American Revolutionary Soldier Shadrack McClendon, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Wednesday, November 4, 1998 ;Section B Page 1


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At Summerville Cemetery...
DAR Chapters mark the grave site of American Revolutionary sodier

The Shreveport Chapter and the Dorcheat-Bistineau Chapter, Minden, of the
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution marked the grave
site of an American Revolutionary Soldier, Shadrack McClendon, at the
Summerville Cemetery near Jena, Sunday, October 18, 1998, at 2:00 p.m.

Chapter Regents Miss Judy Greer, Dorcheat-Bistuneau Chapter NSDAR, and Mrs. E.
Newton Dodd, Shreveport Chapter NSDAR, participated in the ceremony. Attending
the event were approximately 125 persons, including many family members
descended from this soldier and representatives from six Louisiana DAR
chapters: Chatahoula, Shreveport, Dorcheat-Bistineau, Bruin-Vidal, Kischatie,
Chief Tusquehouma.  

Special guests were Mrs. C. Sheldon Van Buren and Mrs. Robert Allan Schmidt
from Signal Hill Chapter, Illinois Society NSDAR, and Miss Kristin Elizabeth
Schmidt, a CAR member from Illinois, who are all direct descendants of
Shadrack McClendon.

The ceremony opened with the Invocation by Rev. Albert Vickers from Jena. 
Members of the Color Guard were from the 1086 Transportation Company of the
Louisiana National Guard, stationed in Jena, Louisiana.  Other program
participants included Mrs. J. Pollard Sealy, Jr., Reporter-General NSDAR, from
Shreveport; Miss Judy Greer; Mrs. E. Newton Dodd; and Mrs. R Wayne Jones,
First Vice Regent, Louisiana society NSDAR, from Kisatchie Chapter, DeRidder.

Mrs. Nvan Buren presented a biography of the soldier who served during the
American Revolution in the Second South Carolina Regiment as a Private under
Capt. Dnaiel Mazyck, comanded by Col. Francis Marion.  Shadrack McClendon was
born 1752, probably in virginia, and died after July 25, 1846, in Louisiana. 
Following the unveiling of the Memorial Marker, a wreath was placed by Mrs. 
Robert Allan Schmidt and Miss Kristin Elizabeth Schmidt.  Rev. Vickers closed 
with the Benediction.  A reception at the cemetery followed.

Other guests were Mrs. Henry F. Butts, past Reporter-General NSDAR and
Honorary State Regent of the Louisiana Society, from Bruin-Vidal Chapter; Mrs. 
Norbert Johnson, Honorary State Regent of the Louisiana Society, from
Shreveport Chapter; and Mrs. Betsy C. Moreland, National Chairman of
Conservation NSDAR, from Dorcheat-Bistineau Chapter.  Pages for the event were
Miss Libbi Burns, NSCAR; and Mrs. Jeffery Lee, Regent, Bruin-Vidal Chapter
NsDAR.