Carrie Frances "Fanny" Sellers

Brief Life History of Carrie Frances "Fanny"

When Carrie Frances "Fanny" Sellers was born on 15 March 1878, in Alabama, United States, her father, Emanuel Henry Sellers, was 36 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Hollingsworth, was 36. She married Otheneal Simpson Wear in 1895. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Chalkville, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 13, Jefferson, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 March 1950, in Clay, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Clay United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pinson, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Otheneal Simpson Wear
1870–1945
Carrie Frances "Fanny" Sellers
1878–1950
Marriage: 1895
Baby Wear
1894–1894
Walter Earle Wear
1897–1944
Donald Eugene Wear
1900–1973
Samuel Roy Wear
1905–1984
Taylor Preston Wear
1909–1963
Felix Carlton Wear
1914–1983
Dora Aline Wear
1916–1985

Sources (19)

  • Fannie F Wear, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Carrie Fanny Sellers - Published information: birth-name: Carrie Fanny Sellers
  • Carrie Frances Sellers, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

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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