Anna Jane Douglass, daughter of John Daniel McLaurin Douglass and Harriett Newell McFarland was born in Chesterfield, South Carolina. At age 20, Anna married Phillip Albert Sellers. Phillip Albert Sellers was the son of Elijah Sellers and Sarah Purvis.
Anna and Philip reared a family of nine children; 5 daughters and 4 sons. When the youngest child, a daughter was about 11 years of age her father Philip Albert Sellers died on 6 April 1896 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He is buried in the Douglass cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
After the loss of her husband, Anna Jane stayed for a while in Chesterfield but by 1910, she had moved to Green Bay, Covington County, Alabama to live with her daughter Sarah Ann “ Sallie” and Son-in-Law Joseph Benjamin Hilton. This changed took place sometime between 1900 and 1910; the exact date has not been determined.
Anna Jane Douglass Sellers died on 7 February 1914 and was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Elba, Coffee County, Alabama.
Anna Jane Douglass Sellers
b. 19 Sept. 1845
d. 7 Feb. 1914
bu. Evergreen Cemetery
After 31 years of marriage and 9 children its so sad that this couple was not reunited at death.
Anna Jane Douglass is the wife of Philip Albert Sellers, my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.
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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 June 2017); Memorial page for Phillip Albert Sellers; (1 May 1836–6 April 1896); Find a Grave memorial #41151475, Citing Douglass Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
2. Land Deed - HARRIETT SELLERS & Others to JOHN D. DOUGLASS DEED; 14 January 1870; Deed Book #4; Page(s) 401; Register of Deeds; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, SC; 7 June 2017.
3. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Probate Files & Loose papers, Phillip Albert Sellers; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 22 September 2014); ESTATE FILE #757.
4. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Death date, Phillip Albert Sellers; SC Archives & History, Columbia, South Carolina.
5. 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.
6. 1910 U. S. Census, Covington County, Alabama, population schedule, Green Bay, Covington County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 0056, Page: 17A/90 (stamped); Line 14, Dwelling 196, Family 196, Household of Benjamin J. HILTON; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 16 April 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_9.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Anna Jane Douglass Sellers (19 September 1845–7 February 1914), Memorial #91661381.
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