Probate of The Elizabeth (Sellers) Fail Estate

Elizabeth Sellers, b. abt 1815 was the daughter of Samuel Sellers and Alice “Allie” Cook. Samuel and Allie moved with her family about 1829 and settled in Wilcox County, Alabama.

On 14 Jul 1841, Elizabeth Sellers and Jeremiah Fail were united in marriage. This was the second marriage for Jeremiah who had recently lost his first wife Mary Ann McNeill.

Jeremiah had a son, William George Fail, age 2 when he married Elizabeth Sellers. Together Elizabeth and Jeremiah had two additional daughters of which one, Harriett, died quite young.
William G. Fail was twice married. First, to Celestia Dortch (m. 1863) and then to her sister Mary Ella Dortch (m. 1866)

Jeremiah and Elizabeth, Margaret “Maggie” Fail, married a young attorney by the name of J. K. Reddish on 28 June 1866.

In 1870, Jeremiah and Elizabeth, aka Eliza were living with their daughter Margaret in Wilcox County.

Then sadly on 13 May 1871, Jeremiah Fail passed away. I wrote about the probate of his estate here:

https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2016/09/treasure-chest-thursday-probate-of.html

His son, by the first wife, William George Fail was the Administrator of the estate.

Then approximately two weeks later Elizabeth “Eliza” Sellers Fail died unexpectedly.

In a document contained within the estate file of Jeremiah Fail we have the following comments. This document is transcribed in the above hyperlink to Jeremiah‘s estate post.

“That Mrs. Eliza Fail, the widow of said intestate, died in Wilcox County, Alabama about two weeks after the death of said Jeremiah Fail, and no one has as yet been appointed administrator of her Estate.”

Margaret “Maggie” Fail Reddish was the only surviving heir-at-law of the estate. Her Mother and Father had left her well off for the time period.  Jeremiah had extensive land holdings in the town of Georgiana, Butler County, Alabama.

Elizabeth Sellers Fail left her entire estate to her daughter Margaret “Maggie” Reddish.

The estate file is only available on-line at Ancestry. The hyperlink to the file is:
Eliza Fail = Images 633 to 659 – > https://ancstry.me/2k8FUrz
Jeremiah Fail = Images 661 to 725 – > https://ancstry.me/2k8FUrz

Elizabeth “Eliza” Sellers Fail is my 2nd Cousin 5 times removed.
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[1] https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=8799&h=4187538&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7163