Melvin Leon Groves, b: 1929 -

^{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 Calvin Groves}^{b.1864 d.1942 Terra Alta Preston C, WV}

	^{Lloyd D. Groves}^{b.1903 Pleasant Hill, WV d.}	^{Rebecca J. Lewis}^b.1868 d.

^{Melvin Leon Groves}^{b.1929 d.1997}

	^{Ocie Myrle Wiles}^b.1903 d.



	^{Robert Z. Smith}^{b. d.}

^{Jo Ann Smith}^b.1934 d.		^{William Oliver Whorton}^{b.1877 d.1944 Myers Clinic Phillipi Barb}

	^{Cleona Wharton}^{b.1899 Steelton, WV d.1999}	^{Almira (Elmirah) Young}^{b.1880 Wetzel Co., WV d.1962 Clarksburg, WV}