CLYDE EARLY.
  
CLYDE EARLY.
Clyde Early, who is filling the position of county coroner at Cheyenne, where for some years he has been actively and successfully engaged in the undertaking business, was born in North Manchester, Indiana, December 13, 1882, a son of Perry A. and Eliza (Gilbert) Early. The father is a prominent attorney at Nappanee, Indiana, where the family has resided since the childhood of Clyde Early. There is one daughter in the family older than the subject of this review.
At the usual age Clyde Early became a pupil in the public schools of Nappanee, Indiana, and passed through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school. He afterward attended Purdue University in that state and later took a course in the Barnes School of Anatomy & Science of Embalming in Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1903. He afterward followed his chosen vocation in Chicago until .1996. Coming to Wyoming, he settled in Cheyenne. He then purchased the undertaking business of Longhurst & Ryan and added to his equipment until he now has one of the most modern undertaking establishments west of Chicago. He uses an auto hearse and has all undertaking accessories of the latest design and manufacture. Because of the care which he displays in the management of his business, his tact and thorough understanding, he has built up a business of large proportions.
On the 1st of January, 1908, Mr. Early was married to Miss Louise Farrell, of Chicago, and they have one child. Margaret.
In politics Mr. Early is a republican, having supported the party since casting his first vote. In 1914 he was elected county coroner and was reelected to that office on the republican ticket in 1916, so that he is now serving for the second term. He is well known in fraternal circles, having membership with the Masons, the Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows and the Eagles. In the Masonic fraternity he has attained high rank and is now a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. His persistency of purpose and his energy have won him success in business, while a cordial nature has gained him a large circle of warm friends during the period of his residence in Cheyenne.