It’s Family Time~The 1st Marriage of Zilpha Ann Sellers

Zilpha Ann Sellers was born 9 December 1830, a daughter of Hardy Sellers and Levina Gulledge.



On 25 June 1845, Zilpha Ann, age 14, and Dixon P. Gordon, age 25,  were married in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Dixon P. Gordan was the son of James Gordon; his Mother’s name is unknown.

Tragedy struck this family just 15 months later when Dixon P. Gordon passed away on 13 September 1846.

To this union was born one son, James Dixon Gordon, 1846.

Zilpha Ann would later remarry and raise a large family. We will look at that family next Saturday.

Zilpha Ann Sellers Gordon is my 4th Great Grand Aunt. 












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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  28 June 2010); Memorial page for Zilpha Ann Sellers Gaddy; (9 December 1830–2 March 1913); Find a Grave memorial # 42741883, Citing Gaddy-Sellers Cemetery; Gaddy-Sellers Cemetery.
2. Hardy Sellers Equity Notice, The Cheraw Gazette, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, 30 August 1836, page 167, Image 3, column 2.
3. 1850 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 169A (stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 1085, Family 1085, Household of Hardy H. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 June 2012); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
4. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Zilpha Ann Sellers Gaddy (9 December 1830–2 March 1913), Memorial # 42741883.
5. Julie Hampton, Julie Hampton, Newspapers1840-1845 (http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jganis/genealogy/unionco/newspapers1840-1845.html : viewed 8 June 2015), Marriage: Dicksonn P. Gordon and Zilpha Ann Sellers, Married 25 June 1845, Wednesday, July 9, 1845, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.).
6. Julia Hampton, NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS: 1924-1956 (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jganis/unionco/newspapers1924-1947.html : viewed 10 June 2015), Death Of Dickson P. Gordon, Died: On the 13th [Sept. 1846] in Anson county, NC, Tuesday, October 6, 1846, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.).