Tombstone Tuesday~Pvt. W. R. Sellers

Pvt. W. R.  Sellers
Birth: unknown
Death: Mar. 23, 1865

Photo Courtesy of Whitepaper

Company A, 4th SC Cavalry

Burial: Woodlawn National Cemetery

Private William Riley Sellers, was born about 1842,^{1 2} the first born child of William Eddins Sellers and Elisabeth Parsons. Over the next twelve years he would be joined by 3 brothers and 2 sisters. His baby brother, Alonzo, would pass away at age 6 in April 1860.³ 

William Riley enlisted into the Confederate Army on 26 December 1861.⁴ On  23 March 1865 William Riley succumbed to pneumonia while imprisoned at  Elmira, NY.⁵ He is buried in CSA Grave #2438 Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York. 

Private William Riley Sellers is my Great Grand Uncle.

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[1] Birth year is based on age reported in 1850 Census.

[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, mortality schedule, Chesterfield District, South Carolina, Household of Elizabeth Sellers, Alonzo W. Sellers; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 June 200); citing National Archives Microfilm MRT573_2304.

[4] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 10 October 2013), entry for William Riley Sellers, Private; Company "A", 4th SC Calvary; Confederate.

[5] Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina, 1997), page 312.

[6] Find A Grave Memorial# 66214868