Clay C. Runyan

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Date of Birth	Saturday, May 14, 1842
Date of Death	Tuesday, September 4, 1917

Biography

Clay C. Runyan was born in Cincinnati Ohio, and attended Kenyon College in Ohio. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the 2nd Regiment, Company D, Kentucky Infantry. This unit fought in East Tennessee campaigns, including Chickamauga in 1863. After the war he moved to Tennessee, and worked in a general store in Tazewell and Knoxville. As a member of the Sturm Club of Tazewell, served as recording secretary pro tem of the May, 1867 Tennessee baseball convention. He was a Universalist and a Republican.

In 1868 Runyan left Tennessee to become a steamboat clerk on the Ohio River.

Sources

History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. S.B. Nelson & Co. Cincinnati: 1894. https://books.google.com/books?id=a1QMAQAAMAAJ&dq

http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=861EC3CB-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22006471

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/

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Club	Years	Roles	Edit Association with Player
Sturm Club of Tazewell	1867