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Other Clay by Charles Cawthon
He was born in Murfreesboro, TN and graduated from Middle Tennessee State College. After 2 years as a reporter on the Murfreesboro News Journal he landed in Martinsville, VA and worked for the Bulletin. How long he remained is not known but he later became editor of the Charlottesville Daily Progress. War clouds covered Europe and Charles elected to join the National Guard rather than be drafted. He enlisted back in Martinsville with H Company, 116th regiment of the famous 29th division. But when America entered the war the 29th was among the first shipped out to ... Read more |
