Effie Sellers

Brief Life History of Effie

When Effie Sellers was born on 14 May 1891, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Robert Hatten Sellers, was 35 and her mother, Ester Nancy Campbell, was 30. She married Claud Capps on 29 February 1912, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Civil District 17, Gibson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. She died in August 1977, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Bradford, Gibson, Tennessee, United States.

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Claud Capps
1894–1953
Effie Sellers
1891–1977
Marriage: 29 February 1912
William Boyd Capps
1913–1981
Lema May Capps
1915–1999
Virgil Capps
1927–2001

Sources (16)

  • Effie ? Sellers in household of Robert ? Sellers, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Effie Sellars, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Effie Capps, "Find A Grave Index"

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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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