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Dr John Thurmond Selman

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Dr John Thurmond Selman

Birth
Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Death
20 Mar 1894 (aged 64)
Rural Shade, Navarro County, Texas, USA
Burial
Kerens, Navarro County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.0589005, Longitude: -96.1989099
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Father: William Wright Selman
Mother: Mary H. Thurman
1850 - Teacher, Township 21, Tallapoosa Co., AL (living with parents)
1853 - M.D. degree, Graefenberg Medical Institute, Dadeville, AL
1853 - Married, Elizabeth Jane Gunn
1855 - Lived, Tallapoosa Co, AL
- Practiced medicine, Daviston, Tallapoosa Co.
- Practiced medicine, Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co., AL
1860 - Practiced medicine, Tallapoosa Co., AL
11/16/1863 - Enlisted, Surgeon, Young's Mounted Infantry [AL Home Guard]
03/22/1864 - Enlisted, Surgeon, R. G. Young's Cavalry Company [AL Home Guard], Youngsville, Tallapoosa Co., AL
08/05/1864 - Dropped from roll of R. G. Young's Cavalry Company [AL Home Guard] "for never having reported, it being over 90 days"
1866 - Moved to Navarro Co., TX
1870 - Trustee, Long Prairie School District, Navarro Co, TX
1880 - Practiced medicine, Navarro Co., TX
1886 - Practiced medicine, Kerens, Navarro Co., TX
03/20/1894 - Died, Rural Shade, Navarro Co., TX (buried: Long Prairie Cemetery, [formerly called "Alligator Cemetery"], Kerens, Navarro Co. TX)

Note: One source claims Dr. Selman was a surgeon with the 4th AL Cavalry. This could not be corroborated with any primary source evidence including his Compiled Service
Record in the National Archives and Records Administration.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/05/2013. Unpublished database.
Father: William Wright Selman
Mother: Mary H. Thurman
1850 - Teacher, Township 21, Tallapoosa Co., AL (living with parents)
1853 - M.D. degree, Graefenberg Medical Institute, Dadeville, AL
1853 - Married, Elizabeth Jane Gunn
1855 - Lived, Tallapoosa Co, AL
- Practiced medicine, Daviston, Tallapoosa Co.
- Practiced medicine, Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co., AL
1860 - Practiced medicine, Tallapoosa Co., AL
11/16/1863 - Enlisted, Surgeon, Young's Mounted Infantry [AL Home Guard]
03/22/1864 - Enlisted, Surgeon, R. G. Young's Cavalry Company [AL Home Guard], Youngsville, Tallapoosa Co., AL
08/05/1864 - Dropped from roll of R. G. Young's Cavalry Company [AL Home Guard] "for never having reported, it being over 90 days"
1866 - Moved to Navarro Co., TX
1870 - Trustee, Long Prairie School District, Navarro Co, TX
1880 - Practiced medicine, Navarro Co., TX
1886 - Practiced medicine, Kerens, Navarro Co., TX
03/20/1894 - Died, Rural Shade, Navarro Co., TX (buried: Long Prairie Cemetery, [formerly called "Alligator Cemetery"], Kerens, Navarro Co. TX)

Note: One source claims Dr. Selman was a surgeon with the 4th AL Cavalry. This could not be corroborated with any primary source evidence including his Compiled Service
Record in the National Archives and Records Administration.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/05/2013. Unpublished database.


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