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Re: Howel A. Rayburn
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In Ralph Underhill's article he says that Doc is buried in a cemetery in the Wattensaw Bayou area near Des Arc. (Arkansas Democrat Sunday February 14, 1960). R.T. Martin a confederate veteran who spent his latter years at Beebe once eulogized Doc Rayburn as follows: "Doc Rayburn sleeps in an unmarked grave. His grave can never be officially decorated but perhaps the blossoms of wild flowers have shed their fragrance upon the young hero's grave through the years. Others of less heroism have been honored more. Great generals have declared that no greater heroism was shown during the war than was displayed by youths from sixteen to twenty years of age, both Union and Confederate. Much older men were often led by these brave boys into battles during the Civil War." I have also read that he is buried in White County, that would lead us to his wife she was from White County. The next question is where is she buried. Martha Ann Booth is listed as widow of Capt. Rayburn in Godspeed's Histories. Someone once mentioned that Doc's wooden headboard has long since decayed and rotted away. Who knows? I also think his Arkansas family and friends did not want his grave site known for fear it might be distrubed so over the years it just got lost.

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