Born  on November 6, 1867, Melbourne Parker Boynton attended school at the University of Chicago and married Hattie Wells on September 8, 1892.
Reverend Melbourne Parker Boynton (November 6, 1867 - June 16, 1942) was secretary of the headquarters committee of the Illinois Anti-Saloon League. He attended divinity school at the University of Chicago. He married Hattie Wells in San Jose, California on September 8, 1892. 
