John C. Main --1897
[JOHN CALHOUN MAIN]
J. C. Main, though only 29 years old, was county judge
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when the special edition of 1897 was published. He was a
Kentuckian by birth, came to Texas in 1885, and commenced the practice of
law in Hamilton in 1892. He was elected County Judge in 1894 and
re-elected in 1896. To quote from the old paper:
"Judge Main is a smooth, fluent speaker, a logical
debater, and an earnest, conscientious, painstaking officer. He stands as
a fair representative of what can be done by a young man of fair, natural
ability, by close study and earnest and patient attention to
business."
John Main’s widow still lives here (1938) and his son,
Tom Main, who is also a lawyer, lives in Tyler.
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PIONEER EDITION
HAMILTON COUNTY NEWS, Vol. VIII, No. 7
THE CARLTON CITIZEN, Vol. 30, No. 23
Friday, June 24, 1938
W. F. Billingslea, Publisher, Hamilton
County, TX
[John Calhoun Main married Leila
Roddy on May 7, 1893 - Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 2, p. 47.
Their son was Thomas Talmage Main, Sr., who married Doris Williams.
Doris was a daughter of Joseph Edgar Williams, Sr. and Stella Crews.
Thomas Talmage and Doris were married November 15, 1920, Hamilton County
Marriage Record Bk. 8, p. 125.]