|
|
Harry |
|
|
Harry |
|
HARRY SELBY was burn on August 20, 1881 to William Henry Selby and his wife the former Emma Dunn Gibbon. He was the fourth of nine children born to the Selbys, coming after brothers William H. (1875-1876), George L. (1879-1950), and sister Elizabeth M. (1877-1882). He was followed by Mabel (1884-1948), Mary E. (1997-1953), Walter W.(1891-1974), John G. (1895-1969) and Dorothy (19800-1974). His father was active in Republican politics and served with the Camden Police Department for 14 years, and later with the Water Department. Both Harry and older brother George were somewhat active politically and involved in the early 1900s with Company C, Third Regiment, New Jersey National Guard. George L. Selby was still active with the Guard when the United States went to war in 1917 and served heroically at the Battle of the Argonne Forest, and served the public for many years after his retune at war's end. Harry Selby was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on January 1, 1908. He initially served at the firehouse in the 600 block of Kaighn Avenue. Assigned to Engine Company 2, he was was injured when the combination hose and chemical wagon he was in was involved in an accident on May 19, 1910 at Haddon Avenue and Line Street. Colliding into an iron pole that supported the elevated railway, one of the horse pulling the apparatus was killed on impact, driver Arthur Wingate was seriously injured and Harry Selby, John Lennox, and John Lutts were thrown to the ground. Harry Selby was able to return to service but the injury, most likely to his back, plagued him for the rest of his days. Harry Selby later served as driver for Deputy Chief Samuel S. Buzine. After Buzine's retirement he was appointed stoker, and in 1920 was promoted to Lieutenant and was transferred to Engine Company 10. Suffering from chronic pain as a result of the injury suffered in 1910, Harry Selby took his own life on May 4, 1923. Harry Selby married Daisy Mae Harris on March 7, 1908. The Selby's lived at 330 Beckett Street, adjacent to his father's residence at 328 Beckett Street until 1920. By 1921 they had moved to 326 Beckett Street, and younger brother Walter and his family occupied 330 Beckett Street. The marriage produced three children, William H. Selby, Thelma May Selby, and Norman H. "Norm" Selby. Norm Selby was a star athlete at Woodrow Wilson High School in the 1930s. Extremely fast, he was an All-South Jersey end and a hall of fame baseball player who also excelled in track and basketball. The Second World War ended his bid to play with the New York Giants but he excelled in top semi-pro ball for two decades, and was enshrined in the South Jersey Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. |
| Camden Post-Telegram * March 26, 1906 | |
 |
|
| ...continued... | |
|
|
| Harry Selby - Harry Holmes - Howard Smith - Larry Rhoades - O. Glen Stackhouse | |
|
Camden
Post-Telegram Harry
Selby |
 |
Camden
Post-Telegram Harry
Selby
|
|
 |
Camden
Post-Telegram Harry
Selby
|
|
 |
Camden
Post-Telegram Harry
Selby John Gardner |
| Camden Post-Telegram * May 20, 1910 | |
 |
|
| ...continued... | |
|
|
| John
Lutts - Arthur
Wingate - Harry
Selby - John
Lennox - William Butler Haddon Avenue - Line Street - Pine Street - Engine Company 2 |
|
|
Camden Post-Telegram * January 2, 1913 |
|
 |
|
| ... continued... | |
|
|
| ... continued... | |
|
|
| Charles
A. Todd - John
W. Kelly Jr. - John
H. Lutts - William
K. Buzine - James
Navin - Richard
Marter Joseph Sparks - George Boone - Roy A. Smith - Edward Simpson - Henry C. Knowles Samuel S. Elfreth - George P. Cox - Walter W. Browning - George B. Wade - John A. Stockton Joseph F. Ernst - John A. Dold - Josiah Sage - Daniel Smith - Arthur Wingate - Joseph T. Johnson Harry Hankins - William Laird - William Elberson - John H. Lennox - Martin Carrigan - Charles Cook Harry Selby - Herman O. Kreher - Daniel P. McConnell - William Howell Tatem Harry C. Anderson - Steward Bakley - Joseph Maxwell William Robinson - Richard Sauer - John Watson - Albert Glanders - Ladder Company 1 Charles Menke - Edward S. Gahan - Engine Company 7 - Engine Company 2 |
|
  |
Camden
Post-Telegram |
 |
Camden
Post-Telegram Harry
Selby Article's mention of "Engine Company 1" is incorrect |
Camden Post-Telegram * January 19, 1915 |
|
 |
|
| ...continued... | |
|
|
| Third
Ward Republican Club - Turn Verein Hall - J. Edward Way -
A. Benjamin
Sparks William H. Hall - John T. Rodan - Rushton's Orchestra - Harry Hertline - Walter J. Stanton - Jesse Hillman Lemuel Toy - Jesse Smith - Morris Steelman - William Elberson - Samuel S. Bacon - Albert Keaser Harry Miller - Frank Smith - John S. Roberts - George Murry - Harry Selby - Harry C. Sharp Robert Schroeder - James Vickers - Elwyn D. Steen - William Horay - Clarence H. Thorn - Wright Cox Frank S. Fithian - George F. Hammond - Albert J. Meyer - Harry Stowe - Wesley J. Stanton Thomas Dickinson - Edwin Fields - William H. Dill - Frank S. Ireton - Gustav Jans Charles H. Errickson - Henry Gerke - James MacDemott - George Schu - William M. Fithian Julius R. Schaaf - James Monahan - Thomas Madden - George Cox - Robert J. Garrison |
|
 |
Camden
Post-Telegram |
 |
Camden
Post-Telegram |
| World War I Draft Card | |
 |
|
| Camden Post-Telegram * February 19, 1919 | |
 |
|
| Frank
G. Hitchner - William
Patterson - Peter
Carter - Harry
Selby J.H. Harrington |
|
| Camden Post-Telegram * October 19, 1920 |
 |
 |
Camden
Post-Telegram William H. Selby |
|
|
|
Camden
Post-Telegram Engine
Company 10 |
|
|
Camden
Post-Telegram Harry
Selby |
