The Shemwell Family

Beecher Ray SelbyAge: 77 years19131991

Name
Beecher Ray Selby
Given names
Beecher Ray
Surname
Selby
Birth August 30, 1913 30 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 sisterDorothy Lee Selby
June 30, 1917 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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 paternal grandfatherBenjamin Franklin Selby
March 17, 1919 (Age 5 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Lee Selby
January 18, 1925 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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
MarriageVirginia Geraldine EpleyView this family
about 1940 (Age 26 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 (Age 36 years)
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
Death of a brotherWillie James Selby
May 26, 1970 (Age 56 years)
Death of a motherNora Beatrice Troglen
July 8, 1971 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 February 12, 1991 (Age 77 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Nora Beatrice Troglen
Birth: October 14, 1892Warren, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 8, 1971Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1908
3 years
elder brother
Willie James Selby
Birth: April 5, 1911 28 18Tennessee, United States
Death: May 26, 1970Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
himself
Beecher Ray Selby
Birth: August 30, 1913 30 20Bowling Green, Hardee, Florida, United States
Death: February 12, 1991Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
Dorothy Lee Selby
Birth: June 30, 1917 34 24Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 27, 2013Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Family with Virginia Geraldine Epley - View this family
himself
Beecher Ray Selby
Birth: August 30, 1913 30 20Bowling Green, Hardee, Florida, United States
Death: February 12, 1991Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
wife
Virginia Geraldine Epley
Birth: January 26, 1917Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 6, 2009Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1940

Beecher Ray Selby has 0 first cousins recorded

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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

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