Mary Virginia Sellers

Brief Life History of Mary Virginia

When Mary Virginia Sellers was born on 25 November 1895, in Morven, Anson, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Brooks Sellers, was 40 and her mother, Mary Elmira Carter, was 34. She married Leonidas Everett Emerson on 10 May 1917, in Lee, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Johnston, North Carolina, United States in 1910 and Institute, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States in 1930. She died on 22 September 1977, in La Grange, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonidas Everett Emerson
1887–1960
Mary Virginia Sellers
1895–1977
Marriage: 10 May 1917
Mary Elizabeth Emerson
1918–2003
Hazel Grey Emerson
1920–1989
William Preston "Billy" Emerson
1923–2003

Sources (22)

  • Mamie Emmerson in household of Lonnie Emmerson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mary Sellers Emerson, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
  • Mary S Emerson in entry for Robert Joseph Green and Hazel Gray Emerson, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

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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