The Wellington Leader February 9, 1939
Miss Ella Selby, one of this area's oldest residents, the daughter of two of Texas' early day colonists, and a friend of the family of Vice-President John Garner, died at the home of a niece, Mrs. Monty Skipper, shortly after 12 o'clock Saturday morning. She had been seriously ill for about a week. Miss Selby was ninety years, three months and twenty-eight days of age, and for the last thirty-seven years she had lived in this county, most of the time near Quail.
Due to her age, Miss Selby was seldom away from her home, but during the years she had lived here she had gained many friends who loved and admired her. Her high ideals and strength of character won for her the respect of all who knew her.
Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Church in Quail Sunday after noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Ella Howard Selby was born in Harrison County, Texas, on October 7, 1848, only three years after Texas was admitted to the Union. While still very young, she moved with her family to Red River County, where she lived until she came to this county.
Miss Selby was the daughter of Thomas F. Selby, who was born in Philadelphia in 1804, and Sarah Selby, who was born in Laurence County, Georgia in 1814. She was descended from a long line of English sea captains. Her parents were among the early settlers of Texas, coming here with the colony of Stephen F. Austin while the state was still a province on Mexico. In her own lifetime she had seen the tremendous development of this area from its rough frontier stage to its place as one of the greatest in the Union.
She had lived a devout Christian life, and for 75 years had been a member of the Methodist Church, having joined at the age of fifteen.
Surviving are these nieces and nephews, Mrs. Monty Skipper of Wellington, Mrs. W. T. Hughes of Farwell, J. Arthur Aaron of Dallas, Mark Day of Lubbock, Louis Day of Floydada, Tom Harris of Supply, Oklahoma, John Harris of California, Hobert Selby of Pampa, and Jim Selby of Mobeetie. She had numerous other relatives here, including several great-great-great nieces and nephews.
Miss Ella Selby, one of this area's oldest residents, the daughter of two of Texas' early day colonists, and a friend of the family of Vice-President John Garner, died at the home of a niece, Mrs. Monty Skipper, shortly after 12 o'clock Saturday morning. She had been seriously ill for about a week. Miss Selby was ninety years, three months and twenty-eight days of age, and for the last thirty-seven years she had lived in this county, most of the time near Quail.
Due to her age, Miss Selby was seldom away from her home, but during the years she had lived here she had gained many friends who loved and admired her. Her high ideals and strength of character won for her the respect of all who knew her.
Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Church in Quail Sunday after noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Ella Howard Selby was born in Harrison County, Texas, on October 7, 1848, only three years after Texas was admitted to the Union. While still very young, she moved with her family to Red River County, where she lived until she came to this county.
Miss Selby was the daughter of Thomas F. Selby, who was born in Philadelphia in 1804, and Sarah Selby, who was born in Laurence County, Georgia in 1814. She was descended from a long line of English sea captains. Her parents were among the early settlers of Texas, coming here with the colony of Stephen F. Austin while the state was still a province on Mexico. In her own lifetime she had seen the tremendous development of this area from its rough frontier stage to its place as one of the greatest in the Union.
She had lived a devout Christian life, and for 75 years had been a member of the Methodist Church, having joined at the age of fifteen.
Surviving are these nieces and nephews, Mrs. Monty Skipper of Wellington, Mrs. W. T. Hughes of Farwell, J. Arthur Aaron of Dallas, Mark Day of Lubbock, Louis Day of Floydada, Tom Harris of Supply, Oklahoma, John Harris of California, Hobert Selby of Pampa, and Jim Selby of Mobeetie. She had numerous other relatives here, including several great-great-great nieces and nephews.
The Wellington Leader February 9, 1939
Miss Ella Selby, one of this area's oldest residents, the daughter of two of Texas' early day colonists, and a friend of the family of Vice-President John Garner, died at the home of a niece, Mrs. Monty Skipper, shortly after 12 o'clock Saturday morning. She had been seriously ill for about a week. Miss Selby was ninety years, three months and twenty-eight days of age, and for the last thirty-seven years she had lived in this county, most of the time near Quail.
Due to her age, Miss Selby was seldom away from her home, but during the years she had lived here she had gained many friends who loved and admired her. Her high ideals and strength of character won for her the respect of all who knew her.
Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Church in Quail Sunday after noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Ella Howard Selby was born in Harrison County, Texas, on October 7, 1848, only three years after Texas was admitted to the Union. While still very young, she moved with her family to Red River County, where she lived until she came to this county.
Miss Selby was the daughter of Thomas F. Selby, who was born in Philadelphia in 1804, and Sarah Selby, who was born in Laurence County, Georgia in 1814. She was descended from a long line of English sea captains. Her parents were among the early settlers of Texas, coming here with the colony of Stephen F. Austin while the state was still a province on Mexico. In her own lifetime she had seen the tremendous development of this area from its rough frontier stage to its place as one of the greatest in the Union.
She had lived a devout Christian life, and for 75 years had been a member of the Methodist Church, having joined at the age of fifteen.
Surviving are these nieces and nephews, Mrs. Monty Skipper of Wellington, Mrs. W. T. Hughes of Farwell, J. Arthur Aaron of Dallas, Mark Day of Lubbock, Louis Day of Floydada, Tom Harris of Supply, Oklahoma, John Harris of California, Hobert Selby of Pampa, and Jim Selby of Mobeetie. She had numerous other relatives here, including several great-great-great nieces and nephews.
Miss Ella Selby, one of this area's oldest residents, the daughter of two of Texas' early day colonists, and a friend of the family of Vice-President John Garner, died at the home of a niece, Mrs. Monty Skipper, shortly after 12 o'clock Saturday morning. She had been seriously ill for about a week. Miss Selby was ninety years, three months and twenty-eight days of age, and for the last thirty-seven years she had lived in this county, most of the time near Quail.
Due to her age, Miss Selby was seldom away from her home, but during the years she had lived here she had gained many friends who loved and admired her. Her high ideals and strength of character won for her the respect of all who knew her.
Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Church in Quail Sunday after noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Ella Howard Selby was born in Harrison County, Texas, on October 7, 1848, only three years after Texas was admitted to the Union. While still very young, she moved with her family to Red River County, where she lived until she came to this county.
Miss Selby was the daughter of Thomas F. Selby, who was born in Philadelphia in 1804, and Sarah Selby, who was born in Laurence County, Georgia in 1814. She was descended from a long line of English sea captains. Her parents were among the early settlers of Texas, coming here with the colony of Stephen F. Austin while the state was still a province on Mexico. In her own lifetime she had seen the tremendous development of this area from its rough frontier stage to its place as one of the greatest in the Union.
She had lived a devout Christian life, and for 75 years had been a member of the Methodist Church, having joined at the age of fifteen.
Surviving are these nieces and nephews, Mrs. Monty Skipper of Wellington, Mrs. W. T. Hughes of Farwell, J. Arthur Aaron of Dallas, Mark Day of Lubbock, Louis Day of Floydada, Tom Harris of Supply, Oklahoma, John Harris of California, Hobert Selby of Pampa, and Jim Selby of Mobeetie. She had numerous other relatives here, including several great-great-great nieces and nephews.
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