Roy Heston Melton, b: 1898 -

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


			^{Marion Melton}^{b.1853 Missouri d.}

		^{John C. Melton}^{b.1872 Missouri d.1927}	^{Sarah Frances Garriett}^{b.1853 Webster, Missouri d.}

^{Bertram Heston Melton}^{b.1922 Dallas, Missouri d.2001 Springfield, Missouri}	^{Roy Heston Melton}^b.1898 d.		^{George Hartshorn}^{b. d.}

^{Bullah O. Melton}^b.1925 d.		^{Elma G. Hartshorn}^{b.1876 Dallas, Missouri d.1931 Urbana, Dallas, Missouri}	^{Malinda Martin}^{b. d.}

^{Roy Buel Melton}^{b.1926 d.2006 Tunas, Dallas, Missouri}

^{Billy L. Melton}^b.1927 d.

	^{Edna P. Thomas}^b.1900 d.