The Shemwell Family

Mary A MillerAge: 45 years18661912

Name
Mary A Miller
Given names
Mary A
Surname
Miller
Married name
Mary A Selby
Birth July 21, 1866
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 months)
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 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageAlfred Simeon SelbyView this family
about 1885 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Eston Washington Selby
March 9, 1886 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Laura Lou Selby
January 14, 1888 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Minnie Bell Selby
February 7, 1891 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#4
James Wid “Willie” Selby
October 24, 1896 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 January 11, 1912 (Age 45 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Black Oak Cemetery
Family with Alfred Simeon Selby - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1885
14 months
son
Eston Washington Selby
Birth: March 9, 1886 25 19White, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 22, 1927Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
22 months
daughter
Laura Lou Selby
Birth: January 14, 1888 27 21Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 15, 1972
3 years
daughter
Minnie Bell Selby
Birth: February 7, 1891 30 24White, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 31, 1940Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
6 years
son
James Wid “Willie” Selby
Birth: October 24, 1896 36 30Tennessee, United States
Death: May 19, 1950Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Alfred Simeon Selby + Sarah Elizabeth Mabe - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: August 28, 1912White, Tennessee, United States
15 months
step-son
Clyde M Selby
Birth: November 14, 1913 53 26White, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 22, 1999
18 months
step-daughter
Martha Ella Selby
Birth: May 26, 1915 54 28Black Oak, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 5, 2014Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Della Mae Selby
Birth: June 2, 1918 57 31White, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 12, 2000
3 years
step-daughter
Ann Mabe Selby
Birth: May 17, 1921 60 34White, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 14, 2008
7 years
step-son
Alfred Semon Selby
Birth: March 10, 1928 67 40White, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 19, 1994