Life History

Notes

• 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 1 June, Township 2, District 122, page 1A, Hse/Fam #4
  Inman, Emily Head W F  Aug 1856 43 Widow 7 children/6 living TX MD AL Farmer Rents
  Chapman, America E Dau W F Dec 1885  14 Single TX TN TX
  Chapman, Thomas H Son W M Nov 1886  13 Single TX TN TX Farm Laborer
  Chapman, Napoleon B Son W M June 1889  13 Single TX TN TX Farm Laborer
  Reed, Emily J Dau W F July 1893  6 Single Ind Terr TN TX
  Quaid, Emily Mother W F  Nov 1816 43 Widow 12 children/6 living AL GA NC
  
  1910 Federal Census, Johnston County, Oklahoma, 19 May, Garrett Township, District 122, Page 11A, Hse/Fam #194
  Selby, Jasper N Head M W 29 Married 2 years TX MO IL Farmer Rents [b abt 1881]
  Selby, America Wife F W 29 Married 2 years 4 children/0 living b TX TN TX [b abt 1881]
  Inman, America A [? Emily J] Mother-in-law F W 53 Married 2 years 7 children/5 living b TX MA MS [b abt 1857]
  Chapman, Napolion Brother-in-law M W 20 Single TX TN TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1890]
  Reed, Emma Sister-in-law F W 17 Single OK TN TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1893]
  Slavin, Bertha Sister F W 20 Single 2 children/2 living TX MO IL [b abt 1890]
  Slavin, Silas S Nephew M W 2 Single OK TX TX [b abt 1908]
  Slavin, Raymond T Nephew M W 2 Single OK TX TX [b abt 1908]
  
  Next door to Jasper and America Selby is Jasper's brother Louis.  On the other side of Lousi are their parents James B and Mary L Selby.
  
  A memorial on Finnd a Grave gives us America's full name, explaining the middle initial E in her first census enumeration as America E Quaid.  It also provides her father's full name.
  
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  America Elizabeth Chapman Selby
  Birth Dec 10, 1884
  Death Sep 27, 1970
  
  America Elizabeth Chapman was the daughter of James Richard Chapman and Emily Jemima Quaid. She was born in Texas. America married Jasper Newton Selby on December 10, 1901, in Indian Territory, which is now Regan, Johnston County, OK.  America and Jasper had five daughters: Ada, Vina, Verna, Myrtle, and Hellen; and two sons, Orbie and Henry.
  
  Spouse Jasper Newton Selby (1880 - 1970)
  Children:
  Ada E. Selby Riddles (1911 - 1984)
  Verna Alice Selby Rice (1915 - 1976)
  Myrtle Geneva Selby Christopher (1918 - 2007)
  Orbie Jasper Newton Selby (1922 - 2010)
  
  Burial Fairlawn Cemetery, Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
  
  Maintained by Kerri Street-Manuel, Originally Created by Oklahoma Grave Walkers Aug 19, 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #40846381, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40846383
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Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 1 June, Township 2, District 122, page 1A, Hse/Fam #4
• 2. Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. 1910 Federal Census, Johnston County, Oklahoma
  • 19 May, Garrett Township, District 122, Page 11A, Hse/Fam #194