Phillip A. Sellers was borne on 3 May 1818 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.1 Phillip was the first borne child of Roland Sellers and Margaret Eddins. He had 13 siblings: 5 sisters and 9 brothers.
Phillip A. Sellers married Martha Ann Brooks about 1844 in Anson County, North Carolina. Martha Ann Brooks, daughter of Thomas Brooks and Sarah Pratt, was born on 16 Aug 1830 in Mississippi. Phillip owned a 250 acre farm (near Gum Springs) south of Lilesville, which he farmed while Martha stayed home to care for the large growing family.
When the Civil War was ignited in 1861, Phillip A. Sellers signed on with Company I, North Carolina 3rd Light Artillery.
Phillip A. Sellers and Martha Ann Brooks had the following children:
i. Eliza Frances Sellers, born 6 May 1844, Anson County, North Carolina; married James M. Hinson, 1865; died 12 Sep 1931, Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina.
ii. Sarah Emeline Sellers was born about 1849 in Anson County, North Carolina. She died before Mar 1868 at the age of 19 in Anson County, North Carolina.
iii. William Brooks Sellers, born abt 1850, Anson County, North Carolina; married Mary Elimira Carter, 23 Feb 1881; died 19 Jan 1922, Richmond County, North Carolina.
iv. Harriet A. Sellers, born 14 Feb 1851, Anson County, North Carolina; married John W. Deese, 16 Jan 1873, Morven, Anson, North Carolina; died 6 Jul 1925, Morven, Anson, North Carolina.
v. Margaret Jane Sellers, born abt 1852, Anson County, North Carolina; married Thomas Benjamin Hinson, 9 Jan 1873, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina; died 11 May 1913, Richmond County., North Carolina.
vi. Thomas Brooks Sellers, born abt 1855, Anson County, North Carolina; married Mary M. Hinson, 3 Apr 1889, Anson County, North Carolina; died 25 Apr 1894, Anson County, North Carolina.
vii. M. Dora Sellers, born 5 Jan 1855, Anson County, North Carolina; married J. Franklin Smith, 19 Jan 1881, Anson County, North Carolina; died 20 Aug 1929, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina.
viii. Susannna Sellers, born Nov 1860, Anson County, North Carolina; married Daniel R. Webb, 22 Dec 1891, Anson County, North Carolina; died 22 Feb 1921, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina.
ix. Martha Ella Sellers, born abt 1861, Anson County, North Carolina; married William Thomas Wright, 23 Feb 1879, Anson County, North Carolina; died Jul 1896, Anson County, North Carolina.
x. Flora Sellers was born in May 1865 in Anson County, North Carolina. 16 She died after 1902 at the age of 37 in Anson County, North Carolina.
xi. Helen Sellers, born 22 Apr 1866, Anson County, North Carolina; married Henry Riley Hinson, 20 Dec 1906, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina; died 17 Jul 1933, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina.
xii. Alice Virginia Sellers, born 27 Mar 1867, Anson County, North Carolina; married John Scott Swink, 30 Aug 1896, Anson County, North Carolina; died 26 Mar 1917, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
xiii. John Calvin Sellers, born 15 Jul 1872, Anson County, North Carolina; married Katherine A. Harris, 1895, Anson County, North Carolina; died 9 Jul 1931, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina.
Martha Ann Brooks Sellers died on 27 Dec 1889 at the age of 59 in Anson County, North Carolina. She was buried at the Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery on 28 Dec 1889 in Anson County, North Carolina.
On 13 February 1901, Phillip A. Sellers wrote his Last Will and Testament.
On 2 July 1902, Phillip A. Sellers died while working on his farm.
P. A. Sellers
Mr. Sellers was at work in his field when the summons came to him. Without a moment's warning, the Reaper's scythe cut him down. But it was only a delicate thread that was cut, as Mr. Sellers had been a sufferer for years of heart disease and being very old - over 70 - his death, while sadden, was not a surprise. Mr. Sellers lived near Cairo, was a most estimable citizen, of many excellent traits of character he leaves a large family to mourn his death.
On 23 Feb 1905 the homeplace of Phillip A. Sellers was sold to H. W. Little.
23 February 1905 - The home place of the late P. A. Sellers, in Lilesville township, was sold Monday at public auction. Mr. H. VV. Little was the purchaser. The place contains 250 acres, and the consideration was $1,100. [The Messenger and Intelligencer, Wadesboro, North Carolina, 23 Feb 1905, Page 3, Column 1.]
Phillip A. Sellers is 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 1 January 2013); Memorial page for Phillip A. Sellers; (3 May 1818–2 July 1902); Find a Grave memorial #23368532, Citing Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery; Cairo, Anson County, North Carolina.
2. 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Sandy Point, Anson County, North Carolina, Page 188B[stamped]; Line 16, Dwelling 436, Family 436, Household of Sarah ADAMS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 8 February 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 619.
3. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book 6: pages 112 & 113, Rolin R. Sellers and Phillip A. Sellers to William R. Sellers Deed; 7 October 1850, Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
4. 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 278B (page 116 , top right corner); Line 27, Dwelling 899, Family 864, Household of Philip SELLERS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.
5. 1880 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 008, Page: 482B, Line 1, Dwelling 349, Family 358, Household of Philip A. SELLERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 February 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0951.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Phillip A. Sellers (3 May 1818–2 July 1902), Memorial # 23368532.
7. Anson County, North Carolina, Will Book "D", pages 512-514 WILL of P. A. Sellers; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Phillip A. Sellers (3 May 1818–2 July 1902), Memorial # 23368532.
9. Mr. Phillip A. Sellers obituary, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 3 July 1902, page 4. Three Deaths.
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