G. M. Selby, farmer, is a native of Rush County, Ind., was born in 1830, and is the eldest living son of Hasty and Rachel (Johnson) Selby, the former a native of Maryland, the latter of Kentucky. Mr. Selby was reared at home until his majority, when he went to Clinton County for three years, after which he returned to Willow Hill, and one year later purchased his present farm, which contains 150 acres, the greater portion of which is well cultivated and improved.
In 1851 he married Hester A. Baker, a native of Indiana, who left the world in 1858. He afterward married Elizabeth Stewart, a native of Shelby County, Ind. Mr. Selby is the parent of five children - Viola, Ann E. and John (twins), and Alvin and Calvin (twins). In politics, Mr. Selby has always voted with the Democratic party and has held several township offices. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity and is among the (Willow Hill) township's leading citizens. - History of Jasper County, Ill, Chicago, F. A. Battey & Co., 1884, p. 521
In 1851 he married Hester A. Baker, a native of Indiana, who left the world in 1858. He afterward married Elizabeth Stewart, a native of Shelby County, Ind. Mr. Selby is the parent of five children - Viola, Ann E. and John (twins), and Alvin and Calvin (twins). In politics, Mr. Selby has always voted with the Democratic party and has held several township offices. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity and is among the (Willow Hill) township's leading citizens. - History of Jasper County, Ill, Chicago, F. A. Battey & Co., 1884, p. 521
G. M. Selby, farmer, is a native of Rush County, Ind., was born in 1830, and is the eldest living son of Hasty and Rachel (Johnson) Selby, the former a native of Maryland, the latter of Kentucky. Mr. Selby was reared at home until his majority, when he went to Clinton County for three years, after which he returned to Willow Hill, and one year later purchased his present farm, which contains 150 acres, the greater portion of which is well cultivated and improved.
In 1851 he married Hester A. Baker, a native of Indiana, who left the world in 1858. He afterward married Elizabeth Stewart, a native of Shelby County, Ind. Mr. Selby is the parent of five children - Viola, Ann E. and John (twins), and Alvin and Calvin (twins). In politics, Mr. Selby has always voted with the Democratic party and has held several township offices. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity and is among the (Willow Hill) township's leading citizens. - History of Jasper County, Ill, Chicago, F. A. Battey & Co., 1884, p. 521
In 1851 he married Hester A. Baker, a native of Indiana, who left the world in 1858. He afterward married Elizabeth Stewart, a native of Shelby County, Ind. Mr. Selby is the parent of five children - Viola, Ann E. and John (twins), and Alvin and Calvin (twins). In politics, Mr. Selby has always voted with the Democratic party and has held several township offices. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity and is among the (Willow Hill) township's leading citizens. - History of Jasper County, Ill, Chicago, F. A. Battey & Co., 1884, p. 521
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