When William Sellers was born on 19 August 1828, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Sellers, was 38 and his mother, Catharine E. Snider, was 33. He married Sarah H Diehl in 1850, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Colerain Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 2 July 1894, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Seller , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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