Mary Agnes DavenportAge: 79 years1847–1927
- Name
- Mary Agnes Davenport
- Given names
- Mary Agnes
- Surname
- Davenport
- Married name
- Mary Agnes Selby
 Birth | June 9, 1847 37 24 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Death of a father | Jesse Claiborne Davenport Jr. April 25, 1867 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 19 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 19 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 21 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Hendricks Selby December 6, 1876 (Age 29 years) |
 Marriage | Daniel Johnson Selby — View this family 1877 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Wesley “Johnny” Selby June 2, 1878 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #3 | Emmit Goodhue Selby August 3, 1891 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Temperance Tollett September 5, 1903 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a son | James Hendricks Selby June 5, 1905 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Wesley “Johnny” Selby — Mary Jane Wyatt — View this family October 21, 1906 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a husband | Daniel Johnson Selby April 17, 1915 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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 | May 19, 1927 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Davenport Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jesse Claiborne Davenport Jr. Birth: May 10, 1810 — Saltville, Washington, Virginia, United States Death: April 25, 1867 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Temperance Tollett Birth: July 31, 1822 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 5, 1903 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Mary Agnes Davenport Birth: June 9, 1847 37 24 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 19, 1927 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Daniel Johnson Selby |
| husband |
Daniel Johnson Selby Birth: May 27, 1849 25 22 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 17, 1915 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Mary Agnes Davenport Birth: June 9, 1847 37 24 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 19, 1927 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: 1877 — |
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-1 months son |
James Hendricks Selby Birth: December 6, 1876 27 29 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: June 5, 1905 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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18 months son |
John Wesley “Johnny” Selby Birth: June 2, 1878 29 30 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 8, 1959 |
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13 years son |
Emmit Goodhue Selby Birth: August 3, 1891 42 44 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 18, 1972 |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Johnson Selby - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
Says Elizabeth only had 1 child |