Captain Selah Howell Darling

1860 - 1941  (81 years)

• Name	Selah Howell Darling
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	16 Aug 1860	Northport, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Dec 1941	Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Buried	Cedar Hill Cemetery, Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I29405	Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer Darling,   b. 22 Jan 1834, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 5 Apr 1909, Northport, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Mary Melissa Howell,   b. 22 Jan 1838, Centereach, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 14 Jun 1917, Northport, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Married	22 Jan 1855	, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Family ID	F10836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Jane Irene Smith,   b. 22 Oct 1858, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 31 Aug 1890, Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 31 years)
  Married	Abt 1879
  Children	1. Lillie Belle Darling,   b. 15 Oct 1880, Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 16 Aug 1966, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F10846	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Agnes Jayne Wheeler,   b. 22 Dec 1867, , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 26 Oct 1953, Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Married	12 Mar 1892	, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Children	1. Charles Selah Darling,   b. 1 Mar 1893, Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 29 Apr 1967  (Age 74 years)   2. Harry Browne Darling,   b. 8 Dec 1894, Echo, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 11 Jan 1945  (Age 50 years)   3. Maude Evelyn Darling   4. Elsie Stuart Darling   5. Amy Hope Darling,   b. 20 Sep 1900,   d. 15 Aug 1919  (Age 18 years)   6. Howard Smith Darling,   b. 1904,   d. 1963  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F10848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Saturday, September 20, 1890 - Port Jefferson - Everybody at Port Jefferson is in deep sympathy with Captain Selah Darling who has bad trouble enough to drive a less robust man crazy. Ill fortune has been steadily in his wake, frequently overtaking and wrecking his vessel and causing him heavy losses. About a year ago, he commanded the schooner vessel John Eastwood. she was loaded with lime one Sunday night and took fire in the Hudson river, opposite Sing Sing. The vessel was a total loss. Less than a month afterward he lost the schooner Globe, which went ashore near Wading River. She was also a total wreck. Last week he lost the schooner Ben Franklin off Falkner Island. He had but recently purchased her and spent $500 making repairs. He had no sooner got ashore from the wreck and reached the village than he was appraised of the death that morning of his wife from cancer." After the death of his wife, Sarah Jane, 31 Aug 1890 in Port Jefferson, Selah married Agnes Jane Wheeler in 1892, with whom he fathered Charles Selah, Harry Brown, Maude Evelyn, Elsie Stuart, Amy Hope and Howard Smith Darling. (Source: Thelma Jane Dorsey and Carolee Nichols Diamond; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Saturday, September 20, 1890, Page: 2)