The Shemwell Family

Nancy Elizabeth SelbyAge: 69 years18721941

Name
Nancy Elizabeth Selby
Given names
Nancy Elizabeth
Surname
Selby
Married name
Nancy Elizabeth Kerley
Birth January 30, 1872 26 24
MarriageThomas Houston KerleyView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherWilliam Thomas Selby
March 7, 1874 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterArva Zena Selby
February 22, 1876 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMalinda Jemima Selby
June 12, 1878 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 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 24, 1880 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Sherman Selby
September 16, 1880 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterIda A Selby
February 16, 1883 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel P “Sham” Selby
July 30, 1883 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherWashington Selby
January 27, 1885 (Age 12 years)
Death of a brotherWashington Selby
January 28, 1885 (Age 12 years)
Death of a sisterIda A Selby
September 25, 1885 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Authur Selby
April 4, 1886 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherEli “L” Selby
April 18, 1890 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 paternal grandmotherElizabeth W Kerley
October 17, 1900 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sisterMary Emily Selby
March 16, 1904 (Age 32 years)
Death of a brotherJames Authur Selby
January 29, 1912 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherJames Lloyd Selby
May 31, 1914 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Hyder
January 31, 1934 (Age 62 years)
Death March 7, 1941 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kerley Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1867
15 months
elder sister
Martha Ann Selby
Birth: April 8, 1868 22 20Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 26, 1948Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
18 months
elder sister
Mary Emily Selby
Birth: September 1869 23 22Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 16, 1904Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
herself
Nancy Elizabeth Selby
Birth: January 30, 1872 26 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 7, 1941Harriman, Roane, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
John Sherman Selby
Birth: September 16, 1880 34 33Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 6, 1966Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Ida A Selby
Birth: February 16, 1883 37 35Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 25, 1885Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger brother
Washington Selby
Birth: January 27, 1885 39 37Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 28, 1885Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
14 months
younger brother
James Authur Selby
Birth: April 4, 1886 40 38Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 29, 1912Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
Eli “L” Selby
Birth: April 18, 1890 44 42Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 28, 1955Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Thomas Houston Kerley - View this family
husband
Thomas Houston Kerley
Birth: October 9, 1867Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 5, 1955Harriman, Roane, Tennessee, United States
herself
Nancy Elizabeth Selby
Birth: January 30, 1872 26 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 7, 1941Harriman, Roane, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

Nancy Elizabeth Selby has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Lloyd Selby - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Selby, LoydWM32headMFarmerTNTNTN
Selby, ElizabethWF31wifeMKeeping HouseTNTNTN
Selby, MarthaWF11daughterSAt HomeTNTNTN
Selby, EmilyWF9daughterSTNTNTN
Selby, NancyWF8daughterSTNTNTN
Selby, William TWM7sonSTNTNTN
Selby, ArvazenaWF4daughterSTNTNTN
Selby, MalindaWF2daughterSTNTNTN
Kearley, SamuelWM27nephewSWorks on FarmTNTNTN