Phillip Hardy Sellers was born 30 October 1875, a son of Phillip Albert Sellers and Anna Jane Douglass of Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Phillip Hardy was the middle child of 9 children.
About 1914, Phillip Hardy Sellers married Ethel “Effie” McManus of Georgia. Her father is thought to be Henry J. McManus of Richmond County, Georgia.
By 1920, Phillip Hardy and Ethel, aka “Effie” had married and migrated to Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida where they remained the rest of their lives.
Phillip and Ethel had two known children:
i. Dixie Rosalie Sellers, born 17 Apr 1916, Palm Beach County, Florida; married Raymond Aloyusis Thomas Hillegass, 6 Feb 1937, Broward County, Florida; died 5 May 2006.
ii. Paul Hardy Sellers, born 15 Apr 1917, Palm Beach County, Florida; married Elouise Deen, 6 Jun 1939; died 6 Jun 1968. Retired Police Lieutenant.
Phillip Hardy Sellers was a carpenter by trade. On 30 April 1946, at the age of 70, he passed away. Effie, his wife, died 27 April 1969 at the age of 77. Phillip and Effie are buried in the Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida.
Phillip Hardy Sellers is my 2nd cousin 3 times removed.
Note: In early September 2023, I networked with surviving family members of Phillip Hardy Sellers and was informed that Phillip's wife Ethel was an "Ennis" not a "McManus" as stated above. This is to correct my misinformation.
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1. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0020, Page: 9A/81 (stamped); Line 38, Dwelling 164, Family 164, Household of Annie J. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 16 April 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.
2. 1920 U. S. Census, Palm Beach County, Florida, population schedule, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida, enumeration district (ED) 136, Page: 19A/165(Stamped); Line 30, Dwelling 59, Family 60, Household of Philip H. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 September 2019); citing NARA publication Roll: T625_229.
3. 1930 U. S. Census, Palm Beach County, Florida, population schedule, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida, enumeration district (ED) 43, Page: 2B/172(Stamped); Line 89, Dwelling 63, Family 64, Household of Philip SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 September 2019); citing NARA publication Roll: T625_328.
4. 1940 U. S. Census, Palm Beach County, Florida, population schedule, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida, enumeration district (ED) 50-59, Page: 8A/814 (Stamped); Line 21, Household #179, Household of Philip H. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 September 2019); citing NARA publication Roll: T627_607.
5. State of Florida, death (30 April 1946), Phillip Hardy Sellers; Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville, Florida.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 October 2013); Memorial page for Phillip Sellers; (1875–1946); Find a Grave memorial # 6164113, Citing Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum; Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.
7. State of Florida, death, (27 April 1968), Mrs. Ethel Sellers.
8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Ethel Sellers (1898–1969), Memorial # 119000151.
I am the great granddaughter of Phillip H & Ethel. My grandmother Dixie told me her dad Phillip was older than her mother & he was married once before (we do not have a name for 1st wife or if they had children). Not sure who has info on the McManus name. I have other family info on Ethels family & Dixies children, grandchildren, great grandchildren & Grt Grt grandchildren. I live in Florida near Boca. Please contact me at cherwdun5977@bellsouth.net
ReplyDeleteIts good to hear from a distant cousin. i will contact you by email.
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