"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Feb. 12, 1909.
Melville B. C. True, son of James K. and Martha Baker True, died at North Loup, Nebraska, February 5, 1909, aged 71 years and 14 days.
Mr. True was born at Temple, Maine, January 22, 1838. He left his native state with his parents for Rhode Island when ten years old, and till the age of twenty, worked in the cotton and woolen mills of that state. In 1858 he accompanied the family to Iowa. By dint of hard study in spare moments he had fitted himself for college. He entered Cornell College, Iowa, and advancing rapidly would have graduated in due time but for the breaking out of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 2d Iowa Cavalry at Iowa City, in 1861 and served to the end of the war. While in the army he utilized his leisure time by continuing the study of the law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1867 but he soon developed a strong fondness for the school room and it was as a teacher that the North Loup people knew him best. For three years he was superintendent and principal of public school here. He organized the school under the graded system and graduated the first two classes. While practicing law and later while editing a paper he still kept in touch with the schools, serving often on local school boards and one term on the State Board of Education. He was the author of two text books on Civil Government and was a prolific writer for magazines and newspapers.
In 1878 he was elected to the Nebraska legislature from Saline Co., the same term for which Elder Oscar Babcock of North Loup was elected and it was in the halls of the state capital their friendship began which was only ended by death.
Mr. True was married May 31, 1864, to Kate McFarland. He leaves his wife and four children, Mrs. Jessie Babcock of this place, Archie of Shanghai, China, Sidney of Inavale, and Mrs. Gail Doan of Kennewick, Washington. Of his father's family there are only his four sisters remaining, Mrs. Perlina Pratt, Mrs. Jennie Walker, and Mrs. Annie Pratt, all of Iowa City, Iowa, and Mrs. Mary Hazard of Des Moines, Iowa.
As a man Mr. True was honorable and upright his most marked characteristic being an extreme conscientiousness.
Nearly six years ago he was stricken with paralysis and from that time till death released him he was a weary but patient sufferer.
Melville B. C. True, son of James K. and Martha Baker True, died at North Loup, Nebraska, February 5, 1909, aged 71 years and 14 days.
Mr. True was born at Temple, Maine, January 22, 1838. He left his native state with his parents for Rhode Island when ten years old, and till the age of twenty, worked in the cotton and woolen mills of that state. In 1858 he accompanied the family to Iowa. By dint of hard study in spare moments he had fitted himself for college. He entered Cornell College, Iowa, and advancing rapidly would have graduated in due time but for the breaking out of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 2d Iowa Cavalry at Iowa City, in 1861 and served to the end of the war. While in the army he utilized his leisure time by continuing the study of the law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1867 but he soon developed a strong fondness for the school room and it was as a teacher that the North Loup people knew him best. For three years he was superintendent and principal of public school here. He organized the school under the graded system and graduated the first two classes. While practicing law and later while editing a paper he still kept in touch with the schools, serving often on local school boards and one term on the State Board of Education. He was the author of two text books on Civil Government and was a prolific writer for magazines and newspapers.
In 1878 he was elected to the Nebraska legislature from Saline Co., the same term for which Elder Oscar Babcock of North Loup was elected and it was in the halls of the state capital their friendship began which was only ended by death.
Mr. True was married May 31, 1864, to Kate McFarland. He leaves his wife and four children, Mrs. Jessie Babcock of this place, Archie of Shanghai, China, Sidney of Inavale, and Mrs. Gail Doan of Kennewick, Washington. Of his father's family there are only his four sisters remaining, Mrs. Perlina Pratt, Mrs. Jennie Walker, and Mrs. Annie Pratt, all of Iowa City, Iowa, and Mrs. Mary Hazard of Des Moines, Iowa.
As a man Mr. True was honorable and upright his most marked characteristic being an extreme conscientiousness.
Nearly six years ago he was stricken with paralysis and from that time till death released him he was a weary but patient sufferer.
"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Feb. 12, 1909.
Melville B. C. True, son of James K. and Martha Baker True, died at North Loup, Nebraska, February 5, 1909, aged 71 years and 14 days.
Mr. True was born at Temple, Maine, January 22, 1838. He left his native state with his parents for Rhode Island when ten years old, and till the age of twenty, worked in the cotton and woolen mills of that state. In 1858 he accompanied the family to Iowa. By dint of hard study in spare moments he had fitted himself for college. He entered Cornell College, Iowa, and advancing rapidly would have graduated in due time but for the breaking out of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 2d Iowa Cavalry at Iowa City, in 1861 and served to the end of the war. While in the army he utilized his leisure time by continuing the study of the law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1867 but he soon developed a strong fondness for the school room and it was as a teacher that the North Loup people knew him best. For three years he was superintendent and principal of public school here. He organized the school under the graded system and graduated the first two classes. While practicing law and later while editing a paper he still kept in touch with the schools, serving often on local school boards and one term on the State Board of Education. He was the author of two text books on Civil Government and was a prolific writer for magazines and newspapers.
In 1878 he was elected to the Nebraska legislature from Saline Co., the same term for which Elder Oscar Babcock of North Loup was elected and it was in the halls of the state capital their friendship began which was only ended by death.
Mr. True was married May 31, 1864, to Kate McFarland. He leaves his wife and four children, Mrs. Jessie Babcock of this place, Archie of Shanghai, China, Sidney of Inavale, and Mrs. Gail Doan of Kennewick, Washington. Of his father's family there are only his four sisters remaining, Mrs. Perlina Pratt, Mrs. Jennie Walker, and Mrs. Annie Pratt, all of Iowa City, Iowa, and Mrs. Mary Hazard of Des Moines, Iowa.
As a man Mr. True was honorable and upright his most marked characteristic being an extreme conscientiousness.
Nearly six years ago he was stricken with paralysis and from that time till death released him he was a weary but patient sufferer.
Melville B. C. True, son of James K. and Martha Baker True, died at North Loup, Nebraska, February 5, 1909, aged 71 years and 14 days.
Mr. True was born at Temple, Maine, January 22, 1838. He left his native state with his parents for Rhode Island when ten years old, and till the age of twenty, worked in the cotton and woolen mills of that state. In 1858 he accompanied the family to Iowa. By dint of hard study in spare moments he had fitted himself for college. He entered Cornell College, Iowa, and advancing rapidly would have graduated in due time but for the breaking out of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 2d Iowa Cavalry at Iowa City, in 1861 and served to the end of the war. While in the army he utilized his leisure time by continuing the study of the law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1867 but he soon developed a strong fondness for the school room and it was as a teacher that the North Loup people knew him best. For three years he was superintendent and principal of public school here. He organized the school under the graded system and graduated the first two classes. While practicing law and later while editing a paper he still kept in touch with the schools, serving often on local school boards and one term on the State Board of Education. He was the author of two text books on Civil Government and was a prolific writer for magazines and newspapers.
In 1878 he was elected to the Nebraska legislature from Saline Co., the same term for which Elder Oscar Babcock of North Loup was elected and it was in the halls of the state capital their friendship began which was only ended by death.
Mr. True was married May 31, 1864, to Kate McFarland. He leaves his wife and four children, Mrs. Jessie Babcock of this place, Archie of Shanghai, China, Sidney of Inavale, and Mrs. Gail Doan of Kennewick, Washington. Of his father's family there are only his four sisters remaining, Mrs. Perlina Pratt, Mrs. Jennie Walker, and Mrs. Annie Pratt, all of Iowa City, Iowa, and Mrs. Mary Hazard of Des Moines, Iowa.
As a man Mr. True was honorable and upright his most marked characteristic being an extreme conscientiousness.
Nearly six years ago he was stricken with paralysis and from that time till death released him he was a weary but patient sufferer.
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