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Notes for Charles Henry Fonde:
Charles Henry Fonde (2) was a fine athlete and a great naturalist and outdoorsman. He was captain of the University of Tennessee football team in 1912 and he also played baseball and golf. When World War I began he left the university and enlisted in the service. But his father died and the war ended before he saw active duty. He never returned to college but insisted that his children go when they were of age. He loved the Great Smoky Mountains and frequently took his growing family there on the weekends. Charley, or Slick, as he was also known, was a wonderful story teller; he had perfect timing, a way with words, and a great sense of humor. He was also a prolific writer of poetry (or rhymes), which he created for any special occasion or for no occasion at all. In his retirement years, after he grew tired of fishing, he designed and built beautiful bird feeders for a hobby. He had red hair.
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