Martha Jane “Sis” SelbyAge: 86 years1915–2001
- Name
- Martha Jane “Sis” Selby
- Given names
- Martha Jane
- Surname
- Selby
- Nickname
- Sis
- Married name
- Martha Jane Sherrill
- Married name
- Martha Jane Parker
 Birth | August 10, 1915 34 33 twin: Manza H Selby
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| Birth | Manza H Selby August 10, 1915 34 33 |
 Birth of a sister | Manza H Selby August 10, 1915 twin: Martha Jane “Sis” Selby
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| Death of a sister | Manza H Selby August 29, 1916 (Age 12 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a brother | Arthur Elijah Selby August 7, 1918 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 months)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 2 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a brother | Arthur Elijah Selby October 17, 1919 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | January 7, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 4, 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Hyder January 31, 1934 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Sherman Wilson “Bud” Sherrill October 6, 1936 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Laura Faith Sherrill January 23, 1938 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1940 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Manzia Helen Sherrill August 28, 1946 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1950 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Ronald Dean “Ronnie” Cox September 29, 1952 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Catherine Lynne “Cathy” Cox December 9, 1956 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a brother | Bub Wilson Selby August 8, 1958 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mamie Lou “Lula” Wilson January 28, 1959 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Sherman Wilson “Bud” Sherrill — Genella Joyce Stokes — View this family September 21, 1963 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a father | John Sherman Selby July 6, 1966 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a husband | Samuel Sherrill December 16, 1968 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a grandson | Ronald Dean “Ronnie” Cox February 5, 1978 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Michael Wesley Walker September 28, 1980 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Michael Wesley Walker September 28, 1980 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Laura Faith Sherrill June 21, 1994 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a son | Sherman Wilson “Bud” Sherrill April 29, 2001 (Age 85 years) |
 Death | October 14, 2001 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wilson Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Sherman Selby Birth: September 16, 1880 34 33 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 6, 1966 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Mamie Lou “Lula” Wilson Birth: June 18, 1882 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 28, 1959 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: December 10, 1907 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months elder brother |
Bub Wilson Selby Birth: October 3, 1908 28 26 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 8, 1958 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years twin sister |
Manza H Selby Birth: August 10, 1915 34 33 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 29, 1916 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Martha Jane “Sis” Selby Birth: August 10, 1915 34 33 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 14, 2001 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Arthur Elijah Selby Birth: August 7, 1918 37 36 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 17, 1919 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Samuel Sherrill |
| husband |
Samuel Sherrill Birth: February 11, 1912 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 16, 1968 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| herself |
Martha Jane “Sis” Selby Birth: August 10, 1915 34 33 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 14, 2001 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Sherman Wilson “Bud” Sherrill Birth: October 6, 1936 24 21 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 29, 2001 — Arkansas, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Laura Faith Sherrill Birth: January 23, 1938 25 22 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: June 21, 1994 |
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9 years daughter |
Manzia Helen Sherrill Birth: August 28, 1946 34 31 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 8, 2008 — Yorktown, Delaware, Indiana, United States |
| Family with Private |
| husband |
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| herself |
Martha Jane “Sis” Selby Birth: August 10, 1915 34 33 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 14, 2001 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
Martha Jane “Sis” Selby has 31 first cousins recorded
Father's family (31)
Parents James Thomas Tollett + Martha Ann Selby
Parents William Thomas Selby + Deliah Jane Hall
Parents William Emmett Kerley + Arva Zena Selby
Parents Walter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford + Malinda Jemima Selby
Parents Eli “L” Selby + Nancy Frances “Nannie” Kerley
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Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Sherman Selby - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Sherman Selby - Household
Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee
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