St. Clair County People of Interest



DR. GEORGE SELBY (1841 - )

History of St. Clair County, Missouri, 1883:

Page 1064 – Roscoe 1870 through 1880, Dr. G. Selsby was the first Physician.



International Genealogical Index:

G. B. Selby and Martha Thomas, married 18 Mar 1883 St. Clair County, Missouri

Lafayette Selby – Nancy L. Harris, married 18 September 1876 Barry Co., MO. Batch M514611

Louis Selby – Bellzonia Aairhart, married 9 November 1881 Hickory Co., MO. Batch M515151

Samuel Barnhart Selby, born 1839 Westmoreland, PA; died May 1917; married Josie B. Patterson 2 July 1889 MO. Josie born 11 May 1867 Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., IA, daughter of John C. & Elizabeth Ann (Cossairt) Patterson.



1860 Hickory Co., MO Census – Township 36, Range 21:
Page 37, Line 35, Pittsburg P.O., 20 June
2659/259 Eli C. Selby, age 40, white male, Physician, $485 personal estate, born PA
Nancy, age 40, white female, born PA
Samuel, age 21, white male, born PA
George, age 19, white male, born PA
Josephine, age 16, white female, born PA, attended school
Mary, age 14, white female, born Ohio, attended school
Lafayette, age 8, white male, born Ohio, attended school
Louis, age 1, white male, born Lowry

1880 Hickory Co., MO Census – Stark Township:
Dist. 6, ED 212, Page 1, 1 June
10/11 Selby, Nancy, white female, age 60, widowed, keeping house, cannot read or write, born PA, father born PA, mother born Scotland
Samuel B., white male, age 40, son, single, farmer, born PA, parents born PA
Lewis, white male, age 21, son, single, farmer, born IA, parents born PA
Selby, Emma E., white female, age 13, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born MO, parents born PA

1880 Benton Co., MO Census – Lindsey Township:
Dist. 6, ED 184, Page 7, Line 4, 4 June
50/53 Thomas, William, white male, age 58, married, farming, born KY, parents born KY
Nancy, white female, age 40, wife, married, keeping house, born KY, parents born KY
Margaret, white female, age 16, daughter, single, at home, born MO, parents born KY
Martha, white female, age 14, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born MO, parents born KY
Mary, white female, age 10, daughter, single, attended school, cannot write, born MO, parents born KY
Laura, white female, age 7, daughter, single, attended school, born MO, parents born KY
Keneretta, white female, age 3, daughter, single, born MO, parents born KY
Barnard, Geo. F., white male, age 18, step-son, farming, attended school, born MO, father born KY, mother born MO

1900 Hickory Co., MO Census – Stark Township:
Dist. 6, ED 98, Page 4B, Line 67
73/73 Selby, Samuel B., head, white male, born May 1839, age 61, married 11 years, born PA, parents born PA, farming, unemployed 0 months, can read & write, speaks English, attended school, owned farm free, farm # 69
Jossie B., wife, white female, born May 1838, age 32, married 11 years, 2 children, 2 living, born IA, parents born OH, can read & write, speaks English
Gracie T., daughter, white female, born May 1892, age 8, single, born MO, father born PA, mother born MO, attended school 2 months
Maude, daughter, white female, born December 1896, age 3, single, born MO, father born PA, mother born MO



St. Clair Co., MO Cemetery Records:

Osceola Cemetery
Selby, George, 1878 – 1954

Pleasant Grove Cemetery:
Maggie Selby (daughter of C.B. & M.E.), 23 October 1889 – 17 March 1890