On January 21, 1918, Frank Leigh Gitchell Jr. was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, to his parents, Frank Leigh Gitchell and Laura Mae Miller. Before Frank’s first birthday, his mother passed away, leaving behind her husband and three children. Frank was the youngest of the Gitchell children with two older sisters. Following Frank’s first year of high school, he dropped out and pursued a job with University Press at the University of Virginia.
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