Selden Ezra Withee

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Selden Ezra Withee is one of the founding brethren of the TW exclusive assembly in Somerset County, Maine, which met initially in Detroit, and presently in Palmyra, sometimes known as the Palmyra Meeting Room, ME. He was born on Dec. 19, 1901 in Pittsfield, Somerset, ME, the son of Arthur Ezra Withee, and his wife Lottie L. Carr Withee (1873-1952 Pittsfield, ME), his parents were married Dec. 12, 1900 in Pittsfield.

Siblings

  • Wayne Withee - Detroit, ME
  • Wilfred Withee - Troy, ME
  • Walter Withee - Richmond, ME

Ancestry

  • Arthur Ezra Withee
  • Lottie L. Carr Withee (1873-1952 Pittsfield, ME); Donald M. Hinckley, Universalist pastor, officiated her funeral.
    • Enoch R. Carr (1840-1917)
    • Hattie M. Liskness Carr (1842-1904)

Marriage

On Apr. 26, 1928, Selden married Dorothy Catherine Wyman in Detroit, ME. Dorothy was born Aug. 22, 1909 in Detroit, and died on Apr. 1, 2000. She was the daughter of Nelson Ernest Wyman (1889-1960) and his wife Cora G. Temple Wyman (1890-1950), who were married Feb. 23, 1906 in Detroit.

Wyman Ancestry

  • Nelson Ernest Wyman (b. 1889 Detroit, ME - d. 1960 Bangor, ME)
    • Calvin Charles Wyman (b. 1859 ME)
    • Lovina E. Myrick Wyman-Gray (b. 1863 Burnham, ME - d. 1948 Detroit, ME); 2nd husband: George W. Gray; Donald Hinckley, Universalist pastor, officiated funeral.
  • Cora G. Temple Wyman (b. 1890 Detroit, ME - d. 1950 Pittsfield, ME)
    • Charles Giles Temple (1848-1919)
    • Alice M. Gray Temple (1850-1935)


Sources

  • Ancestry.com
  • Newspapers.com

Children

  • Irene V. Withee (1930-1945)
  • Nelson Ernest Withee (1935-2003)
    • wife: Sheila A. Withee (b. 1941)
  • Rebecca Withee Calvert - Independence, MO


Sources

  • Ancestry.com
  • Newspapers.com