Melva Kay Collins, b: 1949 - Gallatin County, Kentucky

^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}
^{1973 US launches Skylab space station}
^{1981 Columbia is first space shuttle}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}
^{1992 Trade Pact, US, Canada, Mexico}

^{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}




	^{Unknown Clifton}^{b. d.}



^{Melissa Kay Clifton}^{b. d.}

		^{Melvin Ray Collins}^{b.1923 Kentucky d.1977 Florence, Kentucky}

	^{Melva Kay Collins}^{b.1949 Gallatin Co., Kentucky d.1995 Florence, Kentucky}		^{James Ernest Beach}^{b.1898 Grant Co., Kentucky d.1970 Owen Co., Kentucky}

		^{Opal C. Beach}^{b.1925 Gallatin Co., Kentucky d.2002 Kentucky}	^{Laura Ellen Speagle}^{b.1896 Kentucky d.1961 Gallatin Co., Kentucky}