Clarksville, TX, United States
First Baptist Church of Clarksville. Kentucky minister W. M. Pickett and seven charter members organized this congregation in 1847. The devoted group of Baptists endured nearly impassable roads, inclement weather, and a scattered population and built their first sanctuary in 1850 on a site which lat
er became the Clarksville Cemetery. A second sanctuary was built in Clarksville in 1885. The congregation continued to grow and in an effort led by Louis E. Finney built its third sanctuary in 1905 at
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