1871 Sellers-Alexander Marriage

Andrew J. Sellers is the son of Noah Sellers and his wife Timmie Ellen Parsons. In the late 1840’s between 1846 and 1848 Noah and his Brother William Eddins who were married to sisters (Timmie & Elizabeth Parsons) moved their families from Chesterfield, South Carolina to Tennessee. ^1-2

About 1854, William Eddins Sellers was killed while raising a roof on a local church (family folklore) and Elizabeth took herself and the children back to Chesterfield County, South Carolina.³

Then sometime in the early 1870, Charles White, a Sellers descendant, reports that Andrew J. Sellers came to Texas and then returned to Madison County to married Sarah Amanda Alexander. They were married on 18 January 1871. ⁴ 

Next the oldest son James Calhoun moved his family to Fannin County, Texas. It was here in Fannin County that James Calhoun married Mary Lee Moore on 27 October 1887. ⁵ 

After the marriage of Andrew and Sarah they stayed on for a while in Madison County most likely until the death of Andrew’s father Noah Sellers. There are various reports that Noah died in 1894; none have been confirmed. At that time, he brought his Mother, Timmie Parsons Sellers, to Ellis County, Texas to live with his brother, William A. Sellers and his wife Eppie Irene Young.⁶

On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1899, Timmie Parsons Sellers died in Ellis County, Texas In 1900, Andrew and Sarah were living in Fannin County, Texas.⁷ A short time later they moved to Sulphur, McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

There are reports that Sarah Amanda Alexander Sellers died on 28 July 1901 and that Andrew J. Sellers died  on 12 February 1905 and both are buried in Sulphur, McCurtain County, Oklahoma..

I have not been able to confirm either of these two dates. In 1880, Andrew and Sarah are listed in the Madison County, TN census and in 1900, they are listed in the Fannin County, TX  Census. If you have evidence that can confirmed either of these two dates, please contact me. No tombstone has been found for Andrew or Sarah Sellers.

Andrew J. Sellers is my 1st cousin 3 times removed. 





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[1] 1850 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 12, Carroll County, Tennessee, Page: 104B(stamped); Line 39, Dwelling 1386, Family 1386, Household of Noah SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 889.
[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] Andrew J. Sellers and Sarah Amanda Alexander, (19 January 1871), Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002: page 187; Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm, Nashville, TN, Tennessee.
[5] Marriage: Fannin County, Texas, 30 Oct. 1887; J. C. Sellers and M. L. Moore. ,
[6] 1900 U. S. Census, Ellis County, Texas, population schedule, Italy, Ellis County, Texas, enumeration district (ED) 0034, Page: 4A/257(stamped); Line 50, Dwelling 54, Family 55, Household of William SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1630.
[7] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com : Accessed on 30 December 2013); Headstone for Timmie Sellers; (2 September 1817–24 December 1899); Records of the Milford Cemetery, Plot: 6C; Milford, Ellis County, Texas, USA.