Tombstone Tuesday–Elizabeth Parsons Sellers

Elizabeth Parsons was born on 9 Mar 1822 in ,North Carolina.^{1 2} She appeared in the census in 1860 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States.^{3 4} Elizabeth died on 30 May 1899 at the age of 77 and was buried at Zoar Church Cemetery.^{5 6 7} A Memorial has been created for her at www.findagrave.com.⁸

Elizabeth Parsons and William Eddins Sellers were married about 1840. William Eddins Sellers, son of William Sellers and Gilly Eddins, was born about 1820 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Madison County, Tennessee.⁹ He died about 1854 at the age of 34 in Madison County, Tennessee.

William Eddins Sellers and Elizabeth Parsons had the following children:

i. William Riley Sellers was born about 1842 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ^{10 11} He served in the military Enlisted into Civil War by J. C. Craig on 26 Dec 1861 in Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States. William died on 23 Mar 1865 at the age of 23 in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States.¹² A Memorial has been created for him at www.findagrave.com.¹³

ii. Andrew Washington Sellers, born 24 Nov 1844, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Catherine Pinkney Wallace, 27 Dec 1865, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 12 Jan 1935, Florence County, South Carolina.

iii. James Arnold Sellers, born 16 Sep 1846, Madison County, Tennessee; married Sarah Jane Pittman, abt 1866; married Nancy Jane Johnson, abt 1896, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 14 Mar 1904, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

iv. Mary Abigail Sellers, born 24 Mar 1848, Madison County, Tennessee; married John W. Brock, 14 Mar 1869, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 3 May 1907, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

v. Louise Ellen Sellers, born Sep 1850, Madison County, Tennessee; married Benjamin Franklin Brock, 1870; died 15 Dec 1928, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

vi. Alonzo W. Sellers was born about 1854 in Madison County, Tennessee. ¹⁴ He died in Apr 1860 at the age of 6 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
 

Photo courtesy of Julious Burr

 
 






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1. Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital image, http://www.findagrave.com; Headstone for Elizabeth Sellers; (9 March 1822–10 May 1899); Memorial # 83059642; Record of the Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County. South Carolina, USA; Accessed on 11 June 2010.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Madison County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 10, Madison County, Tennessee, Page 305B; Line 1, Dwelling 244, Family 244, Household of Wm. E. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 889.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 130B; Line 28, Dwelling 0522, Family 0521, Household of Elizabeth SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page 325C, Line 29, Dwelling 252, Family # 252, Household of Benj. F. BROCK; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2010); citing National Archive Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.
5. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 837. Tombstone of Elizabeth Sellers; 9 March 1822–10 May 1899, Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

6. Brock Family Bible Family Bible Holy Bible, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Death - May 30th 1899; ELIZABETH SELLARS, Obtained from . DEATH: Taken from a Brock Family Bible (30 May 1899) in possession of my Mother and Tombstone at Zoar Cemetery. "ELIZABETH SELLARS departed life May the 30th, 1899".
7. Interview with a Confederate Veteran obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 7 April 1932. Sellers, Confederate Veteran (conducted by Nellie Bristow, Florence Morning News, reprinted Chesterfield Advertiser, April 7, 1932). Interview with a Confederate Veteran

Andrew Washington Sellers is my great grand uncle. He is the brother of my Great Grand Mother Louise Ellen Sellers.  Andrew was born 24 Nov 1844 and died 12 Jan 1935 in Florence, Florence County, SC. He married Catherine Pinkey Wallace on 27 December 1865.
Interview with Andrew Washington Sellers, Confederate Veteran (conducted by Nellie Bristow, Florence Morning News, reprinted Chesterfield Advertiser, April 7, 1932)
[Note: All spelling and punctuation left as printed].
8. Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com, Accessed on 11 June 2010; Headstone for Elizabeth Sellers; Memorial # 83059642.
9. 1850 U. S. Census, Madison County, Tennessee, Population Schedule, District 10, Madison County, Tennessee, Page 305B; Line 1, Dwelling 244, Family 244, Household of Wm. E. SELLERS.
10. Ibid.
11. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 130B; Line 28, Dwelling 0522, Family 0521, Household of Elizabeth SELLERS.
12. Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Columbia, South Carolina: Univ of South Carolina, 1997), page 312. SELLERS, W. Riley, died 23 March 1865 at Elmira, NY , Died in Prison; buried at Woodlawn, NY #2438 Elmira.
13. Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital image, http://findagrave.com; Headstone for Pvt W R Sellers; (1842–23 March 1865); Memorial # 66214868; Record of the Woodlawn National Cemetery, Plot: CSA 2438; Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA; Accessed on 2012. Pvt W R SellersBirth: unknown
Death: Mar. 23, 1865
Note: 4th SC Cavalry Company A
Burial: Woodlawn National Cemetery
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA
Plot: CSA 2438
Created by: Hope
Record added: Feb 27, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 66214868
14. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 130B; Line 28, Dwelling 0522, Family 0521, Household of Elizabeth SELLERS.