The Shemwell Family

Nellie Ann SelbyAge: 88 years18981987

Name
Nellie Ann Selby
Given names
Nellie Ann
Surname
Selby
Married name
Nellie Ann Nail
Birth August 31, 1898 24 18
Birth of a brotherGeorge Walter Selby
June 6, 1901 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Walter Selby
August 12, 1902 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Lloyd Selby
January 16, 1903 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterIda Alice Selby
October 11, 1904 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterLaura Mae Selby
August 26, 1906 (Age 7 years)
Death of a sisterLaura Mae Selby
October 22, 1906 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Henry Selby
August 16, 1907 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Selby
November 5, 1909 (Age 11 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Selby
January 10, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Census May 9, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherClifford Sampson Selby
December 21, 1910 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterCarrie Emma Selby
December 12, 1912 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Lloyd Selby
May 31, 1914 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterGrace Hazel “Gracie” Selby
January 28, 1915 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Eula Mae Nail
August 2, 1916 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 brotherArthur Howard Selby
June 27, 1917 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 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 19 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/
Birth of a daughter
#2
Martha Jane Nail
August 5, 1919 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Johnson Selby
October 28, 1919 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Austin William Nail
June 3, 1922 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Annie Lou “Anna” Nail
January 5, 1925 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Murtie Marie Nail
August 31, 1927 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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
Birth of a daughter
#6
Dorothy Lee Nail
March 30, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Census April 12, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Betty Aileen Nail
January 12, 1933 (Age 34 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Hyder
January 31, 1934 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Vestal Cordall Sherrill
February 10, 1935 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Ben Thomas Nail Sr.
September 14, 1935 (Age 37 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Vonalee L Sherrill
April 19, 1944 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
James Harold Lewis
June 20, 1945 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Shirley Sue Halliman
January 31, 1948 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Raymond ModoryDorothy Lee NailView this family
March 9, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Thomas Selby
July 8, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Death of a husbandJames A Nail
August 27, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Alvin Taylor “Tator” Lewis
September 29, 1953 (Age 55 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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
Marriage of a childSimeon Onnagon CastilloBetty Aileen NailView this family
April 24, 1954 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Michael Joseph Modory
September 10, 1954 (Age 56 years)

Death of a grandsonMichael Joseph Modory
September 11, 1954 (Age 56 years)

Marriage of a childRobert OsbornEula Mae NailView this family
1955 (Age 56 years)

Death of a motherDeliah Jane Hall
June 3, 1970 (Age 71 years)
Death of a sisterCarrie Emma Selby
November 26, 1975 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 of a brotherArthur Howard Selby
October 16, 1984 (Age 86 years)
Death of a brotherJames Henry Selby
April 1, 1985 (Age 86 years)
Death July 24, 1987 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pikeville City Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 14, 1897Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
11 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
George Walter Selby
Birth: June 6, 1901 27 20Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 12, 1902Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
19 months
younger brother
William Lloyd Selby
Birth: January 16, 1903 28 22Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 19, 1990Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
21 months
younger sister
Ida Alice Selby
Birth: October 11, 1904 30 24Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 18, 1997Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger sister
Laura Mae Selby
Birth: August 26, 1906 32 26Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 22, 1906Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
1 year
younger brother
James Henry Selby
Birth: August 16, 1907 33 27Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 1, 1985Kingston, Roane, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Martha Elizabeth Selby
Birth: November 5, 1909 35 29Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 1910Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
14 months
younger brother
Clifford Sampson Selby
Birth: December 21, 1910 36 30Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 4, 1997Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Carrie Emma Selby
Birth: December 12, 1912 38 32Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 26, 1975Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Grace Hazel “Gracie” Selby
Birth: January 28, 1915 40 34Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 5, 1994Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
2 years
younger brother
Arthur Howard Selby
Birth: June 27, 1917 43 36Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 16, 1984Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Thomas Johnson Selby
Birth: October 28, 1919 45 39Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 29, 1998Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with James A Nail - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
3 years
daughter
Martha Jane Nail
Birth: August 5, 1919 25 20Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 13, 2007Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Austin William Nail
Birth: June 3, 1922 28 23Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 24, 1997Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Annie Lou “Anna” Nail
Birth: January 5, 1925 31 26Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 19, 1996Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Murtie Marie Nail
Birth: August 31, 1927 33 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 17, 2016Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Dorothy Lee Nail
Birth: March 30, 1930 36 31Tennessee, United States
Death: March 23, 2008Niles, Cook, Illinois, United States
3 years
daughter
3 years
son
Ben Thomas Nail Sr.
Birth: September 14, 1935 41 37Tennessee, United States
Death: June 28, 2024Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

Nellie Ann Selby has 23 first cousins recorded

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

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Selby, William TheadMW37M112TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Selby, Deliah JwifeFW29M11274TNTNTN
Selby, Nellie AdaughterFW11STNTNTN
Selby, William LsonMW7STNTNTN
Selby, Ida AdaughterFW5STNTNTN
Selby, HenrysonMW2STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James A Nail - Household

York Highway Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Nail, James AheadMW36M21TNTNTNBarberBarber Shop
Nail, Nellie AwifeFW31M17TNTNTN
Nail, Eula MdaughterFW13STNTNTN
Nail, Martha JdaughterFW10STNTNTN
Nail, AustinsonMW7STNTNTN
Nail, Anna LdaughterFW5STNTNTN
Nail, MurtiedaughterFW2-8mSTNTNTN
Nail, DorothydaughterFW0mSTNTNTN