Grace Melba McLain 
Grace Melba was born on September 12th, 1918 in Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi.1 Grace Melba's father was Allen Gray McLain and her mother was Sallie Belle Porter. Her paternal grandparents were James Erastus McLain and Idella J. Morton; her maternal grandparents were Nathan Berry Porter and Lula Mary Sibley. She had a sister named Amy Belle. She was the older of the two children.General Notes
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See Sallie and Amy for information on death of Gray, the Tornado of 1936.
Melba's trust gave her money to do with as she pleased at the appropriate time. She spent some of it to attend Blue Mountain College for one year, after which she married Tommie Caldwell and used the money to build the house in which she and Tommie lived throughout their married life and, for her, even after the death of Tommie in 1991.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1790 in NC
- b.1820 in , , North Carolina
- b.~ 1790
- b.14 Jul 1865 in Houston, Winston, Alabama d.29 Dec 1956 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
- b.1756 d.12 Mar 1821 in , Henry, Virginia
- b.~ 1789 in , , Virginia d.1824 in , Morgan, Alabama
- b.~ 1754 d.07 Nov 1789 in , Henry, Virginia
- b.BET. 1821 - 1822 in , , Alabama d.BET. 1888 - 1890 in , Lamar, Alabama
- b.26 Nov 1754 in , Lancaster, Virginia d.31 Jul 1841 in , Walker, Alabama
- b.27 Jul 1798 in , Bedford, Virginia d.BET. 1861 - 1870
- d.< 1841
- b.18 Aug 1897 in Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi d.10 Feb 1930 in Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi
- b.Feb 1837 in , Fayette, Alabama d.05 Oct 1910 in , Lee, Mississippi
- b.~Jan 1864 in , , Alabama d.21 May 1930 in , Pontotoc, Mississippi
- b.1782 in , Randolph, North Carolina d.~15 Sep 1868 in , Sanford, Alabama
- b.~ 1818 in , Spartanburg, South Carolina d.1884
- b.~ 1789 in , , North Carolina d.~ 1868 in , Sanford, Alabama
- b.~ 1840 in , Fayette, Alabama d.BET. 1870 - 1875 in , Fayette, Alabama
- b.08 Feb 1794 in Union District, South Carolina d.24 Jun 1870 in , Lafayette, Mississippi
- b.Oct 1821 in , , Tennessee d.1879
- b.02 Feb 1795 in , , South Carolina d.29 Apr 1870 in , Lafayette, Mississippi
- b.12 Sep 1918 in Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi
- b.~ 1831 in , , South Carolina d.~ 1870 in , Pontotoc , Mississippi
- b.09 Jan 1862 in , Pontotoc, Mississippi d.28 Jun 1949 in Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi
- b.25 Mar 1802 in , , South Carolina d.12 Mar 1889 in Pontotoc. Mississippi
- b.13 May 1835 in , , South Carolina d.04 Aug 1903 in , Pontotoc, Mississippi
- b.~ 1788 in , Spartanburg, South Carolina d.> 1860
- b.13 Jan 1808 in , , South Carolina d.01 Aug 1882
- b.12 Jan 1899 in Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi d.15 Jul 1979 in Sherman, Lee, Mississippi
- b.1760 in Halifax County, Virginia d.1832 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- b.27 Dec 1812 in ,Mecklenburg, North Carolina d.21 Feb 1905 in , Pontotoc, Mississippi
- b.1775 in Chesterfield County, Virginia
- b.02 Nov 1842 in , Talbert, Georgia d.04 Apr 1921 in Brame, Pontotoc, Mississippi
- b.1785 in Mecklenburg Co. NC d.WFT Est. 1818-1876
- b.1815 in Mecklenburg Co. NC ? d.< 1866
- b.WFT Est. 1775-1797 d.WFT Est. 1818-1884
- b.21 Sep 1874 d.03 Mar 1962
- b.22 May 1848 in Coffeeville, , Mississippi d.15 Mar 1925 in , Pontotoc, Mississippi
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‌Grace Melba and John Thomas were married in a religious ceremony on July 3rd, 1938 in Tupelo, Mississippi.1 They had two sons and two daughters, named Living, Living, Living and Living.
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