 Birth | about 1842 20 26 |
 Marriage of parents | Simeon Selby — Rebecca Jane Hyder — View this family about 1842 |
| Birth of a sister | Milly Ann Selby March 1844 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Catherine Selby March 8, 1847 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a brother | Lloyd Shaw Selby November 30, 1849 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | October 24, 1850 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Benjamin Franklin Selby May 21, 1854 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rebecca Jane Selby about 1858 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 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 18 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Alfred Simeon Selby August 15, 1860 (Age 18 years) |
 Marriage | Samuel Wilson Tollett — View this family about 1864 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | John Wesley Tollett June 14, 1865 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Simeon Tollett about 1867 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 25 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 25 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 27 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 28 years) |
| Census | August 23, 1870 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Harriet Tollett about 1872 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Tilda Tollett about 1875 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 36 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Jane Hyder between 1880 and 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Census | June 4, 1880 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Lloyd Selby October 9, 1880 (Age 38 years) |
 Death | 1883 (Age 41 years) |