Obituary of William Melton, Edgar County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 2000 Cindy McCachern Obituary of William Melton Kansas (IL) Journal, 28 October 1909 and 4 November 1909 William Melton died of general debility at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, at the home of his son, Albert Melton, of general debility, age 70 years. The funeral was conducted at the Pleasant Hill Christian church at 11 o'clock yesterday morning and burial was made in the Pleasant Hill cemetery. The deceased was born in Indiana and was raised near Rockville. When he first came to Illinois he settled on a farm near Martinsville, in Clark county, and upwards of forty years ago moved to Edgar county. The date of his birth was June 3 1833. Mr. Melton was married about 53 years ago to Mary Land, who died about a year ago. He is survived by five sons and one daughter, Albert, Charles, Thomas and John of south of this city, and George and Mrs. O. W. Compton of Paris. He also leaves 21 grandchildren and 3 great- grandchildren. Mr. Melton was a charter member of the Christian church at Pleasant Hill and was an upright christian gentleman respected by all who knew him. William Melton was born June 3, 1833 in Park county, Ind., died October 25, 1909. He joined the Christian under the preaching of Rev. Gregg and had lived a consistent christian ever since, and on his death bed he said his time on this earth was short, but he had harmed no one and was ready to die and meet his God, that he had run his race and finished his work, and felt that a crown of life was laid up for him in heaven, where he expected to live with his God for ever more. He had a family of nine children. Three had passed before, leaving six, Allen, Charles R., Joel T., George D., Lucinda and John F., and one sister, Mrs. Nancy Fudge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb Archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cindy McCachern