Background
Clagett, Robert Horatio was born on May 31, 1888 in at Centerville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Montgomery and Tommie (Easley) Clagett.
Clagett, Robert Horatio was born on May 31, 1888 in at Centerville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Montgomery and Tommie (Easley) Clagett.
Student Columbia (Tennessee) Military Academy, 1905-1908.
Instructor military science and history, Methodist College, Terrell, Texas, 1908-1911. Established The Citizen, weekly newspaper, Centerville, 1911. State editor Jackson (Tennessee) Sun, 1912.
On staff Hattiesburg (Mississippi) News, 1912-1913.
Managing editor Jackson (Tennessee) Sun, 1913-1918. Associate editor Columbia (Tennessee) Herald, 1918-1919.
Managing editor Rome (Georgia) News Tribune, 1919-1926. Associate editor Memphis (Tennessee) Evening Appeal, 1926-1928.
Public Knoxville (Tennessee) Journal, 1928-1937, editor since 1937.
Mason.; Clubs: Cherokee Country, Irving, Rotary.
Married Elenora White, of Jackson, Tennessee, November 2, 1915. Children: Robert, Nelle White.