Emmit Goodhue SelbyAge: 81 years1891–1972
- Name
- Emmit Goodhue Selby
- Given names
- Emmit Goodhue
- Surname
- Selby
 Birth | August 3, 1891 42 44 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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 |
 Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 8 years) |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth W Kerley October 17, 1900 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Temperance Tollett September 5, 1903 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Hendricks Selby June 5, 1905 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a father | Daniel Johnson Selby April 17, 1915 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 25 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 26 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 mother | Mary Agnes Davenport May 19, 1927 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 38 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 58 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 brother | John Wesley “Johnny” Selby August 8, 1959 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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 | September 18, 1972 (Age 81 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Daniel Johnson Selby Birth: May 27, 1849 25 22 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 17, 1915 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Mary Agnes Davenport Birth: June 9, 1847 37 24 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 19, 1927 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: 1877 — |
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-1 months elder brother |
James Hendricks Selby Birth: December 6, 1876 27 29 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: June 5, 1905 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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18 months elder brother |
John Wesley “Johnny” Selby Birth: June 2, 1878 29 30 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 8, 1959 |
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13 years himself |
Emmit Goodhue Selby Birth: August 3, 1891 42 44 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 18, 1972 |
Emmit Goodhue Selby has 32 first cousins recorded
Father's family (32)
Parents James Lloyd Selby + Sarah Elizabeth Hyder
Parents William Monroe Selby + Mary Emily Hyder
Parents Joseph David Dorton + Rebecca Ann Selby
Parents James Lafayette Brown + Mary Temperance Selby
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Johnson Selby - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
Says Elizabeth only had 1 child |