The FindAGrave Memorial for Samuel Joseph Sellers has his death date listed as unknown.
Samuel J. Sellers
Birth: 1834
Death: unknown
Son of John M. Sellers & Jerusha Ann Smith Sellers. Cpl CO C 8th SC Infantry CSA. Married Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Hurst. Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Hurst Sellers is buried here. No marker for her except the new memorial marker. 2
The above Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 shows that Samuel died in July 1887. This may be so, but after many years of research this is the only document I have found that shows a death date for Samuel Joseph Sellers.3
Note that this application was made in August 1932, forty-five (45) years after the death of Samuel Joseph Sellers. More research is definitely required before accepting this date as the date of death for Samuel Joseph Sellers.
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[1] http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=sellers
[2] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 June 2014); Memorial page for Samuel J. Sellers; (1834-unknown); Find a Grave memorial # 30435663, Citing Hurst Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[3] "Applications for Headstones for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," , Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 June 2014), , "Headstone Applications for Military Veterans - Samuel J. SELLERS," ; National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C;.
That's the first headstone application I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteThe form was much simpler in 1932 than it is today.
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