It’s Family Time~The Thomas E. Sellers Family

 Thomas E. Sellers was born 1 Oct 1844 in Chesterfield, South Carolina, a son of Noah Sellers and Timmey Ellen Parsons. Sometime around 1846 or 1847, Noah Sellers and his wife Timmey joined a caravan of families that moved from Chesterfield, South Carolina to Carroll County, Tennessee. Thomas was 3 or 4 years of age.  

I can certainly imagine the hard work that Thomas and his 5 brothers was subjected to in Carroll County, Tennessee in the 1840's.  News that the Civil War had begun and young men were needed to defend their homeland probably sounded very romantic and exiting to the sons of Noah  and Timmey Sellers.

Thomas E. Sellers enlisted with Company K, 9th TN Cavalry, which was also called Biffle's 19th Cavalry. A local bio on his FindAGrave memorial reads: “His dates of military service are July 1, 1863 to Feb 29, 1865. In 1865, Thomas was wounded and discharged in Gainesville, Alabama when the rest of his battalion surrendered.”

After the War, Thomas returned home to Tennessee and married Mary Emeline Bradford on 17 October 1866. She was age 17 and the daughter of Alford Middleton Bradford and Nancy J. Anderson.

Thomas E. Sellers and Mary Emeline Bradford had the following children:

i. Andrew M. Sellers was born on 24 Jun 1868 in Henderson County, Tennessee. He died on 20 Jun 1887 at the age of 18 in Henderson County, Tennessee.

ii. Alonzo W. "Lon" Sellers, born 26 Oct 1871, Henderson County, Tennessee; married Vider M. ; died 12 Apr 1954, Carroll County, Tennessee.

iii. Jennie Laura  Sellers, born 26 Mar 1874, Henderson County, Tennessee; married George C. Wilson; married F. C. Wheatley, 25 Apr 1897, Henderson County, Tennessee; died 19 Dec 1956, Madison County, Tennessee.

iv. Dora Sellers was born about 1875 in Henderson County, Tennessee. She died young.

v. N. V. Sellers was born on 27 Jul 1876 in Henderson County, Tennessee. She died on 6 Nov 1882 at the age of 6 in Henderson County, Tennessee.

vi. John Lee Sellers, born 26 Jul 1879, Henderson County, Tennessee; married Ollie Francis Jordan, 26 Jul 1905, Madison Co., Tennessee; died 27 May 1908, Henderson County, Tennessee.

vii. Fred Simpson Sellers, born 12 Nov 1883, Henderson County, Tennessee; married Ardie Jackson, 5 Dec 1909, Henderson County, Tennessee; married Jemima Laws, 27 Oct 1940, Madison Co., Tennessee; died Oct 1969, Lexington, Henderson Co., TN.

viii. Grover Cleveland Sellers, born 16 Sep 1885, Henderson County, Tennessee; married Mary Etta Pruitt, 13 Mar 1910, Henderson County, Tennessee; died 4 Jul 1937, Henderson County, Tennessee.

ix. Florence Sellers was born on 30 Mar 1890 in Henderson County, Tennessee. She died on 21 Apr 1890 at the age of 0 in Henderson County, Tennessee.

x. R. B. "Arbie" Sellers, born 13 Mar 1892, Henderson County, Tennessee; married Zula Day; died Mar 1982, Henderson County, Tennessee.

Thomas E. Sellers died on 6 January 1918 in Henderson County, Tennessee.

Thomas E. Sellers. aged seventy-eight years died at his home very close to Bargerton, last Sunday and is survived by his wife, four sons and one daughter. Mr. Sellers was an ex-Confederate soldier and for many years he had enjoyed no greater pleasure then attending the annual Confederate reunions. The surviving sons are Alonzo, Fred S., Cleveland and Arbie, Mrs. George [Jennie]  Wilson is the daughter. Mr. Sellers lived with his younger son.
[The Lexington Progress, January 11, 1918]

His wife, Mary Emeline (Bradford) Sellers passed away ten+ years later on 28 November 1928. Both are buried in the Caffey cemetery, Bargerton, Henderson County, Tennessee. 

Thomas E. Sellers is my 1st Cousin 3X Removed.

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 14 January 2019); Memorial page for Mary Emeline Bradford Sellers; (10 May 1850–28 November 1928); Find a Grave memorial #47828035, Citing Caffey Cemetery; Bargerton, Henderson County, Tennessee, USA.

2. Mary Emeline Bradford Sellers obituary, [The Lexington Progress, Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee, 7 December 1928.

3. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Thomas E Sellers (1 October 1844–6 January 1918), Memorial # 47855806.

4. 1850 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 12, Carroll County, Tennessee, Page: 104B(stamped); Line 39, Dwelling 1386, Family 1386, Household of Noah SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 2 January 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 889.

5. 1860 U. S. Census, Henderson County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 2, Henderson County, Tennessee, Page: 197; Line 12, Dwelling 172, Family 179, Household of Noah SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 2 January 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M653 Roll 1256.

6. 1880 U. S. Census, Henderson County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 19, Henderson, Tennessee, enumeration district (ED) 058, Page 369A; Line#30, Dwelling#9, Family#9, Household of Thos. E. SELLARS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 3 March 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_Roll 1262.

7. Obituary for Thomas E. Sellers, [The Lexington Progress, 11 January 1918.