Camden Cemetery [Rev. Porter Clay gravestone, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1957.

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Camden Cemetery [Rev. Porter Clay gravestone, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1957.

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Part of a group of negatives taken for October 30, 1957, Arkansas Gazette article "Historic Cemetery to Get Facelifting," B1:3. In 1957, the Chamber of Commerce in Camden planned to restore the Confederate Cemetery in Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas. Several people, including Bill Sheltori, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, and Ruth Malone, a Camden writer, looked over the tall marble shaft and seven rows of headstones which mark the Confederate Cemetery in Camden (1966.09, 1966.10). In 1939, a marker was erected in the cemetery by the Liberty Baptist Association in memory of Rev. Porter Clay, who established a church in Camden and was the younger brother of Henry Clay (1966.01, 1966.03). The marker reads, "Thy word is a light unto my path. Rev. Porter Clay 1779-1850, brother of Hon. Henry Clay. Erected by the Liberty Baptist Association during the eighty-sixth annual session of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention unveiled on the occasion of a memorial service conducted by Dr. M.E. Dodd in honor of him whose remains lie buried beneath. A.D. 1939."

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

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