The Shemwell Family

Mary Angela SelbyAge: 77 years18721950

Name
Mary Angela Selby
Given names
Mary Angela
Surname
Selby
Married name
Mary Angela Harward
Birth February 1872 17 15
Birth of a brotherJesse F Selby
about 1873 (Age 11 months)
Birth of a sisterSarah J Selby
March 27, 1875 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherSein C Selby
about 1878 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 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 8, 1880 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Lee Selby
December 8, 1882 (Age 10 years)
Marriage of a parentBenjamin Franklin SelbySarah “Sallie” FiskView this family
June 13, 1891 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Ann Sherrill
1891 (Age 18 years)
MarriageJames Edward HarwardView this family
about 1892 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-brotherFred Stanley Selby
May 24, 1892 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a half-sisterPolly Selby
December 16, 1897 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 half-sisterAmanda Selby
October 1899 (Age 27 years)
Death of a brotherJesse F Selby
May 17, 1900 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSimeon Selby
June 19, 1900 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherRebecca Jane Hyder
between 1880 and 1900 (Age 7 years)

Birth of a half-sisterGussie Frances Selby
November 27, 1901 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a half-sisterDimple Ethel Selby
March 27, 1905 (Age 33 years)
Death of a sisterSarah J Selby
December 8, 1910 (Age 38 years)
Death of a half-sisterAmanda Selby
after 1910 (Age 37 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 fatherBenjamin Franklin Selby
March 17, 1919 (Age 47 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Lee Selby
January 18, 1925 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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 husbandJames Edward Harward
June 23, 1939 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (on the date of death)
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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 73 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 1950 (Age 77 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1870
2 years
herself
Mary Angela Selby
Birth: February 1872 17 15Tennessee, United States
Death: 1950Hardee, Florida, United States
23 months
younger brother
Jesse F Selby
Birth: about 1873 18 16Tennessee, United States
Death: May 17, 1900Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Sarah J Selby
Birth: March 27, 1875 20 18Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 8, 1910Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
Sein C Selby
Birth: about 1878 23 21Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Sarah “Sallie” Fisk - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: June 13, 1891White, Tennessee, United States
11 months
half-brother
Fred Stanley Selby
Birth: May 24, 1892 38 23Tennessee, United States
Death: September 24, 1962Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
6 years
half-sister
Polly Selby
Birth: December 16, 1897 43 29Tennessee, United States
Death: December 21, 1979Smithville, Dekalb, Tennessee, United States
22 months
half-sister
Amanda Selby
Birth: October 1899 45 31Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: after 1910
2 years
half-sister
Gussie Frances Selby
Birth: November 27, 1901 47 33Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 4, 1982Tennessee, United States
3 years
half-sister
Dimple Ethel Selby
Birth: March 27, 1905 50 36Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death:
Family with James Edward Harward - View this family
husband
James Edward Harward
Birth: July 1870Illinois, United States
Death: June 23, 1939Bowling Green, Hardee, Florida, United States
herself
Mary Angela Selby
Birth: February 1872 17 15Tennessee, United States
Death: 1950Hardee, Florida, United States
Marriage: about 1892Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States

Mary Angela Selby has 35 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Selby - Household

Putnam, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Selby, Benj FWM25headMFarmerTNALTN
Selby, E AWF22wifeMKeeping HouseTNTNTN
Selby, Mary AWF9daughterSTNTNTN
Selby, Jesse FWM7sonSTNTNTN
Selby, Sarah JWF5daughterSTNTNTN
Selby, Sein CWM2sonSTNTNTN