Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XXXI, Feb 1923, No.2, page 69 William Charles Kelly William C. Kelly, a native of Alabama, born in Russell County, October 17, 1843, died at the home of his daughter in Houston, Tex., on November 22, 1922, after a short illness. His father was John William Kelly, of a Scotch-Irish family which came to this country in 1800 and settled in Pennsylvania; he came south and married Miss Sarah Carolina Martin of Georgia, in 1840. William C. Kelly was a soldier of the Confederacy, serving with Company C, Tuskegee Light Infantry, which command was in the Army of Northern Virginia and took part in the battle of Seven Pines and in the seven day's fighting around Richmond. In November, 1862, Comrade Kelly was transferred to the calvary under Forrest, with whom he served until the close of the war, surrendering at Gainsville, Ala. After the war he was married to Miss Addie Moore, of Tuskegee, Ala. and settled in Chambers County, removing in 1868 to Texas and locating in San Saba County. In Texas he had a long and notable career as a railroad agent, his service of thirty-five years in the claim department at Austin, retiring with the respect and friendship of all with whom he had been assocaited and the public which he had served. After the death of his wife, in 1905, he made his home with his children in different parts of the country. Eight children survive him - four sons and four daughters - twenty-seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was a devoted father, a loyal friend, and an earnest Christian; simple in his habits, conscientious and painstaking in his work. He counted his friends from the general public to the highest railway officials. Comrade Kelly was buried at Ledbetter by the side of his wife, many friends from Houston and other places attending the funeral.