Walter Gholson Selman b. 7 Oct 1895 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA d. 13 Nov 1961 Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA: Smith Family Tree

Walter Gholson Selman

1895 - 1961 (66 years)

Name	Walter Gholson Selman [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Birth	7 Oct 1895	Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Gender	Male
Census	1900	Bridgeport, Jackson, Alabama, USA [11]
	Age: 4; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son of Mary and Walter Selman
Military Draft Registration	1917	Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, USA [12]
	Draft Registration - WWI
Military Service	1918	Arizona, USA [3, 4, 6, 13]
	US Army - WWI and WWII; Arizona National Guard; Lt Colonel, Company A; 158 Infantry
Arrival	4 Apr 1919	Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, USA [6]
	Departed Brest, France on USS Frederick
Census	1920	El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA [14]
	Marital Status: Married to Hazel; Relation to Head: Son-in-law of Jane and Aaron Robinson
Census	1930	Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA [1]
	Marital Status: Married to Hazel; Relation to Head: Head
Census	1950	Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA [15]
	Relation to Head: Lodger at Marion Hotel; Marital Status: Divorced
Death	13 Nov 1961	Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA [4, 8, 9, 13]
Burial	Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, USA [4, 8, 13]
	Margie Herring and Walter Selman buried together
		Marietta National Cemetery Marietta, Cobb, Georgia Find a Grave: #109424 Plot: National Cemetery
Person ID	I25366	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Family 1	Margie Irene Herring, b. 12 Dec 1906, Smith County, Tennessee, USA d. 9 Mar 1983, Habersham County, Georgia, USA (Age 76 years)
Marriage	1955	Pinellas County, Florida, USA [7, 16, 17]
Family ID	F10655	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Family 2 Hazel Robinson, b. 12 Apr 1899, Texas, USA d. 19 Sep 1990, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA (Age 91 years)

Marriage 16 Aug 1917 El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA [2]

Marriage End 1930 Duval County, Florida, USA [5]

Divorce of Hazel and Walter Selman

Children

1. Robin Oxley Selman, b. 18 May 1920, El Paso County, Texas, USA

d. 29 Jun 1993, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

(Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F10656 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 7 Oct 1895 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Age: 4; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son of Mary and Walter Selman - 1900 - Bridgeport, Jackson, Alabama, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWI - 1917 - Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, USA
	Marriage - 16 Aug 1917 - El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
	Military Service - US Army - WWI and WWII; Arizona National Guard; Lt Colonel, Company A; 158 Infantry - 1918 - Arizona, USA
	Arrival - Departed Brest, France on USS Frederick - 4 Apr 1919 - Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married to Hazel; Relation to Head: Son-in-law of Jane and Aaron Robinson - 1920 - El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married to Hazel; Relation to Head: Head - 1930 - Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA
	Marriage End - Divorce of Hazel and Walter Selman - 1930 - Duval County, Florida, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Lodger at Marion Hotel; Marital Status: Divorced - 1950 - Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
	Marriage - 1955 - Pinellas County, Florida, USA
	Death - 13 Nov 1961 - Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA
	Burial - - Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, USA

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Sources

[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Jacksonville, Duval, Florida; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0052; FHL microfilm: 2340049.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Jacksonville, Duval, Florida; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0052; FHL microfilm: 2340049
[S637] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;).
[S2475] Ancestry.com, U.S., Official National Guard Register, 1925, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;).
[S2851] Ancestry.com, U.S., National Cemeteries, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;), Marietta National Cemetery; Section: A Marietta, Georgia.

U.S., National Cemeteries
Marietta National Cemetery; Section: A Marietta, Georgia
[S308] Ancestry.com, Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;).

Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001

[S1188] Ancestry.com, U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;), The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 100.

U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939
The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 100

[S69] Ancestry.com, Florida, Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;).

Florida, Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001
[S4911] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Walter Selman • Atlanta Constitution - 16 Nov 1961, Lt Col Walter Gholson Selman -- The Atlanta Constitution; Publication Date: 16 Nov 1961; Publication Place: Atlanta, Georgia.
SELMAN Lt. Col. Walter G, US Army, Retired, of Corpus Christi, Texas, died Nov. 13, 1961.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margie Herring Selman; son, Mr. Robin O. Selman, Lake Worth, Fla.; stepdaughter, Mrs. Beverly Tedder, Atlanta; stepson, Mr Dan K. Joslin, Chamblee, and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 17, at 10:30 o'clock, at Oglethorpe Hill. Interment, Marietta National Cemetery with full military honors.

H. M. Patterson & Son
https://www.newspapers.com/image/398280593/?article=58354c1d-79aa-412d-9e6e-0a4ac5431b1c&focus=0.7213854,0.35955983,0.84312624,0.4570195&xid=3355
[S1382] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas.

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
[S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;).
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Bridgeport, Jackson, Alabama; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1240019.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Bridgeport, Jackson, Alabama; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1240019
[S28] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Registration State: Kentucky; Registration County: Campbell.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Registration State: Kentucky; Registration County: Campbell
[S8381] Find a Grave (Military Cemeteries), SELMAN Walter Gholson 1895-1961 (Veteran).
"Kentucky - Lt Col US Army - World War I & II - ARCOM"

Walter married his 1st wife, Hazel Emily Robinson (1899-1990) in El Paso TX,
on Thursday, August 16, 1917.
Hazel E. (Robinson) Selman is the Mother of his Son:
Robin Oxley Selman Sr (1920-1993)

Walter married his 2nd wife, Margie I. (Herring) Selman, in 1955 in Pinellas county FL,
they had no children.

Because Margie (Herring) Selman was cremated and buried with him,
Margie's birth and death dates are engraved on the back side of Walter's gravestone at Marrietta National Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3956228/walter_gholson_selman
[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: El Paso Precinct 15, El Paso, Texas; Roll: T625_1799; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 61.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: El Paso Precinct 15, El Paso, Texas; Roll: T625_1799; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 61

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Atlanta, Fulton, Geo.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Atlanta, Fulton, Geo

[S69] Ancestry.com, Florida, Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;).

Florida, Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001
[S8381] Find a Grave (Military Cemeteries), HERRING Margie Irene Joslin Selman 1906-1983 (Spouse).
She was known as GranMargie to her grandchildren.

Because Margie Irene Herring was cremated and buried with her 2nd husband,
Walter Gholson Selman, at Marietta National Cemetery, Cobb county GA, (a US Military Veterans Cemetery), her name, birth and death dates are engraved on the back side of Walter's gravestone.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3956227/margie-irene-selman

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