May 13, 1897

Ray Cash born in Rison, Arkansas. At age 34, he has a son, Johnny Cash, and eight years later, sires Tommy Cash. His granddaughter is Rosanne Cash

Mar 13, 1904

Carrie Rivers born in Kingsland, Arkansas. She becomes the mother of Johnny Cash and Tommy Cash, and grandmother of Rosanne Cash

Aug 18, 1920

Ray Cash marries Carrie Rivers in Kingsland, Arkansas. The marriage produces two country singers: Johnny Cash and Tommy Cash

Feb 26, 1932

J.R. Cash born in Kingsland, Arkansas. As Johnny Cash, he joins both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, rising to prominence with rockabilly music at Sun Records, and graduating to become an icon for country music

Mar 23, 1935

Ray and Carrie Cash move 240 miles from Kingsland, Arkansas, to Dyess, just across the Mississippi River from Memphis. They, of course, take with them three-year-old son Johnny Cash, destined to come to fame through the Memphis-based Sun Records

Jan 16, 1937

Floods hit the state of Arkansas, where more than 2,700 people are forced to evacuate their homes, including the family of Johnny Cash in Dyess. The event inspires Johnny Cash to write the 1959 hit "Five Feet High And Rising"

Feb 16, 1937

Four-year-old Johnny Cash and his family return to their home in Dyess, Arkansas, damaged in January by severe flooding from the Tyonza River. The event will inspire his 1959 hit "Five Feet High And Rising"

Apr 5, 1940

Tommy Cash born in Dyess, Arkansas, the younger brother of country superstar Johnny Cash. Tommy registers three Top 10 singles in 1970, including "Six White Horses," a tribute to John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King

Feb 26, 1942

Johnny Cash receives a guitar from his mother for his 10th birthday

May 12, 1944

Johnny Cash's older brother, Jack, is sliced from his ribs all the way to his groin in a table saw accident. He dies one week later