The Shemwell Family

Lelia BenielAge: 77 years19051983

Name
Lelia Beniel
Given names
Lelia
Surname
Beniel
Married name
Lelia Selby
Birth November 22, 1905
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 11 years)

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 12 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/
Birth of a son
#1
William Monroe “Bill” Selby
July 6, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Edith Pearlee Selby
January 14, 1925 (Age 19 years)
Death of a daughterEdith Pearlee Selby
April 25, 1926 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Evelyn Frances Selby
November 13, 1926 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 22, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Fred Clyde Selby Jr
September 17, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Edward Casto Selby
May 24, 1932 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Melba Selby
July 9, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Mable Selby
July 17, 1935 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Myrtle Louise Selby
September 4, 1936 (Age 30 years)
Census April 30, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#9
John Charles Selby
February 15, 1945 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 granddaughter
#1
Daisy Mae Hedgecoth
November 10, 1948 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Barbara Ellen “Barbi” Selby
April 29, 1949 (Age 43 years)
Census May 3, 1950 (Age 44 years)
Death of a granddaughterDaisy Mae Hedgecoth
November 21, 1951 (Age 45 years)
Cause: 2nd and 3rd degree burns
Marriage of a childLeonard OxnerMable SelbyView this family
March 18, 1952 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 grandson
#3
Michael Eugene Bane
June 22, 1958 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childRoy Lee WebbMelba SelbyView this family
about 1962 (Age 56 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Frances Leona Webb
November 17, 1963 (Age 57 years)
Death of a husbandFred Clyde Selby
July 28, 1968 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 January 17, 1983 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Memorial Park
Family with Fred Clyde Selby - View this family
husband
herself
son
William Monroe “Bill” Selby
Birth: July 6, 1923 24 17Glenmorra, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
Death: December 30, 2007Pollock, Grant, Louisiana, United States
18 months
daughter
Edith Pearlee Selby
Birth: January 14, 1925 25 19Lasalle, Iberia, Louisiana, United States
Death: April 25, 1926Lasalle, Iberia, Louisiana, United States
22 months
daughter
4 years
son
Fred Clyde Selby Jr
Birth: September 17, 1930 31 24Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 27, 1995Walnut, Tippah, Mississippi, United States
20 months
son
2 years
daughter
Melba Selby
Birth: July 9, 1934 35 28Tennessee, United States
Death: September 23, 2008Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States
1 year
daughter
Mable Selby
Birth: July 17, 1935 36 29Tennessee, United States
Death: 2016Louisiana, United States
14 months
daughter
Myrtle Louise Selby
Birth: September 4, 1936 37 30Tennessee, United States
Death: 2015Louisiana, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
John Charles Selby
Birth: February 15, 1945 45 39Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 8, 2005Winnsboro, Franklin, Louisiana, United States
daughter
Private

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Fred Clyde Selby - Household

Robeline, Natchitoches, Louisiana

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Selby, Clide CheadMW30M23TNTNTNLaborerSaw Mill
Selby, LeliawifeFW24M17LALALA
Selby, Willie MsonMW6SLATNLA
Selby, Evelyn FdaughterFW3SLATNLA