Raught, Melvin A.

1873 - 1963  (90 years)

• Name	Raught, Melvin A.
  Birth	6 Jan 1873	Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1880 Census	1880	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George Raught36 Jane Raught35 Charles E. Raught13 Melvin A. Raught7
  1900 Census	1900	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Mell Raught26 Ida Raught27
  1905 State Census	1905	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  M A Raught32 Ida Raught32 Fred Balgie24
  1910 Census	1910	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Malcom Raught38 Ida Raught38
  WWI Draft Registration Card	12 Sep 1918
  Name:Melvin Alfred Raught County:Outagamie State:Wisconsin Birth Date:6 Jan 1873 Race:White Draft Board:2
  1930 Census	1930	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Melvin A Raught 57 Ida E Raught 57 Cecilia A Flynn 27 Mary C Calry 22 Barbara Baldwin 21
  1940 Census	1940	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Melvin Raught67 Ida Raught67 Cecilia Flynn36 Jane Higland22
  Book	1952  [1]
  Early History of Kaukauna
  Raught, M. A. (1952). Early history of Kaukauna. Kaukauna, Wis.: M.A. Raught OCLC Number:10514978, Notes:Cover title. Description:[18] p. : port. ; 21 cm. See source pages for Early History of Kaukauna"
  	Early History of Kaukauna by Mel Raught
  News Mention	11 Jan 1961
  Kaukauna Times
  Melvin Raught, 88 year old Kaukauna pioneer was honored recently with a 50 year pin from the printer's union. Mel is currently a resident of the Rose Home on Kaukauna's south side. He came to Kaukauna at the age of six with his parents and older brother Charles in 1879. Mel followed his brother Charles in the printing trade starting at a very early age. Charles owned and managed the Times for many years and Mel work with him in operating the printing company.
  Death	30 Dec 1963	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	31 Dec 1963
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Section B, Page 9
  Obituary	3 Jan 1964
  Kaukauna Times
  Mel Raught passed away at the age of 90 last Monday. He was the last of the Kaukauna pioneers who could recall when the south side was still called Ledyard. The railway depot, three boarding houses, a small mill and a brick building where the head gates of the south side power canal are located, represented all the improvements. Raught recalled picking hickory and butter nuts where Second and Third Street business places are now located. Mel Raught was a historian. Much of the early history of Kaukauna would have been lost had Mel not recorded it. His story, "Kaukauna, As I Remember and Lived It," was published by the Kaukauna Times in a book entitled "History of the Streets of Kaukauna," written by Dr. H. B. Tanner, one of Kaukauna's earliest mayors. Mel began working at the Times as a youngster, his older brother, Charles, being owner and publisher. Eventually, Mel became a part owner and the firm Raught Brothers was established until Mel left from his position as foreman in 1917.
  Person ID	I191827	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Raught, George M.,   b. 30 Mar 1846, , , New York, USA d. 20 Nov 1912, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Slover, Jane,   b. 2 Oct 1846, , , New York, USA d. 4 Apr 1923, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F65029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Balgie, Ida,   b. 30 Mar 1872   d. 26 Jul 1951 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1894
  Family ID	F64832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2014

  
  

• Photos

  Raught, Mel A.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1036] Mel Raught, Early History of Kaukauna, (Early History of Kaukauna by Mel Raught, Kaukauna Wisconisn, 1952).