Mezue ahịrịokwu a: A mụrụ Clegg, bụ́ nwa otu dọkịta, na September 1, 1876, na Red Bluff, Arkansas, ma gụọ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Arkansas. Mgbe oge nke ije ozi na Company A, 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry n'oge Spanish-American War, ọ debanyere aha na Hospital Corps, na-eje ozi site na
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