The Shemwell Family

William Lee SelbyAge: 42 years18821925

Name
William Lee Selby
Given names
William Lee
Surname
Selby
Birth December 8, 1882 28 25
Marriage of a parentBenjamin Franklin SelbySarah “Sallie” FiskView this family
June 13, 1891 (Age 8 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Ann Sherrill
1891 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherFred Stanley Selby
May 24, 1892 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-sisterPolly Selby
December 16, 1897 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 16 years)
Death of a brotherJesse F Selby
May 17, 1900 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSimeon Selby
June 19, 1900 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherRebecca Jane Hyder
between 1880 and 1900

Census June 6, 1900 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-sisterGussie Frances Selby
November 27, 1901 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-sisterDimple Ethel Selby
March 27, 1905 (Age 22 years)
MarriageNora Beatrice TroglenView this family
about 1908 (Age 25 years)

Census April 29, 1910 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sisterSarah J Selby
December 8, 1910 (Age 28 years)
Death of a half-sisterAmanda Selby
after 1910 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Willie James Selby
April 5, 1911 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Beecher Ray Selby
August 30, 1913 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#3
Dorothy Lee Selby
June 30, 1917 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 37 years)
Death January 18, 1925 (Age 42 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1870
2 years
elder sister
Mary Angela Selby
Birth: February 1872 17 15Tennessee, United States
Death: 1950Hardee, Florida, United States
23 months
elder brother
Jesse F Selby
Birth: about 1873 18 16Tennessee, United States
Death: May 17, 1900Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Sarah J Selby
Birth: March 27, 1875 20 18Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 8, 1910Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
Sein C Selby
Birth: about 1878 23 21Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
himself
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 Nora Beatrice Troglen - View this family
himself
wife
Nora Beatrice Troglen
Birth: October 14, 1892Warren, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 8, 1971Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1908
3 years
son
Willie James Selby
Birth: April 5, 1911 28 18Tennessee, United States
Death: May 26, 1970Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Beecher Ray Selby
Birth: August 30, 1913 30 20Bowling Green, Hardee, Florida, United States
Death: February 12, 1991Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
daughter
Dorothy Lee Selby
Birth: June 30, 1917 34 24Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 27, 2013Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

William Lee Selby has 35 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Selby - Household

Sparta, White, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Selby, Benjamin FheadWMMay185347M5TNALTNDay Laborer (Planing? Mill)
Selby, SallywifeWFSep186831M52TNTNTN
Selby, FreddiesonWMMay18928STNTNTN
Selby, PollydaughterWFDec18982STNTNTN
Selby, AmandadaughterWFOct18998mSTNTNTN
Selby, LeesonWMDec188017STNTNTN

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

Sparta, White, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Selby, LeeheadMW27M11TNTNTNLaborerSaw Mill
Selby, BeatricewifeFW18M1100TNTNTN

Next Door to Benjamin -b

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

Perrigo Shuttle Mill Yard Sparta, White, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Selby, W LeeheadMW37MTNTNTNLaborerSaw Mill
Selby, BeatricewifeFW27MTNTNTN
Selby, Willie JsonMW8STNTNTN
Selby, Beecher RsonMW6SFLTNTN
Selby, Dorothy LeedaughterFW2-6mSTNTNTN

next door to step mother -b