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ice.:er.tli.ile.ey.ox,in-teengpt.ir-ngJ. T. Melton.The sutjject of our sketch is an intelligent stock raiser and farmer who lives near Allen, For honesty, industry and sobriety Mr. Melton ranks I among Collin's leading citizeus to which bis many warm(reaHee(j friends throughout Collin coun-rd ty can testify.I]1iedO—is!8tHe was born in Green county,, 111. on the 10th day of Septera-1 * ber 1836 where he lived untilCo. E. Texas Volunteers. Onmade1849, when he moved to his ct present place of residence in . southwest Collin county, nine Q0 miles from McKinney. He I served three years rn the con-3(j federate army in the Indiani.j Territory, Arkansas and Louis* e_ iana, under Oapt. Bob Taylor,k* 1ld | May 29, 1880 he waschairman of the memorable! farmers and laborers conven-tion which met at the McKinney court house, and after one of the stormiest scenes ever witnessed in a convention in Collin county, was adjourned to the opera house where the first independent ticket of Collin county, since the(c1IfifCISer:ru»Itjele83*iedewar, nation,was♦placed in nomi-aod where the7grand principles of independence in politics was first set in motion, which has since widened into its present magniticert dimentions. Mr. Melton de-e1rBClnlt;tt.)(Ctmr.serves great credit in the masterly manner lt;n which be bandied the convention.He was a candidate against Rip Powell, in the fall of 1885,for tax Collector. He carried AlleiOox by 40 majority. He led the ticket in Allen and car ! 14 ried Nevada unanimously bm was defeated in the county by I ismeagre majority!iyi
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Mckinney Democrat
Mckinney, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 16, 1892
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