The Shemwell Family

Birth March 25, 1856 31 29
Birth of a sisterMary Temperance Selby
September 21, 1858 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterJemima Selby
about 1859 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterJemima Selby
before 1860 (Age 3 years)
Census June 22, 1860 (Age 4 years)
Census July 11, 1870 (Age 14 years)
MarriageJoseph David Dorton — View this family
about 1880 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherLloyd Selby
October 9, 1880 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1James Monroe Dorton
March 10, 1881 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2Ernest Edison Dorton
October 27, 1882 (Age 26 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel P “Sham” Selby
July 30, 1883 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Versa Etna Dorton
March 12, 1884 (Age 27 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherRebecca Parham
March 31, 1884 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Nancy Elizabeth “Nannie” Dorton
March 11, 1886 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#5William Osborne Dorton
August 13, 1888 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6Mary T Dorton
October 18, 1890 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7Maude Dorton
October 25, 1893 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8Ida M Dorton
October 14, 1896 (Age 40 years)
Census June 27, 1900 (Age 44 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth W Kerley
October 17, 1900 (Age 44 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Osborne Dorton
August 17, 1901 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1James Martin Burnett
April 11, 1906 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childJames Douglas “Dug” Burnett — Versa Etna Dorton — View this family
about 1906 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Ernestine Burnett
September 25, 1907 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childErnest Edison Dorton — Clara Elizabeth Ford — View this family
May 21, 1909 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3Joe John Burnett
February 23, 1910 (Age 53 years)
Census May 12, 1910 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4Thomas Wesley Dorton
July 10, 1910 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5Mabel G Burnett
August 3, 1911 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6Pvt. Douglas W Burnett
about 1914 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherJames Lloyd Selby
May 31, 1914 (Age 58 years)
Death of a brotherDaniel Johnson Selby
April 17, 1915 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7Martha Rebecca “Mattie” Burnett
November 23, 1917 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8Hazel Alice Burnett
May 5, 1919 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Hoyle Selby
August 12, 1919 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9Marjorie Rose Burnett
March 22, 1923 (Age 66 years)
Death of a husbandJoseph David Dorton
June 11, 1924 (Age 68 years)
Marriage of a childClaborn Floyd Wilson Sr. — Maude Dorton — View this family
April 10, 1926 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Monroe Selby
August 30, 1926 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10Claborn Floyd “Bud” Wilson Jr.
March 16, 1927 (Age 70 years)
Death of a daughterMaude Dorton
April 12, 1927 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11Quincy Thomas Burnett
November 8, 1927 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12Herbert Charles Burnett
April 3, 1929 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sisterMary Temperance Selby
June 23, 1929 (Age 73 years)
Death of a daughterMary T Dorton
November 25, 1929 (Age 73 years)
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 74 years)
Death of a daughterVersa Etna Dorton
April 24, 1936 (Age 80 years)
Census May 6, 1940 (Age 84 years)
Death of a grandsonQuincy Thomas Burnett
April 10, 1942 (Age 86 years)
Death of a grandsonPvt. Douglas W Burnett
March 29, 1943 (Age 87 years)
Death of a sonErnest Edison Dorton
September 23, 1950 (Age 94 years)
Death of a grandsonJoe John Burnett
December 20, 1950 (Age 94 years)
Death November 10, 1961 (Age 105 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents Lloyd Selby Rebecca Parham	Samuel P “Sham” Selby 1824–1883
mother Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth W Kerley 1826–1900
elder brother Family Sarah Elizabeth Hyder Martha A Selby Mary Emily Selby Nancy Elizabeth Selby William Thomas Selby Arva Zena Selby Malinda Jemima Selby John Sherman Selby Ida A Selby Washington Selby James Authur Selby L Selby	James Lloyd Selby 1845–1914
elder brother Family Mary Agnes Davenport James Hendricks Selby John Wesley “Johnny” Selby Emmit Goodhue Selby	Daniel Johnson Selby 1849–1915
elder brother Family Mary Emily Hyder Nicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby Amanda Alice Selby Anna J Selby Effie Mae Selby James Ernest Selby Johanna France Selby Eva Vandever Selby Fred Clyde Selby Georgia Pearl Selby Minnie Selby Edward Casto Selby	William Monroe Selby 1851–1926
elder brother Family (none)	John Hoyle Selby 1853–1919
herself Family Joseph David Dorton James Monroe Dorton Ernest Edison Dorton Versa Etna Dorton Nancy Elizabeth “Nannie” Dorton William Osborne Dorton Mary T Dorton Maude Dorton Ida M Dorton	Rebecca Ann Selby 1856–1961
younger sister Family James Lafayette Brown Martha Lavada Brown Ulysses Wilburn Brown	Mary Temperance Selby 1858–1929
younger sister Family (none)	Jemima Selby 1859–1860
Family with Joseph David Dorton
husband Parents (unknown)	Joseph David Dorton 1852–1924
herself Parents Samuel P “Sham” Selby Elizabeth W Kerley	Rebecca Ann Selby 1856–1961
son Family (none)	James Monroe Dorton 1881–1968
son Family Clara Elizabeth Ford Thomas Wesley Dorton Nellie Hedgecoth Private	Ernest Edison Dorton 1882–1950
daughter Family James Douglas “Dug” Burnett James Martin Burnett Ernestine Burnett Joe John Burnett Mabel G Burnett Pvt. Douglas W Burnett Martha Rebecca “Mattie” Burnett Hazel Alice Burnett Marjorie Rose Burnett Quincy Thomas Burnett Herbert Charles Burnett	Versa Etna Dorton 1884–1936
daughter Family (none)	Nancy Elizabeth “Nannie” Dorton 1886–1982
son Family (none)	William Osborne Dorton 1888–1901
daughter Family William Rainey Turner Private	Mary T Dorton 1890–1929
daughter Family Claborn Floyd Wilson Sr. Claborn Floyd “Bud” Wilson Jr.	Maude Dorton 1893–1927
daughter Family Andrew J McGuire Private	Ida M Dorton 1896–1981