Its Family Time~The Two Marriages of Richard Caswell Sellers

From the first paragraph of the obituary of Richard Caswell Sellers.

“R. C. Sellars was born in South Carolina June 13, 1821 departed this life Aug. 29, 1909. Age 88 years 2 months and 15 days. He came to Carroll County, when he was only 6 years of age [1827] where he lived until he was 26 [1847] years old, when he moved to Gibson county where he resided until his death. He professed faith in Christ in the year of 1857 and joined the Missionary Baptist church of which he lived a consistent member until death. He was a dutiful Christian, always being regular at his church as long as health would permit.” ¹

Richard Caswell Sellers was the son of John Sellers and Henrietta Norwood. He was their eleventh child of fourteen. The family moved from Chesterfield County, South Carolina to Carroll County, Tennessee. They settled in Carroll County, Tennessee when Richard Caswell was 6 years old in 1827. Eight years later his grandfather, Hardy Sellers, would pass away at age 77 on 12 January 1835 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

At age 24, Richard Caswell Sellers married a young lady by the name of Mariah Hampton on 18 May 1846 in Gibson County, Tennessee.

After the birth of 8 children, Mariah Hampton Sellers passed away in September 1866. The children of Richard C. & Mariah H. Sellers are:

1. Francis Marion, b. Jun 1850.
2. Joseph William, b. 3 Jan 1853.
3. Sarah E., b. Jan 1854.
4. John W., b. Jan 1854.
5. Robert Hatton, b. 15 Jan 1858.
6. James A., b. 1860.
7. Mary E.,  b. 1862.
8. Thomas W., b. 1865.

After the unexpected death of his wife Mariah, Richard Caswell married Anna Eliza Crawford on  29 Jan 1867 in Carroll County, Tennessee.

To this union were born three additional children. The children of Richard Caswell and Anna Eliza Crawford Sellers are: 

1. Caswell C., b. 1876 in Gibson County, Tn.
2. Mattie Victoria, b. 1 Nov 1878 in Gibson County, Tn. 
3. Malissa Artenie, b. 17 Aug 1880 in Gibson County, Tn.

Richard Caswell Sellers died 29 Aug 1909 in Carroll County, Tennessee and is buried in the Shiloh Cemetery, Bradford, Gibson County, Tennessee.  His second wife, Anna Eliza Crawford Sellers died 4 March 1924 is is buried with her husband in the Shiloh Cemetery.

Richard Caswell Sellers is my 1st Cousin 5X Removed.

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  3 July 2014); Memorial page for Richard Caswell Sellers; (13 June 1821–29 August 1909); Find a Grave memorial # 19032149, Citing Shiloh Cemetery; Bradford, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Gibson County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 17, Gibson, Tennessee, Page: 190A(Stamped), Line 36, Dwelling 934, Family NL, Household of Richard C. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 November 2019); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 878.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Gibson County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 17, Gibson, Tennessee, Page: 367(Stamped); Line 38, Dwelling 2393, Family 2418, Household of R. C. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 November 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm M653.
4. 1870 U. S. Census, Gibson County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 17, Gibson, Tennessee, Page: 471A(Stamped); Line 38, Dwelling 2393, Family 2418, Household of Richard SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 November 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm M593_1528.
5. 1880 U. S. Census, Gibson County, Tennessee, population schedule, North Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, enumeration district (ED) 046, Page 475D (Stamped) Line 43, Dwelling 322, Family 323, Household of Richard C. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 November 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_1255.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Richard Caswell Sellers (13 June 1821–29 August 1909), Memorial # 19032149.
7. "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 7 jo;y 2020), Marriage: Richard C. Sellers & Mariah Hampton, Marriage Date: 18 May 1846.
8. "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database, Ancestry>, MARRIAGE: R. C. Sellers & A. E. Crawford.