Cornelius was the oldest child of Amos & Harriet Yarde Melton. He crossed the Great Plains with his parents in 1864 at the age of 7. He spent his entire life in the Gallatin Valley. He married Ellen Curtis in 1877.
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Obituary
Printed in Avant Courier, Bozeman, MT-April 16, 1909
Pioneer of Montana died in California
Cornelius Melton, better known as "Neal" Melton, died April 9th at Soquel, Cal., where he had gone one month ago in the hope that a change of climate would prove beneficial to his health. His last affliction was a complication of asthma and heart trouble. A telegram to his family at Butte brought the sad news.
The Melton family is among the pioneer families of Montana. Mr. Melton was born in Knox County, Ill., Feb. 5, 1857, coming to Montana with his father in July, 1864, locating in Gallatin valley, six miles north of Belgrade, where he followed the pursuit of farming, selling out in the fall of 1901, locating in Butte, where he engaged in the dairy business, being owner of the North Star Dairy which he sold last fall on account of failing health.
Surviving him are his wife and large family, all in Butte, his mother, two brothers and four sisters in Gallatin valley and one sister at Thompson Falls, Montana.
The remains will be brought back to Belgrade and interred in the East Gallatin Cemetery.
[Shared by Bonnie Cook,#48014653]
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Obituary
Printed in Avant Courier, Bozeman, MT-April 16, 1909
Pioneer of Montana died in California
Cornelius Melton, better known as "Neal" Melton, died April 9th at Soquel, Cal., where he had gone one month ago in the hope that a change of climate would prove beneficial to his health. His last affliction was a complication of asthma and heart trouble. A telegram to his family at Butte brought the sad news.
The Melton family is among the pioneer families of Montana. Mr. Melton was born in Knox County, Ill., Feb. 5, 1857, coming to Montana with his father in July, 1864, locating in Gallatin valley, six miles north of Belgrade, where he followed the pursuit of farming, selling out in the fall of 1901, locating in Butte, where he engaged in the dairy business, being owner of the North Star Dairy which he sold last fall on account of failing health.
Surviving him are his wife and large family, all in Butte, his mother, two brothers and four sisters in Gallatin valley and one sister at Thompson Falls, Montana.
The remains will be brought back to Belgrade and interred in the East Gallatin Cemetery.
[Shared by Bonnie Cook,#48014653]
Cornelius was the oldest child of Amos & Harriet Yarde Melton. He crossed the Great Plains with his parents in 1864 at the age of 7. He spent his entire life in the Gallatin Valley. He married Ellen Curtis in 1877.
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Obituary
Printed in Avant Courier, Bozeman, MT-April 16, 1909
Pioneer of Montana died in California
Cornelius Melton, better known as "Neal" Melton, died April 9th at Soquel, Cal., where he had gone one month ago in the hope that a change of climate would prove beneficial to his health. His last affliction was a complication of asthma and heart trouble. A telegram to his family at Butte brought the sad news.
The Melton family is among the pioneer families of Montana. Mr. Melton was born in Knox County, Ill., Feb. 5, 1857, coming to Montana with his father in July, 1864, locating in Gallatin valley, six miles north of Belgrade, where he followed the pursuit of farming, selling out in the fall of 1901, locating in Butte, where he engaged in the dairy business, being owner of the North Star Dairy which he sold last fall on account of failing health.
Surviving him are his wife and large family, all in Butte, his mother, two brothers and four sisters in Gallatin valley and one sister at Thompson Falls, Montana.
The remains will be brought back to Belgrade and interred in the East Gallatin Cemetery.
[Shared by Bonnie Cook,#48014653]
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Obituary
Printed in Avant Courier, Bozeman, MT-April 16, 1909
Pioneer of Montana died in California
Cornelius Melton, better known as "Neal" Melton, died April 9th at Soquel, Cal., where he had gone one month ago in the hope that a change of climate would prove beneficial to his health. His last affliction was a complication of asthma and heart trouble. A telegram to his family at Butte brought the sad news.
The Melton family is among the pioneer families of Montana. Mr. Melton was born in Knox County, Ill., Feb. 5, 1857, coming to Montana with his father in July, 1864, locating in Gallatin valley, six miles north of Belgrade, where he followed the pursuit of farming, selling out in the fall of 1901, locating in Butte, where he engaged in the dairy business, being owner of the North Star Dairy which he sold last fall on account of failing health.
Surviving him are his wife and large family, all in Butte, his mother, two brothers and four sisters in Gallatin valley and one sister at Thompson Falls, Montana.
The remains will be brought back to Belgrade and interred in the East Gallatin Cemetery.
[Shared by Bonnie Cook,#48014653]
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Cornelius Melton Feb. 5, 1857 Apr. 9, 1909 Ellen Melton Nov. 3, 1858 Feb. 13, 1941 MELTON
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