 Birth | August 16, 1907 33 27 |
 Birth of a sister | Martha Elizabeth Selby November 5, 1909 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Elizabeth Selby January 10, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | May 9, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Clifford Sampson Selby December 21, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Carrie Emma Selby December 12, 1912 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Lloyd Selby May 31, 1914 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Grace Hazel “Gracie” Selby January 28, 1915 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 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 brother | Arthur Howard Selby June 27, 1917 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 brother | Thomas Johnson Selby October 28, 1919 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 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 |
| Census | April 12, 1930 (Age 22 years) |
 Marriage | Lola A Roberts — View this family August 10, 1930 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Hyder January 31, 1934 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 |
| Death of a father | William Thomas Selby July 8, 1950 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 mother | Deliah Jane Hall June 3, 1970 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a sister | Carrie Emma Selby November 26, 1975 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 wife | Lola A Roberts May 19, 1984 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a brother | Arthur Howard Selby October 16, 1984 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | April 1, 1985 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Grove Cemetery |