Tombstone Tuesday~Timmie Parsons Sellers

Timmie Parsons Sellers

b. Sept. 2, 1817

d. Dec. 24, 1899

bu. Milford Cemetery

Ellis Co., Texas

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Angie Knott

Timmie Parsons was the daughter of Abington Parsons and his wife Mary. Timmie married Noah Sellers, son of William Sellers and Gilly Eddins sometime after 1 June 1840 in Chesterfield, South Carolina. ^1-2

By 1846 Noah & Timmie had 4 young sons in the family. The youngest, Andrew J. was born in 1846. Their next child, a daughter named Susannah was born in 1848 in Carroll County, Tennessee.³ 

After the birth of Susannah, Noah and Timmie were to add another daughter and two sons with one of the sons dying very young at age 3. ⁴ 

On October 24, 1861, Noah enlisted with Company I. 27th Tennessee Volunteers to serve in the Civil War. He survived the Civil War to return home to his family. ⁵

No proven verifiable death date has been found for Noah but most indicates he died sometime around 1890 in Madison County, Tennessee. 

By 1890 most of the 7 living children with the exception of Thomas E. Sellers had moved to Ellis &  Fannin County, Texas. Young Andrew J. had moved to Fannin  County sometime shortly after the War. Around 1871, he returned from Texas to Madison County, Tennessee to marry Sarah Amanda Alexander on 19 January 1871.  After their marriage, Andrew and Sarah stayed on in Carroll County with his Mother and Father, Noah and Timmie Sellers. ^6-7

As stated earlier, Noah died sometime around 1890  and Andrew, his wife Sarah along with his mother Timmie moved to Ellis County, Texas where Timmie was to stay with her son William A. Sellers and his wife Eppie Irene Young. 

On 24 December 1899, Timmie Parsons Sellers, at age 80, died in Ellis County, Texas. She was laid to rest in the Milford Cemetery, Milford, Ellis County, Texas.⁸




Note: Special Thanks to Angie Knott who took time over the holidays to provide the tombstone photo of Timmie Sellers grave marker. Thank you, Angie.

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[1] 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.
[2] 1840 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 M704_Roll 510.
[3] 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.
[4] 1860 U. S. Census, Henderson County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 2, Henderson County, Tennessee, Page: 197; Line 12, Dwelling 172, Family 179, Household of Noah SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M653 Roll 1256.
[5] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 2 January 2014), entry for Noah SELLARS, Private; Company I, Twenty-seventh Infantry; Confederate.
[6] 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.
[7] 1880 U. S. Census, Madison County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 14, Madison County, Tennessee, enumeration district (ED) 098, Page: 308D (stamped); Line 1, Dwelling NL, Family 263, Household of Noah SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_Roll 1270.
[8] 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.