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'''Jacob Welch Cameron''', known as '''Jake W. Cameron''' (April 17, 1913 &ndash; September 30, 1999),<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114256420|title=Jacob Welch "Jake" Cameron|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 1, 1999|accessdate=January 2, 2015}}</ref> was a [[business]]man who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1957 to 1961 as the eighth [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]].

'''Jacob Welch Cameron''', known as '''Jake W. Cameron''' (April 17, 1913 &ndash; September 30, 1999),<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114256420|title=Jacob Welch "Jake" Cameron|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 1, 1999|accessdate=January 2, 2015}}</ref> was a [[business]]man who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1957 to 1961 as the eighth [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]].

==Background==​

==Background==

Cameron was the youngest of eight children born in Homer in Claiborne Parish to Milton Perry Cameron (1867-1946) and the former Lou Ada Nelson (1875-1956), who are interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer. After graduation from Homer High School, Cameron obtained in 1938 a bachelor's degree from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. He taught school and coached in Claiborne and Bossier parishes prior to service in the [[United States Coast Guard]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=bio/>  

Cameron was the youngest of eight children born in Homer in Claiborne Parish to Milton Perry Cameron (1867-1946) and the former Lou Ada Nelson (1875-1956), who are interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer. After graduation from Homer High School, Cameron obtained in 1938 a bachelor's degree from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. He taught school and coached in Claiborne and Bossier parishes prior to service in the [[United States Coast Guard]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=bio/>