Larkin McCloud (1887-1928) aka Charles Smith was an itinerant worker with the Yankee Robinson Circus when he came through Omaha. Originally from Vicksburg, Mississippi, McCloud lived with his parents and five siblings in Ottawa, Kansas, when he became a wrestler at the age of 16 in 1903. Becoming a semi-professional grappler, he wrestled in the South as Charley "Cannonball" or "Thunderbolt" Smith. McCloud was sentenced to life for the murder of Nellie Nethaway in 1917. He died in the Nebraska State Penitentiary at the age of 41 years old from an unknown cause. His gravesite is at the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery in Lincoln.
Contributor: Adam Fletcher Sasse (50275590) • [email protected]
Contributor: Adam Fletcher Sasse (50275590) • [email protected]
Larkin McCloud (1887-1928) aka Charles Smith was an itinerant worker with the Yankee Robinson Circus when he came through Omaha. Originally from Vicksburg, Mississippi, McCloud lived with his parents and five siblings in Ottawa, Kansas, when he became a wrestler at the age of 16 in 1903. Becoming a semi-professional grappler, he wrestled in the South as Charley "Cannonball" or "Thunderbolt" Smith. McCloud was sentenced to life for the murder of Nellie Nethaway in 1917. He died in the Nebraska State Penitentiary at the age of 41 years old from an unknown cause. His gravesite is at the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery in Lincoln.
Contributor: Adam Fletcher Sasse (50275590) • [email protected]
Contributor: Adam Fletcher Sasse (50275590) • [email protected]
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