Melvin Ralston GilliamAge: 58 years1906–1964
- Name
- Melvin Ralston Gilliam
- Given names
- Melvin Ralston
- Surname
- Gilliam
 Birth | September 30, 1906 32 25 |
 Marriage | Ella Pearl Porter — View this family unknown |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Columbia Jane Shemwell May 12, 1907 (Age 7 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Walker Gilliam May 22, 1908 (Age 19 months) |
| Death of a brother | Walker Gilliam May 25, 1908 (Age 19 months) |
 Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Earl Gilliam February 2, 1911 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a brother | Earl Gilliam February 4, 1911 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Beulah Larell Gilliam February 22, 1913 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Alta Mae Gilliam October 6, 1914 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a brother | William Dallas Gilliam September 7, 1917 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 11 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a brother | James Franklin Gilliam June 22, 1919 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 23 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 22, 1930 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. January 28, 1933 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a father | Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam December 11, 1948 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a mother | Evalena Lena Higgins September 17, 1949 (Age 42 years) Cause: Colon Cancer |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | December 1, 1964 (Age 58 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chandler Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam Birth: August 23, 1874 28 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 11, 1948 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Evalena Lena Higgins Birth: August 16, 1881 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 17, 1949 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1897 — |
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4 years elder sister |
Zula Gilliam Birth: February 22, 1901 26 19 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 16, 1967 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Bertice Austin Gilliam Birth: January 10, 1903 28 21 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 30, 1964 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years himself |
Melvin Ralston Gilliam Birth: September 30, 1906 32 25 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 1, 1964 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months younger brother |
Walker Gilliam Birth: May 22, 1908 33 26 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: May 25, 1908 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Earl Gilliam Birth: February 2, 1911 36 29 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: February 4, 1911 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Beulah Larell Gilliam Birth: February 22, 1913 38 31 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: May 9, 2008 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months younger sister |
Alta Mae Gilliam Birth: October 6, 1914 40 33 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 6, 2008 — Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Dallas Gilliam Birth: September 7, 1917 43 36 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 13, 2012 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months younger brother |
James Franklin Gilliam Birth: June 22, 1919 44 37 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: June 30, 1992 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Ella Pearl Porter |
| himself |
Melvin Ralston Gilliam Birth: September 30, 1906 32 25 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 1, 1964 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Ella Pearl Porter Birth: July 16, 1910 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 1, 2006 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
Arrow from Dallas to Evelina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dallas V Gilliam - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
Next door to his father & brother -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Dallas V Gilliam - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
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