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CHARLES, JAMES: ?-
James Charles was born in the vicinity of Ridgeville, Ind., and apparently spent his early years in that community, serving in the Eighties as cashier of a Ridgeville bank. Toward the end of the Eighties he removed to Richmond, Ind., where his one recorded book was written, under the pen name of Charles J. Wayne.
Information from Melvin B. Stratton, of Indianapolis.
- Caddo, or Cupid in the Gas Belt. Richmond,
Ind., 1889.
