Background
Caughran, B. Howard was born on November 6, 1890 in near Fayetteville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Hamilton and Hazeltine (Ashby) Caughran.
Caughran, B. Howard was born on November 6, 1890 in near Fayetteville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Hamilton and Hazeltine (Ashby) Caughran.
Graduate student Morgan School, Fayetteville, Tennessee, 1909. Trinity College (now Duke U.), 1911-1912. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, 1916-1917.
School teacher, Kelso and Huntland, Tennessee, 1909-1910. Foreman Arkansas, 1912-1915. Insurance business, Fayetteville, Tennessee, 1915-1916.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1917, Indiana, from 1920, practiced at Indianapolis.
Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District Indiana, 1933-1940, United States Attorney, 1940-1950. Member Dowden, Denny, Caughran & Lowe.
Private, United States Army, Fort Logan, Colorado, 1917. Honorary discharge as Second lieutenant, 1919.
Member Dowden, Denny, Caughran & Lowe. Private, United States Army, Fort Logan, Colorado, 1917. Member American, Indiana State, and Indianapolis (president 1942) bar associations, Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Delta Kappa (honorary).
Married Effie East, June 5, 1918. Children: Joan (Mistress Ray East. Miller), John Hamilton.