Melton Hardin HensleeAge: 79 years1874–1954
- Name
- Melton Hardin Henslee
- Given names
- Melton Hardin
- Surname
- Henslee
 Birth | July 1, 1874 |
 Marriage | Mary Elizabeth Davis — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Birth of a son#1 | Lemuel J “L J” Henslee August 13, 1907 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Virginia Ruth “Jenny” Henslee May 7, 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Elizabeth Davis 1931 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Carroll Hardin Henslee September 26, 1940 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 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 71 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 | May 27, 1954 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with Mary Elizabeth Davis |
| himself |
Melton Hardin Henslee Birth: July 1, 1874 — Kimble, Texas, United States Death: May 27, 1954 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth Davis Birth: 1878 Death: 1931 |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Lemuel J “L J” Henslee Birth: August 13, 1907 33 29 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: December 23, 1969 — Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, United States |