From Small Town Farmer to Successful Businessman

Here are some stories from the life of Charles S. Wassum, my great-grandfather. He was a farmboy from a town of 100 people in the late 1800's, Charles dreamed big and went on to develop a lot of land in southern Virginia and was central in the opening of the first theatre in Marion, VA - The Lincoln Theatre(He also did other successful businesses selling boxwoods, etc.). Sherwood Anderson, the writer and most famous person to live in Marion, VA wrote often about Charles in his editorials.