Marietta Monitor (Marietta, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 3, 1923 Page: 3 of 8
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E D CAMERON
DIES SUDDENLY
AT TAHLEQUAH
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Last Sunday morning Crawford W
Cameron of this city received the
sad news of the death of his father
Rev E D Cameron which occurred
at the family home in Tahiequah
about ten o’clock that morning and
he left immediately for that place
The following article wag published
in Monday’s Oklahoman regarding
the death of Mr Cameron
Tahiequah July 29 — While study-
ing his morning sermon Rev E D
Cameron pastor of the Baptist
church here and first superintendent
of public instruction in Oklahoma
was stricken with apoplexy and died
immediately at 10 o’clock Sunday
morning
Cameron had been pastor of the
Tahiequah church a year and a half
coming here from Henryetta where
he had been pastor of the First Bap-
tist church nearly three years He
was 61 years old At the primary
election of July 1907 Cameron re-
ceived the highest vote cast of all
candidates for state offices and was
elected with the rest of the demo-
cratic ticket in the following Septem-
ber He was also territorial super-
intendent of public instruction in
Oklahoma during the administration
of Governor Renfrow from 1893 to
1897 I
School System His Plan
Having held the office during the
years of the territory he became in
a degree the foymulator of the pub-
lic school system and the statutes
and laws then acted under his direc-
tion and influence continue with
amendment to govern the public
school system of the state
Though identified prominently with
educational affairs of Oklahoma
Cameron was almost equally well
known in the state for1 his labors in
the ministry especially in the Bap-
tist church A member of a promi-
nent North Carolina family of High-
land Scotch ancestry he was born
in Richmond county North Carolina
in 1862 and reared in the strict
Scotch atmosphere that still prevails
in those sections of North Carolina
which were settled by the Scotch
His parents were Col John W Cam-
eron and Caroline (Crawford-Coving-ton
Cameron
Came From North Carolina '
His father one o f the distinguish-
ed men of North Carolina was a
lawyer a member of the North
Carolina legislature and a successful
newspaper man
For several years he was editor of
North Carolina Argus at Fayetteville
which before the war was the prin-
cipal organ of the Whig party in
North Carolina He opposed seces-
sion but with the actual rupture be-
tween the states he joined his fellow
citizens and remained loyal to the
south becoming a valued counselor
in the legal and official departments
of the confederate government
Going back another generation his
grandfather was Neill Cameron one
of the leaders in his time and com-
munity Cameron Hill and the town
of Cameron thirty miles from Fay-
etteville were named for him He
had large interests and was an active
citizen
Became Lawyer in 18S1
Evan Dhu Cameron received an
unusual education Afrer studying
in Richmond academy at Rockingham
and at Trinity College he took up
law pursuing his studies in the
famous old school of Judges' Dick
and Dillard at’ Greensboio North
Carolina He was graduated when
20 years old in 1881 in the same
class with Charles Aycock who since
has become governor and one of the
strongest men in North Carolina
i public life
Admitted to the bar at Raleigh in
t 1881 he began practice at Rocking-
hum and at Laurinburg flow the
county seat' of Scotland county
During his practice as a lawyer cov-
ering a period of seven years he
resolved to enter the ministry and
made active preparations for that
profession In 1889 going to Texas
he joined the North Texas conference
and was assigned to the pastorate of
the Methodist church at St Jo Mon-
tague county
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First Charge at Norman
He was connected with the North
ayd Northwest Texas conference two
years and in 1S91 joined the Indiah
Mission conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church in Oklahoma his
first charge being at Norman
Afterward he was pastor of Dt
Luke’s church -in Oklahoma City and
in churches in El Reno Muskogee
Pauls Vatley and Chickasha 'Having
joined the Baptist church he receiv-
ed an appointment as pastor of the
church of that denomination at
South McAlester where he remained
five years In 1906 he became pas-
tor of the Baptist church at Sulphur
Murray county and retained this
charge until he resigned to take
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up his duties as state superintendent
He Leaves Six Children
Cameron was naarried at Henry-
etta Texas to Miss Clara Williams
daughter of Judge B F Williams
and they have six children: Crawford
Marion Cameron lawyer and former
mayor of Marietta Captain Evan
Dhu Cameron Jr Company D 17th
Cavalry statiohed in Honolulu known
as the crack cavalry of the U S
Army Douglas Cameron lawyer of
Texas Donald Cameron of the over-
seas army and recent city attorney
of Henryetta and Malcolm Cameron
recently appointed to West Point
Military Academy and Mrs Porter
wife of T B Porter of the First Na-
tional Bank of Eufaula Oklahoma
A nephew Cameron Morrison was
elected governor of North Carolina
in the election of November 1920
He Discovered Barnett
He was the “discoverer’’ of Jack-
son Barnett the state’s wealthiest
Indian who was then living in
squalid poverty in the hills near
Henryetta Cameron took up his
case with the Indian superintendent
and had his allowance increased to a
reasonable amount in view of the
large income accruing from his oil
wells He also induced Barnett to
donate $25000 for the building of
his church in Henryetta and then
used his influence with Barnett and
the Indian officials to have like
amounts given three other churches
in Henryetta
Re dreamed of founding a large
Indian hospital with the Barnett for-
tune a memorial that would always
stand hut this plan did not meet
with the favor of the Indian officials
Funeral services will be held here
Tuesday morning under the auspices
of the Masonic lodge while burial
will be made at Okmulgee Tuesday
afternoon
For anything in the office supply
line call at the Monitor office
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE
OF LAND FORECLOSURE
Caie No 1857 -
Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of an order of sale issued
out of the district court of Love
county state of Oklahoma on the
24th day of July 1923 in an action
wherein S H Davis was plaintiff
and R L Floyd et al were defend-
ants directed to me the undersign-
ed sheriff of Love county state of
Oklahoma commanding me to levy
upon aqd sell without appraisement
as provided by law the following
described real estate to-wit:
Lot’ four (4) of 'section eighteen
(18) township nine (9) south
range two (2) east situated in Love
county state of Oklahoma to satisfy
a judgment and decree of foreclos-
ure in favor of said plaintiff and
against said defendants obtained
and made in said district court on
the 26th day of December 1922
for the sum of $11950 with 10 per
cent interest thereon per annum from
the 28th day of August 1923 and
all costs of said action in the sum
of $1230 and attorneys fees in the
sum of $5200 with six per cent in-
terest from the 28th day of August
1923 I will on the 28th day of
August 1923 at the hour of two
o’clock p m of said day at the
east front door of the court hjuse
in the city of Marietta Oklahoma
the same being in Love county offer
for sale and sell to the highest bid-
der for cash the af-resaid real estate
or so much thp-:of as will satisfy
said judgment with interest attor-
neys fees ard cost subject to a
prior mortgage of $100009
Witness my hand this the 25th
day of July 1923
7-27-5 FRANK N SMITH
By J W STAFFORD Under Sheriff
WILKINS & WILKINS'
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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