Thomas Henry Selby

Infobox Officeholder
name = Thomas Henry Selby

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order = 13^th
office = Mayor of San Francisco
term_start = December 6, 1869
term_end = December 3, 1871
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predecessor = Frank McCoppin
successor = William Alvord
birth_date = birth date|1820|5|14|mf=y
birth_place = New York City, New York
death_date = death date and age|1875|6|17|1820|5|14|mf=y
death_place = San Francisco, California
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Thomas Henry Selby (May 14, 1820 – June 17, 1875) was the 13th Mayor of San Francisco serving from December 6, 1869 to December 3, 1871.

Thomas Henry Selby was born on May 14, 1820 in New York, NY. When he was 29 years old, Selby went to California for the California Gold Rush. He moved to San Francisco, California and became a merchant in the city. Selby built the Selby Shot Tower in San Francisco and founded the Selby Smelting Works. He was then elected mayor and served from December 6, 1869 to December 3, 1871. He died in San Francisco on June 17, 1875 of pneumonia. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland.

Selby's daughter, Jeanie, married Faxon Dean Atherton Jr., a son of Atherton namesake Faxon Dean Atherton.

His daughter Clair married Andrew Jackson Ralston, brother of William Chapman Ralston.

His son, Prentiss, married Nattie Cofin of the Nantucket Cofins.

References

* The San Francisco Genealogy [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sanmateo/history/smhsm2.htm The History of San Mateo County by Phillip Alexander]