Background
Davis, Curtis Carroll was born on February 18, 1916 in Baltimore. Son of Hoagland Cook and Mary Katharine (Carroll) Davis.
(Caruthers (1800-46) was a pre-civil war Virginian novelis...)
Caruthers (1800-46) was a pre-civil war Virginian novelist and small town doctor who flunked out of his alma mater, whose magazine writing has been lost to time but who established himself as the father of Southern historical romance writing and who was responsible for the establishment of two significant traditions: 1) the legendary reputation of the 'F F V s' and 2) the sprightly memory of the Knights of the Golden HorseShoe
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007J3QSC/?tag=2022091-20
Davis, Curtis Carroll was born on February 18, 1916 in Baltimore. Son of Hoagland Cook and Mary Katharine (Carroll) Davis.
AB, Yale University, 1938. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1947.
Commissioned air corps, United States Army, 1942; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Army retired, United States Army, 1976; operations officer, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1947-1949; director, Star Spangled Banner Flag House Association, Baltimore, since 1959; member Executive Committee, Edgar Allan Poe Society, Baltimore, since 1964.
(Caruthers (1800-46) was a pre-civil war Virginian novelis...)
Narrator Society War of 1812 (Maryland.) annual municipal "Cavalcade", Baltimore, annually. Member National Book Critics Circle, American Antiquarian Society, American History Society, Maryland. History Society (past chairman library committee), Manuscript Society, United States Commision on Military History, Society Colonial Wars (past governor), S.R. (past president), Cosmos Club, Capitol Hill Club Yale Club New York, Circumnavigators Club, Baltimore Country Club.
Married G. Margarete Davis (deceased May 1985).