Melvin Burton, b: 1885 -

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


^{Jennings Mitchell Burton}^{b.1908 d.1958}			^{Thomas W. Burton}^b.1827 d.

^{Chester Earl Burton}^{b.1908 d.1941 Enterprise Harrison Coutn}		^{Harvey Lee Burton}^{b.1856 d.1940 New Milton, WV}	^{Pricilla Ann Bland}^b.1836 d.

^{Alice Burton}^{b. d.}	^{Melvin Burton}^{b.1885 d.1957}

^{Virginia Burton}^{b. d.}		^{Arah Holliday}^{b. d.}

^{Bertha Arlene Burton}^b.1913 d.

^{James Edward Burton}^b.1922 d.

^{Clyde M. Burton}^b.1919 d.	^{Vivian Irene Mitchell}^{b. d.}

^Fred Burton^b.1909 d.

^Burton^b.1924 d.