William Pence, Jr.

1781 - 1849  (68 years)

• Name	William Pence
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	18 May 1781  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jun 1849	Monroe Township, Preble County, Ohio, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I10213	TangledRoots
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

  
  

  Family	Christena Sellers,   b. 14 Jul 1785, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States ,   d. 22 Jun 1849, Preble County, Ohio, United States  (Age 63 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1801	Rockingham County, Virginia, United States   [3]
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F3937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 15 Sep 1801 - Rockingham County, Virginia, United States Died - 10 Jun 1849 - Monroe Township, Preble County, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The 1810 census in Virginia shows them with 2 daughters and 4 sons all under 10 years of age. Family tradition is that William tried to teach his slaves to read and write which got him into conflict with his neighbors. They moved to Butler County, Rossville, Ohio where they were living at the time of the 1820 census. The freed slaves followed the family west. In 1825 William moved his family to Preble County, and settled in Monroe Township, section thirty-one. He served as captain in the War of 1812. For a number of years he was township trustee. He owned 120 acres of land, which he cleared himself. He was the father of eleven children. William and Christena both died at a fairly young age within two weeks of each other. There was a severe epidemic of cholera at the time and it is believed they both died from it. [Source: (1) Mary Marie Koontz Arrington, "Cradled by the Masanutten: The Zellers-SellersFamily", Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1986 (2) H. Z. Williams & Bros., Publishers - Cleveland, Ohio: W. W. Williams, 1881, "The History of Preble County, Ohio", (reprint Evansville: Unigraphic, Inc. 1973)

  
  

• Sources

  [S936] Book: Cradled by the Masanutten: The Zellers-Sellers Family, pg. 46. William Pence Jr. b. 18 May 1781 [S936] Book: Cradled by the Masanutten: The Zellers-Sellers Family, pg. 46. d. 10 Jun 1849 [S936] Book: Cradled by the Masanutten: The Zellers-Sellers Family, pg. 46. m. William Pence Jr. 15 Sept 1801 R'ham County, Va.