Francis Graham Melton

1905 - 1994  (89 years)

• Name	Francis Graham Melton  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	24 Mar 1905	Phelps County, Missouri, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	Relation to Head: Self; Relative Relation to Head: Mother-In-Law
  Death	18 Aug 1994	Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I24060	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Bessie Irene Lovan,   b. 7 Sep 1905, Willow Springs, Howell, Missouri, USA d. 8 Jun 1932, Willow Springs, Howell, Missouri, USA (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1923	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1, 4]
  Children	1. Robert Melton,   b. 16 Apr 1919   d. 18 Sep 1995, Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Frances I Melton,   b. 28 Oct 1924, Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, USA d. 16 Jan 2006 (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Mar 1905 - Phelps County, Missouri, USA Marriage - 13 Oct 1923 - Howell County, Missouri, USA Census - Relation to Head: Self; Relative Relation to Head: Mother-In-Law - 1940 - Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, USA Death - 18 Aug 1994 - Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). [S363] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2011;), The National Archives in St Louis, Missouri; St Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Missouri, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 219. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Missouri, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 219 [S8527] Find a Grave: LOVAN Bessie Findley 1905-1932, Bessie Irene Lovan Findley. Bessie was the daughter of Oscor Lovan and Sephrona E Jones, and the wife of Rudy F Findley. Cause of death was suicide by drinking Lysol. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29236845/bessie_irene_findley