Gray Selby

Gray C. Selby (born c. 1853) was a farmer, teacher, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Marshall County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1880 and 1881. ^{[1] [2]}

He served with Confederate Army veteran, teacher, lawyer, civil engineer and surveyor Elias Jackson Marett, Winfield S. Featherston, and S. W. Mullins. ^[2] A “Colored” Republican, he was reported to have fled to Arkansas due to intimidation. ^[3]

See also

• African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900

References

1. "Gray C. Selby – Against All Odds".
2. Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (June 28, 1880). "Journal" – via Google Books.
3. Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session. 1882.