Brief Life History of Claude Utley
When Claude Utley Melton was born on 28 April 1890, in Athens, McMinn, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Henry Melton, was 20 and his mother, Therese Carrie Clark, was 20. He married Eva Leatrice Turner on 14 September 1912, in Caddo Mills, Hunt, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Fannin, Texas, United States in 1900 and Caddo Mills, Hunt, Texas, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1918. He died in June 1963, in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States.
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- Claude Milton in household of Henry Milton, "United States Census, 1910"
- C U Melton, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Claude Utley Milton, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Yorkshire, all of which have the same origin as Middleton , with Old English middel replaced by its Old Norse equivalent methal after the Scandinavian settlement of northern and eastern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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