Joseph Blanford MeltonAge: 77 years1906–1983
- Name
- Joseph Blanford Melton
- Given names
- Joseph Blanford
- Surname
- Melton
 Birth | May 1, 1906 38 35 |
 Birth of a brother | Joseph Leonard Melton Melton August 9, 1907 (Age 15 months) |
 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 |
| 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 daughter #1 | Jean Melton March 5, 1927 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary A Clark January 12, 1929 (Age 22 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 |
| Marriage of a parent | Leonard Martin Melton — Willie Fossie Shemwell — View this family December 23, 1933 (Age 27 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 | Leonard Martin Melton June 18, 1948 (Age 42 years) |
| 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 of a brother | Joseph Leonard Melton Melton August 2, 1982 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | August 20, 1983 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Louis Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Leonard Martin Melton Birth: October 30, 1867 — Daviess, Kentucky, United States Death: June 18, 1948 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary A Clark Birth: 1871 — Daviess, Kentucky, United States Death: January 12, 1929 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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| himself |
Joseph Blanford Melton Birth: May 1, 1906 38 35 Death: August 20, 1983 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months younger brother |
Joseph Leonard Melton Melton Birth: August 9, 1907 39 36 Death: August 2, 1982 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Willie Fossie Shemwell |
| father |
Leonard Martin Melton Birth: October 30, 1867 — Daviess, Kentucky, United States Death: June 18, 1948 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Willie Fossie Shemwell Birth: January 20, 1884 39 38 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1967 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 23, 1933 — |
| Family with Lela Erma Gish |
| himself |
Joseph Blanford Melton Birth: May 1, 1906 38 35 Death: August 20, 1983 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Lela Erma Gish Birth: September 10, 1902 Death: January 4, 1996 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
Jean Melton Birth: March 5, 1927 20 24 Death: October 10, 2012 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Kenneth Melton Death: |
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Ronald Melton Death: |
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Martin Melton Death: |
| daughter |
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