Minnie Emma Shelton

  Noted events in her life were:

• Biography: From John Shelton by Robert and Harold Casey. MINNIE EMMA SHELTON (1.5.2.2.2) is the daughter of John Lewis Shelton and Harriet (Latham) Shelton. Minnie was born on July 11, 1884 in Jackson County, Alabama. Minnie Shelton married James Benjamin Selby (born August 24, 1882 in Alabama). Benjamin and Minnie Selby were the parents of at least ten children:

............Dora A. Selby, b. 1902, Alabama

............Daisy M. Selby, b. 1906, Alabama

............James B. Selby, b. 1908, Alabama

............Maude Irene Selby, b. 1911, Alabama

............Woodrow W. Selby, b. 1913, Alabama

............Odessa “Dessie” Mae Selby, b. 1915, Alabama

............Nellie Harriett Selby, b. 1918, Alabama

............Pauline Selby

............Roy Selby, b. December 25, 1922

............Manley Pete Selby

In 1920, James and Minnie Selby were living in Jackson County, Alabama. James Benjamin Selby died on January 11, 1963 and Minnie (Shelton) Selby died on January 18, 1971. Both were buried in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Jackson County, Alabama. Daisy Selby married a Mr. Burks and they had five children. James B. Selby had no children. Irene Selby married a Mr. Adams and they had four children. Woodrow Selby married Eva L. Shelton (1.5.5.11.1) and they had one child. Dessie Mae Selby died having no children. Nellie Harriett Selby had one son. Pauline Selby had one daughter. Roy Selby married Evelyn Parrott (born September 4, 1917) and they had three daughters. Manley Pete Selby had two children.

References: 1) 1920 Census, Jackson County, Alabama; 2) Shelton Notes, author unknown; 3) Shelton Notes, Cloyd Caswell; 4) Letter, Mary (Gentle) Dean to Robert Casey, August, 1986

Minnie married James Benjamin Selby. (James Benjamin Selby was born on 24 Aug 1882 in Alabama and died on 11 Jan 1963.)