52 Ancestors #4~William Eddins Sellers

Amy Johnson Crow of No Story to Small has started a challenge of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.

From her blog, “The challenge is: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific Ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem – anything that focus on one ancestor. Not only should this get me should this get me blogging more, but also to take a deeper look at some of the people in my family tree.”  

William Eddins Sellers is my 2nd Great Grandfather on the maternal side of my family.
 
Family tradition states that William Eddins Sellers died about 1854 in Madison County, Tennessee.¹
I know from the 1850 population Census that William E. and Noah Sellers were in Madison County. William Eddins and Noah were brothers.²  



We can see from the 1850 Census above that Andrew W. Sellers was born about 1844 in South Carolina and his baby brother James A. Sellers was born about 1846 in Tennessee. This would indicate that William Eddins and his wife Elizabeth Parsons moved their family from Chesterfield, SC between 1844 and 1846. William Eddins is listed as age 30 in the 1850 Census thus making his birth years about 1820 in Chesterfield, SC.

 William Eddins Sellers was born about 1820 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.³ He died about 1854 at the age of 34 in Madison County, Tennessee. ⁴
 
William Eddins Sellers and Elizabeth Parsons were married about 1840. Elizabeth Parsons, daughter of Abington Parsons and Mary, was born on 9 Mar 1822 in North Carolina.^{5 6 7 8 9}
 
In 1860, we find Elizabeth Parson Sellers back in Chesterfield without her husband providing credence to the fact that William Eddins Sellers either died, was killed or some calamity occurred between 1850 and 1860.^10 11 Another indicator is that their youngest son was born in 1854, thus William Eddins died between 1853 and 1860.




Her youngest son Alonzo W. Sellers died from measles in April 1860. 

William Eddins Sellers and Elizabeth Parsons had the following children:
 
i. William Riley Sellers was born about 1842 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ¹² 
ii. Andrew Washington Sellers, born 24 Nov 1844, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ^{13 14} 
4 iii. James Arnold "Buck" Sellers, born 16 Sep 1846, Madison County, Tennessee.¹⁵
iv. Mary Abigail Sellers, born 24 Mar 1848, Madison County, Tennessee.¹⁶
v. Louise Ellen Sellers, born Jun 1850, Madison County, Tennessee. My Great Grandmother. ¹⁷
vi. Alonzo W. Sellers was born about 1854 in Madison County, Tennessee.¹⁸

 
If you have any information on William Eddins Sellers, I would loved to hear from you.



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[1] Family folklore says that William Eddins Sellers died from a fall while building a church in Madison County, Tennessee. No Tombstone found as of yet.
[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] Ibid.
[4] Family folklore says that William Eddins Sellers died from a fall while building a church in Madison County, Tennessee. 
2. Interview with a Confederate Veteran obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 7 April 1932. Interview with Andrew Washington Sellers, Confederate Veteran (conducted by Nellie Bristow, Florence Morning News, reprinted Chesterfield Advertiser, April 7, 1932).
[5] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com : Accessed on 11 June 2010); Headstone for Elizabeth Sellers; (9 March 1822–10 May 1899); Records of the Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County. South Carolina, USA.
[6] 1830 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 260; Line 3, Household of Mary Parsons; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M19_Roll 172.
[7]. 1830 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 362; Line 20, , Household of Mary Parsons.
[8] James C. Pigg, Cheraw/Chesterfield District Wills, 1750-1865 &: Abstracts from the Court of Common Pleas 1823-1869 (Washington, D.C.: self-Published, 1995), page 115.
[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] 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.
[11] 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.
[[12] 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.
[13] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com : Accessed on 26 May 2013); Headstone for Andrew Washington Sellers; (24 November 1844–12 January 1935); Records of the Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[14] Interview with a Confederate Veteran obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 7 April 1932. Interview with Andrew Washington Sellers, Confederate Veteran (conducted by Nellie Bristow, Florence Morning News, reprinted Chesterfield Advertiser, April 7, 1932).
[15] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com : Accessed on 3 March 2007); Headstone for James Arnold Sellers; (16 September 1846–14 March 1904); Records of the Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[16] Brock Family Bible Family Bible Holy Bible, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), borne March the 24th, 1848; MARY A. BROCK, Obtained from Owned by Ruby L. Johns Purvis.
[17] 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.
[18] Died from Measles, 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, mortality schedule, Chesterfield District, South Carolina, Household of Elizabeth Sellers, A. W. SELLERS, age 6; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 June 2001); citing National Archives Microfilm MRT573_2304.