Its Family Time~ Stanmore Sellers

Stanmore Sellers¹ was born on 1 Jan 1898 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ^{2 3 4}

He was the first born son of James Arnold “Buck” Sellers and Nancy Jane "Jennie" Johnson.

Stanmore was named after his maternal Grandfather Stanmore P. Johnson.

Stanmore had two sisters; Elizabeth Jane and Mary Bell Sellers.

Stanmore’s life was cut short, at the age of 35, when he was killed in an automobile accident near McBee, South Carolina.

“The accident occurred when the driver attempted to pass a buggy on the hill leading up to the Seaboard overhead bridge. A passenger in the car, Glenn Adams was not seriously injured.” ⁵ 


Stanmore Sellers is my 1st Cousin twice removed. 


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1. Stanmore Sellers obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 30 May 1933, Page 2, column 5. STANMORE SELLERS KILLED IN CRASH.
2. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 20, Page 3A/75A (stamped), Line 29, Dwelling 44, Family 44, Household of James A. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 4 March 2007); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.
3. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Mt. Croghan, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0041, Page 215B; Line 15, Dwelling 267, Family 267, Household of William H. MOORE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 October 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1455.
4. 1920 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Mount Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 44, Page: 2A/251 (stamped); Line 29, Dwelling 23, Family 23, Household of William H. MOORE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 3 April 2017); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1690.
5. Obituary for STANMORE SELLERS KILLED IN CRASH, The State, 30 May 1933.

It’s Family Time~Stanmore Sellers Killed

Stanmore Sellers was born 1 January 1898, a son of  James Arnold ‘Buck’ Sellers and Nancy Jane ‘Jennie’ Johnson.

He was named after his maternal Grandfather Stanmore P. Johnson.

On the night of 28 May 1933, Stanmore and Glenn Adams were traveling on Highway #1 near McBee, SC when his car left the road, ran down an embankment and rolled several times. Stanmore Sellers was killed in the accident; Glenn Adams survived.  

Stanmore Sellers was 35 years of age. He was survived by his mother, Nancy Jane ‘Jennie’ Johnson Sellers Moore, and sister, Elizabeth Jane Sellers Huneycutt. Stanmore had another sister, Mary Bell Sellers that I have not been able to locate after the 1920 Census.


Stanmore Sellers is my 1st Cousin twice removed.




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[1] STANMORE SELLERS KILLED IN CRASH, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 30 May 1933, Page 2, column 5.