Rebecca Ann SelbyAge: 105 years1856–1961
- Name
- Rebecca Ann Selby
- Given names
- Rebecca Ann
- Surname
- Selby
- Married name
- Rebecca Ann Dorton
 Birth | March 25, 1856 31 29 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Temperance Selby September 21, 1858 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a sister | Jemima Selby about 1859 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Jemima Selby before 1860 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | June 22, 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 10 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 10 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 12 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 |
| Census | July 11, 1870 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Joseph David Dorton — View this family about 1880 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Lloyd Selby October 9, 1880 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Monroe Dorton March 10, 1881 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Ernest Edison Dorton October 27, 1882 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel P “Sham” Selby July 30, 1883 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Versa Etna Dorton March 12, 1884 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Rebecca Parham March 31, 1884 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Nancy Elizabeth “Nannie” Dorton March 11, 1886 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | William Osborne Dorton August 13, 1888 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Mary T Dorton October 18, 1890 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Maude Dorton October 25, 1893 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Ida M Dorton October 14, 1896 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 27, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth W Kerley October 17, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a son | William Osborne Dorton August 17, 1901 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Martin Burnett April 11, 1906 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Douglas “Dug” Burnett — Versa Etna Dorton — View this family about 1906 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ernestine Burnett September 25, 1907 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ernest Edison Dorton — Clara Elizabeth Ford — View this family May 21, 1909 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Joe John Burnett February 23, 1910 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Thomas Wesley Dorton July 10, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Mabel G Burnett August 3, 1911 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Pvt. Douglas W Burnett about 1914 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Lloyd Selby May 31, 1914 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Daniel Johnson Selby April 17, 1915 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 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 #7 | Martha Rebecca “Mattie” Burnett November 23, 1917 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 60 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 61 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 granddaughter #8 | Hazel Alice Burnett May 5, 1919 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Hoyle Selby August 12, 1919 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Marjorie Rose Burnett March 22, 1923 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a husband | Joseph David Dorton June 11, 1924 (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Claborn Floyd Wilson Sr. — Maude Dorton — View this family April 10, 1926 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Monroe Selby August 30, 1926 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Claborn Floyd “Bud” Wilson Jr. March 16, 1927 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Maude Dorton April 12, 1927 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Quincy Thomas Burnett November 8, 1927 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Herbert Charles Burnett April 3, 1929 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Temperance Selby June 23, 1929 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 daughter | Mary T Dorton November 25, 1929 (Age 73 years) Cause: Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Census | April 22, 1930 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Versa Etna Dorton April 24, 1936 (Age 80 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1940 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Quincy Thomas Burnett April 10, 1942 (Age 86 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Pvt. Douglas W Burnett March 29, 1943 (Age 87 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 85 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 son | Ernest Edison Dorton September 23, 1950 (Age 94 years) Cause: Fractured neck - struck by car |
| Death of a grandson | Joe John Burnett December 20, 1950 (Age 94 years) Cause: Struck by Trailer truck |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 93 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 89 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 | November 10, 1961 (Age 105 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel P “Sham” Selby Birth: April 5, 1824 25 31 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 30, 1883 — Hollow, Bladen, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth W Kerley Birth: November 28, 1826 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: October 17, 1900 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1844 — |
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2 years elder brother |
James Lloyd Selby Birth: December 30, 1845 21 19 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 31, 1914 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Daniel Johnson Selby Birth: May 27, 1849 25 22 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 17, 1915 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
William Monroe Selby Birth: April 10, 1851 27 24 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 30, 1926 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
John Hoyle Selby Birth: August 14, 1853 29 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 12, 1919 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years herself |
Rebecca Ann Selby Birth: March 25, 1856 31 29 — Grassy Cove, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 10, 1961 — Crossville City, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mary Temperance Selby Birth: September 21, 1858 34 31 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: June 23, 1929 — Bearden, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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15 months younger sister |
Jemima Selby Birth: about 1859 34 32 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1860 |
| Family with Joseph David Dorton |
| husband |
Joseph David Dorton Birth: November 11, 1852 — Grassy Cove, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 11, 1924 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Rebecca Ann Selby Birth: March 25, 1856 31 29 — Grassy Cove, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 10, 1961 — Crossville City, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1880 — |
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14 months son |
James Monroe Dorton Birth: March 10, 1881 28 24 — Grassy Cove, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 1968 — Hillsboro, Coffee, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months son |
Ernest Edison Dorton Birth: October 27, 1882 29 26 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 23, 1950 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Versa Etna Dorton Birth: March 12, 1884 31 27 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1936 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Nancy Elizabeth “Nannie” Dorton Birth: March 11, 1886 33 29 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 9, 1982 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
William Osborne Dorton Birth: August 13, 1888 35 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 17, 1901 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Mary T Dorton Birth: October 18, 1890 37 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 25, 1929 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Maude Dorton Birth: October 25, 1893 40 37 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 1927 — Roane, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ida M Dorton Birth: October 14, 1896 43 40 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 14, 1981 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Samuel P “Sham” Selby - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Samuel P “Sham” Selby - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph David Dorton - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Joseph David Dorton - Household
Grossy Cave Road Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Edison Dorton - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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