James Melvin

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Husband James Melvin

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         Father: [Father] Melvin (      -      )
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General Notes: Husband - James Melvin

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Mr. Garvin relates the following anecdote concerning this family:
"James Melvin, a brother of Richard, was another of the first settlers in the neighborhood of his brother. He wanted to provide for wool in the future, and became the purchaser of a single sheep, which he attempted to protect by a pen of rails from the prowling wolf. His efforts, however, were unsuccessful, a wolf one night getting into the pen and killing his sheep. Whether the wolf gorged himself so as to be unable to jump out, or the pen was so constructed that it was easier to get into than out of the difficulty, is not known; but poor wolf could not get out, and paid with his life for the meal of mutton he enjoyed the previous night."