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Colored Man, 99, Dies At EbenezerA 99 year old colored man who remembered Civil War days, William Henry Harrison Clark, of Ebenezer. passed away August 12. He was born in the slave days and was “raised without a father.Early in life he came from Yazoo county to Ebenezer where he was a preacher and insurance salesman. He married Sallie Jones and became the father of six boys and four girls, all of whom received college educations at Alcorn, Jackson, and Rust colleges.He was bom at Clinton where his people were owned by the Tennons. He was a member of the Pleasant Green M. B church.He leaves Annie Clark, Robert Clark, Rachel Clark, Pickens; James Eddie Clark, Prentiss; William Henry Clark, Amand Clark, Memphis; Mae Sula Watson, Eden: Henry Louis Clark, Lexington; 12 grandchildren and three grea: «ranc:hildren.
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Durant News
Durant, Mississippi, US
Thu, Aug 25, 1949
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