Joseph Leonard Melton MeltonAge: 74 years1907–1982
- Name
- Joseph Leonard Melton Melton
- Given names
- Joseph Leonard Melton
- Surname
- Melton
 Birth | August 9, 1907 39 36 |
 Marriage | Mary Ruth … — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/ |
 Death of a mother | Mary A Clark January 12, 1929 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 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 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 38 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 | August 2, 1982 (Age 74 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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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
Joseph Blanford Melton Birth: May 1, 1906 38 35 Death: August 20, 1983 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months himself |
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 Mary Ruth … |
| himself |
Joseph Leonard Melton Melton Birth: August 9, 1907 39 36 Death: August 2, 1982 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mary Ruth … Birth: October 12, 1918 Death: May 31, 1998 |
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Marriage: — |