump for salt and oil wells to prevent in- jury from gas; farmed in Kanawha county; in 1853 went to L}nchburg to live, and at that time was interested in agricultural pur- suits in Bedford county, \'irginia, and also in Texas ; when the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad was building, he secured a con- tract to furnish railroad ties, wdiich he sup- plied from his coal lands in Boone and Lin- coln counties. West Virginia. During the war between the states he served in the Wise Troop. Second X^irginia Cavalry ; later was commissioned lieutenant on the staff of his brother. General Jubal Anderson Early, and afterw^ard was promoted to the rank of captain. After being wounded at Gettys- burg he was appointed assistant conscript- ing officer at Lynchburg. In September, 1864, he was authorized by special order to organize a scouting force for temporary service and to "adopt such measures for the transmission of information as emergencies may require." Immediately upon the re-

ceipt of the news of the evacuation of Rich- mond he was sent with special dispatches to President Davis (then at Danville) to apprise him of the fact, and zealously ex- ecuting his orders he covered the ground on horseback in a few hours. He carried back to General Lee an important letter from President Davis, wdiich has never been pub- lished, but is now^ in the possession of the Early family. Captain Early was a public- spirited man, ever ready to help in any en- terprise that might benefit the community in which he resided, and was always held in the highest esteem by his fellow citizens. He was a man of line physique and com- manding stature, being over six feet tall. He was very fond of outdoor exercise, es- pecially the chase, spending much of his time in the mountains of the western coun- ties of Virginia hunting deer. It was wdiile on one of these hunting trips that he took a severe cold, which resulted in pneumonia, from which he failed to recover and passed away at the age of sixty-one years.

Captain Early married at Lynchburg. Virginia, in 1846, Henrianne Cabell, born August 2, 1822, died May 31, 1890, daugh- ter of Dr. John Jordan and Henrianne (Dav- ies) Cabell (see Clayton, Davies and Cabell lines). Children: i. A daughter, died in infancy. 2. John Cabell, Ixtrn 1848, died 1909; married. 1876, Alary \\'. Cabell, daugh- ter of Dr. Clifford Cabell, of Buckingham county, X'irginia ; children : i. Evelyn Rus- sell, ii. Samuel Henry, born 1S80. died 1897. iii- Clift'ord Cabell, lieutenant in Fif- teenth United States Infantry, at Tientsin, China, iv. Jubal Anderson, lieutenant in Twentieth United States Infantry ; he was drowned. September 13. 1914. in Lake Mariano, New Mexico, while endeavoring to rescue his friend and companion, United States Commissioner J. A. Young, of Gal- lup, New Mexico, wdio was unable to swim, when their boat was overturned ; his re- mains were brought to his home by his brother. Lieutenant Clifford C. Earlv. v. Henrianne. 3. Ruth Hairston. resides in Lynchburg. X'irginia. 4. Henrianne Cabell, died 1896. 5. Hilary Judith, resides in Lynch- burg. Virginia. 6. Joab. died young. 7. Jubal A., died young.

Lieutenant-General Jubal Anderson Early, second son of Colonel Joab and Ruth (Hair- ston) Early, was born in Franklin county, Virginia, November 3, 1816, died at Lynch-