Selby Family Tree

In 1860 Selbys in the 15 slave states owned 254 slaves.
Maryland was one of five slave states that remained in the Union.
In the Civil War (1861 to 1865) 180 Selby men served as Union soldiers and 81 served as Confederate soldiers.
In the 1880 Census Maryland had 95 Selby households, more than any other state. Ohio was second with 82 Selby families.
By the 1900 Census there were 1,157 Selby families in the U.S.

William Selby

b. 1840
d. August 28, 1862

William Selby is not listed in the family bible, nor is he known to have received any inheritance from Joseph's estate; did he die in his teens? Did William fight and die in the Civil War?
The 1860 Federal Census for the District of Columbia shows William Selby (21), a laborer from Maryland, boarding in the home of James Danford (70) and his wife along with two other single men working as laborers.
Confederate records show that Pvt. William H. Selby of Company H, 25th Virginia Infantry (Heck's Regiment) enlisted May 21, 1861 at Brownsburg, Virginia and died October 27th at Monterey. [Fold3.com]
Confederate records also show that another Pvt. William H. Selby (22) of Company H, 4th Regiment Virginia Infantry enlisted April 20, 1861 at Lexington, Virginia was promoted to Second Corporal, wounded at Manassas July 21, 1861, entered the CSA General Hospital at Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 22 with a forehead injury, given a 20-day furlough, then killed at Manassas August 28, 1862 "whilst bearing the colors." [Fold3.com] This could be our William Selby, the age fits. This also would explain why William is not listed as an heir to Joseph H. Selby in estate documents.