Melvin Alford Davis, b: 1915

^{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}


			^{John Gilbert Davis}^{b.1855 d.1918 Merkel, Taylor, Texas}

		^{Virgil Clem Davis}^{b.1895 Devine, Medina, Texas d.1966 Sterling City, Texas}	^{Ellen Fitzgerald}^{b.1859 Gonzales, Texas d.1935 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas}

	^{Melvin Alford Davis}^{b.1915 Haskell, Texas d.1976 Pueblo, Colorado}		^{Penuel Adolphus Steddum}^{b.1872 Mount Calm, Hill, Texas d.1947 Lamb, Texas}

^{Lou Ann Davis}^{b.1941 Amarillo, Potter, Texas d.}		^{Stella Almina Steddum}^{b.1897 Mount Calm, Hill, Texas d.1981 San Diego, California}	^{Mary Frances Garvin}^{b.1880 Midlothian, Ellis, Texas d.1965 Amherst, Lamb, Texas}

^{Melvin Alford Davis}^{b.1953 Pueblo, Colorado d.}



	^{Nannie Louise Wilmeth}^{b.1917 Valley View, Cooke, Texas d.}