The Shemwell Family

Stephen Alford “Steve” SelbyAge: 68 years18751944

Name
Stephen Alford “Steve” Selby
Given names
Stephen Alford
Surname
Selby
Nickname
Steve
Birth April 1, 1875 25 28
Birth of a brotherWilliam Virgil Selby
March 31, 1878 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 9, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterLily V Selby
December 14, 1881 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterPearl M Selby
November 16, 1888 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
Death of a brotherT H B Selby
before 1900 (Age 24 years)

Death of a brotherS B Selby
before 1900 (Age 24 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherSimeon Selby
June 19, 1900 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherRebecca Jane Hyder
between 1880 and 1900 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 sisterLily V Selby
December 17, 1923 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 54 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
Death of a fatherLloyd Shaw Selby
June 19, 1930 (Age 55 years)
Death of a motherSarah Celina Bennett
May 31, 1934 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 February 11, 1944 (Age 68 years)
Burial February 13, 1944 (2 days after death)
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1868
2 years
elder sister
Elizabeth M “Bessie” Selby
Birth: June 5, 1870 20 23Tennessee, United States
Death: June 15, 1955Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
T H B Selby
Birth: about 1872 22 24Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1900
3 years
elder brother
S B Selby
Birth: about 1874 24 26Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1900
15 months
himself
Stephen Alford “Steve” Selby
Birth: April 1, 1875 25 28Tennessee, United States
Death: February 11, 1944Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Virgil Selby
Birth: March 31, 1878 28 31Tennessee, United States
Death: March 5, 1966DeKalb, Georgia, United States
4 years
younger sister
Lily V Selby
Birth: December 14, 1881 32 34Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1923Putnam, Tennessee, United States
7 years
younger sister
Pearl M Selby
Birth: November 16, 1888 38 41Tennessee, United States
Death: February 21, 1986

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Lloyd Shaw Selby - Household

Putnam, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Selby, L SWM30headMFarmerTNTNTN
Selby, Sarah SWF33wifeMKeeping HouseTNILTN
Selby, M EWF9daughterSTNTNTN
Selby, T. H. B.WM8sonSTNTNTN
Selby, S. B.WM6sonSTNTNTN
Selby, S A FWM4sonSTNTNTN
Selby, William VWM2sonSTNTNTN