Benjamin Franklin SelbyAge: 64 years1854–1919
- Name
- Benjamin Franklin Selby
- Given names
- Benjamin Franklin
- Surname
- Selby
 Birth | May 21, 1854 32 38 |
 Birth of a sister | Rebecca Jane Selby about 1858 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 20, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Alfred Simeon Selby August 15, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a sister | Rebecca Jane Selby before 1870 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | Elizabeth Ann Sherrill — View this family about 1870 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | August 23, 1870 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Angela Selby February 1872 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jesse F Selby about 1873 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Sarah J Selby March 27, 1875 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Sein C Selby about 1878 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 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 26 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Lloyd Selby October 9, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | William Lee Selby December 8, 1882 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah H Selby 1883 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Rebecca Parham March 31, 1884 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage | Sarah “Sallie” Fisk — View this family June 13, 1891 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Prater — Sarah J Selby — View this family July 5, 1891 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a wife | Elizabeth Ann Sherrill 1891 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Fred Stanley Selby May 24, 1892 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Edward Harward — Mary Angela Selby — View this family about 1892 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Jesse F Selby — Lucinda Jenkins — View this family September 3, 1892 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Polly Selby December 16, 1897 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Amanda Selby October 1899 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a father | Simeon Selby June 19, 1900 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Jane Hyder between 1880 and 1900 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 |
| Death of a son | Jesse F Selby May 17, 1900 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | June 6, 1900 (Age 46 years) Note: According to Census they were married abt 1895 and only have 2 children. -b |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Gussie Frances Selby November 27, 1901 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Dimple Ethel Selby March 27, 1905 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Lee Selby — Nora Beatrice Troglen — View this family about 1908 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Sarah J Selby December 8, 1910 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Amanda Selby after 1910 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Willie James Selby April 5, 1911 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a sister | Milly Ann Selby January 31, 1912 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Beecher Ray Selby August 30, 1913 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Catherine Selby September 23, 1916 (Age 62 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Mary Catherine Selby September 24, 1916 (Age 62 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hales Chapel Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 61 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 granddaughter #3 | Dorothy Lee Selby June 30, 1917 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 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 63 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 | March 17, 1919 (Age 64 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Simeon Selby Birth: October 5, 1821 23 28 — Alabama, United States Death: June 19, 1900 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Jane Hyder Birth: about 1816 — Tennessee, United States Death: between 1880 and 1900 |
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Marriage: about 1842 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Sarah H Selby Birth: about 1842 20 26 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: 1883 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Milly Ann Selby Birth: March 1844 22 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 31, 1912 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary Catherine Selby Birth: March 8, 1847 25 31 — Litlon, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 23, 1916 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Lloyd Shaw Selby Birth: November 30, 1849 28 33 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1930 — Algood, Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years himself |
Benjamin Franklin Selby Birth: May 21, 1854 32 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1919 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Rebecca Jane Selby Birth: about 1858 36 42 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1870 — Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Alfred Simeon Selby Birth: August 15, 1860 38 44 — White, Tennessee, United States Death: January 16, 1943 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Elizabeth Ann Sherrill |
| himself |
Benjamin Franklin Selby Birth: May 21, 1854 32 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1919 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Elizabeth Ann Sherrill Birth: about 1857 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1891 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1870 — |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Angela Selby Birth: February 1872 17 15 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1950 — Hardee, Florida, United States |
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23 months son |
Jesse F Selby Birth: about 1873 18 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 17, 1900 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Sarah J Selby Birth: March 27, 1875 20 18 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States Death: December 8, 1910 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years son |
Sein C Selby Birth: about 1878 23 21 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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5 years son |
William Lee Selby Birth: December 8, 1882 28 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 18, 1925 — White, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Sarah “Sallie” Fisk |
| himself |
Benjamin Franklin Selby Birth: May 21, 1854 32 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1919 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Sarah “Sallie” Fisk Birth: September 17, 1868 — White, Tennessee, United States Death: April 16, 1940 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: June 13, 1891 — White, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months son |
Fred Stanley Selby Birth: May 24, 1892 38 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 24, 1962 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Polly Selby Birth: December 16, 1897 43 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 21, 1979 — Smithville, Dekalb, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Amanda Selby Birth: October 1899 45 31 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States Death: after 1910 |
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2 years daughter |
Gussie Frances Selby Birth: November 27, 1901 47 33 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States Death: February 4, 1982 — Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Dimple Ethel Selby Birth: March 27, 1905 50 36 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States Death: |
Benjamin Franklin Selby has 21 first cousins recorded
Father's family (21)
Parents James Monroe Webb Sr. + Mary Ann “Betsie” Selby
Parents Samuel Oxsheer Kerley + Catherine Ann “Kitty” Selby
Parents Samuel P “Sham” Selby + Elizabeth W Kerley
Parents Andrew Jackson Hale + Elizabeth J Selby
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Simeon Selby - Household
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Simeon Selby - Household
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Selby - Household
Putnam, Tennessee
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Selby - Household
Sparta, White, Tennessee
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| Census | According to Census they were married abt 1895 and only have 2 children. -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Selby - Household
Sparta, White, Tennessee
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