Source: Sam Walton: Made in America, My Story By Sam Walton with John Huey Bantam Books, June 1993 Copyright 1992 by the Estate of Samuel Moore Walton In Sam Walton's biography he mentions a man named Claude Harris who was Wal-Mart's first buyer. He talks about Claude Harris in pages 69 - 72, 82, and 235 - 237. Claude was running a Woolworth store in Memphis, Tennessee when they first met him. "He was from Muskogee, Oklahoma, and about one quarter Indian, and had started with Woolworth out of high school. None of these fellows like Don or Claude had any college, and they did not want me hiring any college men." I hope this may help someone in their research. You never know where you may find information or a clue to get over your brick wall, so I thought I would pass it on. Ira L. Harris III Member, Group 6, Harris Y-DNA Family Study Line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia