Tombstone Tuesday~Catherine P. Wallace Sellers

Catherine Pinkney Wallace Sellers

b. 24 April 1842

d. 30 December 1912

b. Zoar Church Cemetery

Inscription:
A loving wife and mother and a friend to all.

Catherine Pinkney Wallace was born on 24 Apr 1842 in Anson County, North Carolina, United States.¹  She died on 30 Dec 1912 at the age of 70 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.² Catherine was buried at Zoar Church Cemetery in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.³ A Memorial has been created for Catherine at www.findagrave.com.⁶

The Partition of the Lands of Jesse and Frances Wallace, her parents, and their estate can be found in Anson County, NC in Deed Book 28.^4 5

Catherine Pinkney Wallace and Andrew Washington Sellers were married on 27 Dec 1865 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Andrew Washington Sellers, son of William Eddins Sellers and Elizabeth Parsons, was born on 24 Nov 1844 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ^{7 8} He served in the military Civil War in 1861–1865. 

He died on 12 Jan 1935 at the age of 90 in Florence County, South Carolina. He was buried on 13 Jan 1935 at Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina⁹ A Memorial has been created for him at www.findagrave.com.¹⁰

Andrew Washington Sellers and Catherine Pinkney Wallace had nine children; 5 sons and 4 daughters.

Catherine P. Wallace is my great grand Aunt by her marriage to my great grand Uncle Andrew Washington Sellers, a brother to my great grand Mother Louise Ellen Sellers who married Benjamin Franklin Brock.









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1. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 835. Tombstone of Catherine P. Wallace Sellers; 24 April 1842–30 December 1912, Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Anson County, North Carolina, Book 28: Page 35-40, Partition of the Lands of Jesse and Frances Wallace; , Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
5. Interview with a Confederate Veteran, 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).
6. Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital image, http://www.findagrave.com; Headstone for Catherine Pinkney Wallace Sellers; (24 April 1842–30 December 1912); Memorial # 32166142; Record of the Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA; Accessed on 27 May 2013.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Mr. Andrew Washington Sellers, The Chesterfield Advertiser,, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 24 January 1935, page 1, col 5:.
10. Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital image, http://www.findagrave.com; Headstone for Andrew Washington Sellers; (24 November 1844–12 January 1935); Memorial # 32166062; Record of the Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA; Accessed on 26 May 2013.