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 1806 - 1859 (53 years)
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| Name |
Henry Sellers |
| Born |
1 Nov 1806 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Dec 1859 [2] |
| Person ID |
I10367 |
TangledRoots |
| Last Modified |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Henry Sellers, b. Abt 1769, Augusta County, Virginia, United States  , d. 3 Sep 1841, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Magdalene Hedrick, b. Abt 1769, Rockingham County, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. Abt 1841, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Married |
10 Feb 1789 |
Rockingham County, Virginia, United States |
| Family ID |
F4006 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Rhoda Sellers, b. Abt 1806, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States , d. Mar 1843, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States (Age 37 years) |
| Married |
6 Oct 1836 [3] |
| Last Modified |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Family ID |
F3979 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
John Conrad Sellers, William Burner and his wife Mary Burner brought suit that Henry Sellers, who was their brother, departed this life latter part of 1859 at his residence and that he left surviving as heirs: John Sellers, Mary Burner, Elizabeth Sellers, Anna Mary Sowers, wife of Jacob Sowers, and Anna P. Maggart, widow. The petition states he was never married and lived with his sister Elizabeth Sellers, who was unmarried, and that she took care of Henry and his business and that he was a person of unsound mind and subject to "fits". A reply to this petition stated that he had been married and that he was capable of handling his business.
Filed with the Petition was a response that said,
"It is not true that Henry Sellers was never married. He married about the year 1837 and his wife died in March 1843.
It is not by any means true that the said Henry Sellers at the time of the execution of said will dated 27 Feb. 1852 or before in and that time was a person of unsound mind, in bad health or that he took no interest in the management of his affairs or was incapable of transacting ordinary business.
The only affliction or disease to which the Henry Sellers was subject was an attack of fits. The fits were frequently very light but in the intervals between his attacks he was perfectly sound in mind and understanding. We the respondents; Elizabeth lived with her brother Henry for many years and she and her two sisters Anna Maggart and Mary Ann Sowers waited upon this brother when he needed it. ____and that its provisions are in accordance with his intention_____." [Source: Mary Marie Koontz Arrington, "Cradled by the Masanutten: The Zellers-Sellers Family", Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1986]
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- [S936] Book: Cradled by the Masanutten: The Zellers-Sellers Family, pg. 74.
Henry Sellers b. 1 Nov. 1806
- [S936] Book: Cradled by the Masanutten: The Zellers-Sellers Family, pg. 74.
d. Dec. 1859
- [S936] Book: Cradled by the Masanutten: The Zellers-Sellers Family, pg. 39.
m. 6 Oct. 1836 Henry Sellers Jr., a cousin.
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