Clair Kenamore
Rufus Clair Kenamore (c. 1875 – November 3, 1935) was an American journalist who was a foreign correspondent and editor on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper in the early 20th century.
Personal
Rufus Clair Kenamore was born in 1875 or 1876 in
He was a college graduate at age 21 when he and a friend, Paul H. Sankey, stopped in St. Louis and announced they were on their way to the Klondike in Canada to prospect for gold with three other people.[1]
Kenamore and Marguerite Martyn, a reporter and artist on the Post-Dispatch, were married in Martyn's home at Lake and Bompart avenues in Webster Groves, Missouri, on May 17, 1913.[7][8][9]
After the death of father George R. Kenamore in 1928, Clair Kenamore and his brother, Charles, gave a family collection of books to the public library in a new community building in Salem, Missouri.[10]
In 1931, a lung condition made it necessary for him to move to a drier climate in Tucson, Arizona. Kenamore died of tuberculosis in Portland, Oregon, on November 3, 1935.[11]
Career
Kenamore's early professional life as a journalist was with the
In 1916 he was a
Returning from Europe in 1919, he authored a book, From Vauquois Hill to Exermont, which was a history of the 35th Division. Later, he wrote History of the 139th Infantry.[3]
He was sent on assignment to Europe in 1927 to get information for the 50th anniversary edition of the Post-Dispatch, which was published on December 9, 1928. He interviewed
In the 1930s, Kenamore covered stories in Europe, particularly in
References
- ^ a b "Caught the Gold Fever," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 25, 1897
- ^ Randy McConnell, "The Dent County Kenamores," Christian County, Missouri, Genealogy, undated
- ^ a b c d e f "Clair Kenamore Dies; Editor, War Writer," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 4, 1935, page 30
- ^ a b 1930 U.S. census
- ^ "Mrs. G.R. Kenamore, 75, to Be Buried at Salem, Mo.," St. Louis Star, July 23, 1925, page 2
- ^ "Rufe Kenamore Dies," "The Houston Herald", April 19, 1926, page 2
- ^ "Marguerite Martyn Weds Newspaperman," St. Louis Star, May 18, 1913, page 2
- ^ Marriage license
- ^ "Post-Dispatch Artist and Writer Who Weds Today," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 17, 1913, page 3
- ^ "Books Donated for Library at Community Building," The (Salem) Post, July 4, 1928, page 1
- ^ "Clair Kenamore Dies; Editor, War Writer," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 4, 1935
External links
- Works by or about Clair Kenamore at Internet Archive
- Clair Kenamore at WorldCat [1]