James M Sellers Sr

Brief Life History of James M

When James M Sellers Sr was born on 4 September 1836, in Appling, Georgia, United States, his father, John Millender Sellers Sr, was 22 and his mother, Mary Ann Mobley, was 17. He married Jane Roberson in 1857, in Appling, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Georgia, United States in 1870. He died on 8 August 1896, at the age of 59, and was buried in Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Baxley, Appling, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

James M Sellers Sr
1836–1896
Jane Roberson
1837–1911
Marriage: 1857
James Millender Sellers Jr
1858–1884
John Quincey Adams Sellers
1860–1898
Florida Ann Sellers
1862–1932
Louranie E Sellers
1865–1910
Mary Virginia Sellers
1867–1899
William Barkaloo Sellers
1869–1929
Naomi Luvenia Sellers
1872–1913
Rebecca M Sellers
1874–1949
Edward Paul Sellers
1877–1928
Edgar Elliott Sellers
1877–1940

Sources (8)

  • Jas H Sellers, "United States Census, 1870"
  • James M. Sellers, "Find A Grave Index"
  • James M Sellers, "United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969"

World Events (8)

1838 · Orders No. 25 Removes Cherokees

A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Seller , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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