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Will Melton 1883 - 1971

Will Melton of West Point, Clay County, Mississippi was born on December 30, 1883, and died at age 87 years old in May 1971.
Will Melton
West Point, Clay County, Mississippi 39773
December 30, 1883
May 1971
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Will Melton's History: 1883 - 1971

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    1883

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    December 30, 1883
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  • 05/dd
    1971

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    May 1971
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    Will Melton lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1883, in the year that Will Melton was born, on June 16th, children at a children's variety show in Victoria Hall began rushing the stage area and lobby for promised prizes. In the stampede, 183 children of the 1100 present - most of them 3 to 4 years old - were crushed and asphyxiated.
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In 1890, he was only 7 years old when on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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