The Shemwell Family

Mary Emily HyderAge: 80 years18611942

Name
Mary Emily Hyder
Given names
Mary Emily
Surname
Hyder
Married name
Mary Emily Selby
Birth October 19, 1861 20 23
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 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 5 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 7 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam Monroe SelbyView this family
about 1883 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Nicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby
November 30, 1884 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Amanda Alice Selby
August 8, 1886 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Anna J Selby
September 2, 1888 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Effie Mae Selby
July 29, 1890 (Age 28 years)
Death of a daughterAnna J Selby
September 1, 1891 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#5
James Ernest Selby
March 8, 1893 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Johanna France Selby
October 24, 1894 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Eva Vandever Selby
November 24, 1896 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sonJames Ernest Selby
December 10, 1896 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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
Birth of a son
#8
Fred Clyde Selby
June 15, 1899 (Age 37 years)
Census June 19, 1900 (Age 38 years)
Death of a motherFrances C Vandever
June 16, 1901 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a daughter
#9
Georgia Pearl Selby
February 7, 1902 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10
Minnie Selby
January 31, 1905 (Age 43 years)
Death of a daughterMinnie Selby
February 4, 1905 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#11
Edward Casto Selby
about 1907 (Age 45 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childNicholas Hoye “Nick” SelbyJosephine “Josie” FieldsView this family
May 15, 1910 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childDouglas Columbus WatsonEffie Mae SelbyView this family
August 1915 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherWilliam R Hyder
June 12, 1917 (Age 55 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Dorothy Merle Selby
December 3, 1917 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 55 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 56 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 granddaughter
#2
Mary Lavinia Watson
May 26, 1919 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam L “Bill” StoneJohanna France SelbyView this family
June 23, 1919 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
William Selby
about 1920 (Age 58 years)
Census February 5, 1920 (Age 58 years)
Death of a daughterGeorgia Pearl Selby
March 12, 1920 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Bernice “Willie” BoniolEva Vandever SelbyView this family
November 9, 1921 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Ruth Boniol
February 2, 1923 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
William Monroe “Bill” Selby
July 6, 1923 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
William Bernice Boniol Jr
January 8, 1925 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Edith Pearlee Selby
January 14, 1925 (Age 63 years)
Death of a granddaughterEdith Pearlee Selby
April 25, 1926 (Age 64 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Monroe Selby
August 30, 1926 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Evelyn Frances Selby
November 13, 1926 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
John Dawson Boniol
February 12, 1927 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
James Edward Boniol
October 31, 1928 (Age 67 years)
Marriage of a childUstis M CocoEva Vandever SelbyView this family
calculated 1928 (Age 66 years)

Death of a sonNicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby
March 1, 1929 (Age 67 years)
Marriage of a childEdward Casto SelbyRuby Pearl KnottView this family
July 2, 1929 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 67 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
Birth of a grandson
#11
Jack Wayne Selby
May 26, 1930 (Age 68 years)
Death of a sonEdward Casto Selby
June 22, 1930 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Fred Clyde Selby Jr
September 17, 1930 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Edward Casto Selby
May 24, 1932 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Melba Selby
July 9, 1934 (Age 72 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15
Curtis Layne Coco
June 25, 1935 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#16
Mable Selby
July 17, 1935 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#17
Myrtle Louise Selby
September 4, 1936 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 80 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
Death August 5, 1942 (Age 80 years)
Cause of death: Bronchial Pneumonia
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lantana Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Family with William Monroe Selby - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1883
23 months
son
Nicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby
Birth: November 30, 1884 33 23Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 1, 1929Colfax, Grant, Louisiana, United States
20 months
daughter
Amanda Alice Selby
Birth: August 8, 1886 35 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 6, 1972Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Anna J Selby
Birth: September 2, 1888 37 26Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 1, 1891Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
daughter
Effie Mae Selby
Birth: July 29, 1890 39 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 8, 1977Rapides, Louisiana, United States
3 years
son
James Ernest Selby
Birth: March 8, 1893 41 31Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 10, 1896Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
20 months
daughter
2 years
daughter
3 years
son
3 years
daughter
Georgia Pearl Selby
Birth: February 7, 1902 50 40Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1920Vandever, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Minnie Selby
Birth: January 31, 1905 53 43Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 4, 1905Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Edward Casto Selby
Birth: about 1907 55 45Tennessee, United States
Death: June 22, 1930Sabine, Louisiana, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Monroe Selby - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Selby, William MheadWMApr185149M17TNTNTNFarmer
Selby, Mary EwifeWFOct185049M1786TNTNTN
Selby, NicholassonWMNov188415STNTNTN
Selby, AmandadaughterWFSep188812STNTNTN
Selby, EffiedaughterWFJul18909STNTNTN
Selby, JohannadaughterWFOct18945STNTNTN
Selby, EvadaughterWFNov18972STNTNTN
Selby, FredsonWMJun189911mSTNTNTN
Vandever, Williamwife's cousin?WMOct185346STNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Monroe Selby - Household

Vandever To Hales Mill

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Selby, William MheadMW60M125TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Selby, Mary EwifeFW47M125118TNTNTN
Selby, EffiedaughterFW19STNTNTN
Selby, JoannadaughterFW15STNTNTN
Selby, EvadaughterFW13STNTNTN
Selby, FordsonMW10STNTNTN
Selby, GeorgiadaughterFW9STNTNTN
Selby, CastosonMW3STNTNTN
Hyder, William RMW69WdTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Monroe Selby - Household

Vandever Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Selby, William MheadMW68MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Selby, Mary EwifeFW58MTNTNTN
Selby, Georgia PdaughterFW17STNTNTN
Selby, Casto EsonMW13STNTNTN