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1891 - 1961 (69 years)
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Name |
Randolph Foster Sellers |
Born |
5 Sep 1891 |
New Moorefield, Clark County, Ohio, United States [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1900 |
Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States [3] |
as Randolph F. Sellers, son, in the household of Owen M. Sellers |
Address: 322 N. Broadway |
Census |
1910 |
West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States [4] |
as Randolph F. Sellers, son, in the household of O. M. Sellers |
Address: Third Street |
Occupation |
Executive Secretary of Downtown Property Owners' Association in [5] |
Died |
Jun 1961 [1, 6] |
Buried |
Jun 1961 |
Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, United States [7, 8, 9] |
Address: Miami Cemetery |
Person ID |
I8288 |
TangledRoots |
Last Modified |
22 Oct 2021 |
Father |
Rev. Owen Milton Sellers, b. 17 Feb 1853, Warren County, Ohio, United States , d. 25 Dec 1931, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States (Age 78 years) |
Mother |
Ella Flora Haydock, b. 11 Mar 1851, New Burlington, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States , d. 14 May 1928, West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States (Age 77 years) |
Married |
1 Jun 1876 |
Clinton County, Ohio, United States |
Family ID |
F2704 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 5 Sep 1891 - New Moorefield, Clark County, Ohio, United States |
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| Census - as Randolph F. Sellers, son, in the household of Owen M. Sellers,Address: 322 N. Broadway - 1900 - Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States |
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| Census - as Randolph F. Sellers, son, in the household of O. M. Sellers,Address: Third Street - 1910 - West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States |
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| Married - 12 Jun 1915 - Union County, Ohio, United States |
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| Buried - Address: Miami Cemetery - Jun 1961 - Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, United States |
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Notes |
EXCERPT FROM LETTER.....
I remember, as a child, going by horse and buggy from Xenia to Jamestown with your Grandfather Randolph and spending the night at your Great Great Grandfather Owen Sellers. I recall on this visit going to a field near a pond and your Grandfather Randolph would walk very handily on his hands, and I remember trying the same trick a good many times thereafter, but never reached the perfection that your Grandfather Randolph had in balancing himself and walking on his hands. Great Uncle Owen Sellers was a Methodist Minister at Jamestown at the time of this is it. The last time I saw your Grandfather Randolph was at my father's funeral, and he appeared to be in very poor health at that time. I also met your father, Robert, at the same time. One of the things I remember about your Grandfather Randolph was that he was in Germany with a college roommate at the time World War I broke out, and that he was arrested twice as a spy before he got out of Germany. Randolph and his friend went into Belgium and across the battlefield Liege just a short time before the Germans made their attack.
Another thing which has rolled through my mind and probably you can set me straight, your Grandfather Randolph Sellers, as I recall, was the business manager of the properties of Senator Nicholas Longworth, who was Alice Roosevelt's husband; or could it have been the Taft family. Of course, it is hard for me to keep all these things straight in my memory since actually I have been away from home since I was bout eighteen years of age; that is, counting the time I was in school at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, and then we have been here in Mount Airy since April 16, 1926; and the things that Dad used to write in his letters, etc. never was quite as clear and stayed in your memory as when you were at home and you were in personal contact with some of the relatives and remember some of the happenings. [Source: Letter from Amos Clark Lackey addressed to David Randolph Sellers, dated May 23, 1966]
About my grandfather's war experiences: In 1914, he visited Europe with a Louis Carnash. That June, at the time of the Austrian Archduke's assassination, he and Carnash were in Prague, Austria. Many Serbians at the time were poisoning Austrian wells. The Austrians took no Chances. They seized the two Americans. When it was found that grandfather and Carnash carried no passports, the two were imprisoned in a glass factory. Execution seemed likely. They were reprieved only when an uncle of Carnash swore on the Bible that they were Americans, intending no harm. When the United States entered the war in 1917 my grandfather volunteered for service. A weight of 117 pounds was required of such men. Grandfather weighed on 112. He was, nevertheless, able to render services by managing the Y.M.C.A. on a military base in Ohio.
I do not believe that grandfather Randolph managed the properties of Longworth or Taft. I know that he studied real-estate practices and when he came to Cincinnati in 1931, he became Executive Secretary of the Property Owners' Association. He became intimately acquainted with the late Senator of Ohio Robert A. Taft, President Taft's son. Also he knew the late Governor Myers Y. Cooper, who was in the real-estate business.
In 1915 Randolph Sellers married my grandmother, Henrietta Augustina Beecher. They had two children: my father, Robert Beecher Sellers, was born in 1922. My Aunt, Mary Elizabeth Sellers was born in 1930. It is not true that Dad was the first to take pictures of Dakow prison camp, although he was in Berchtesgarten, Hitler's home, at the war's end and obtained some very valuable souvenirs. One of them, a plaque containing the Nazi emblem, taken off Hitler's personal car and the only one of its type in the world, proved such an appealing souvenir that it was stolen from my father one night as he slept.
In 1948 Robert Sellers married my mother, Ruth Fairchild Rei. I was born on their first wedding anniversary in June 1949. I have a younger brother Richard, 15, and a sister, Ruth Ann, 8, so that makes five of us you can expect. By the way, my middle name is Randolph. [Source: Letter from David Randolph Sellers addressed to Clark Lackey, dated June 15, 1966]
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Sources |
- [S869] Book: A History and Genealogy of the Sellers Family, pg. 9.
Randolph Foster Sellers (1891 - 1961) (M) Henrietta Augustina Beecher: Two children.
- [S1310] Ohio: County Births, 1841-2003, FamilySearch, v3 p438 - Randolph Foster Sellers.
Randolph Foster Sellers, 05 Sep 1891, Ohio, Clark County, New Moorefield, male, white, father Owen M. Sellers, mother Flora Haddock, residence New Moorefield
- [S145] 1900 Federal Census: Ohio, Miami County, Piqua, Washington Township, p10A.
DW 212-233
322 Broadway
...line 11 - Owen M. Sellers, head, white male, born Feb 1853, married 24 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, preacher
...line 12 - Flora H. Sellers, white, female, born Mar 1851, age 49, married 24 years, 5 children born/4 living, born Ohio, father born New Jersey, mother born Virginia
...line 13 - Damon H. Sellers, son, white, male, born Dec 1878, age 21, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 14 - Gwendolin A. Sellers, daughter, white, female, born Dec 1880, age 19,, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 15 - Evan O. Sellers, son, white, male, born Feb 1882, age 18, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 16 - Randolph F. Sellers, , son, white, male, born Sep 1891, age 9, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
Piqua, Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio p10A
- [S1404] 1910 Federal Census: Ohio, Miami County, West Milton, Monroe Township, p6B.
Third Street
DW - 145-152
...line 53 - George Honeyman, head, male, white, ag 55, married 2 for 23 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, contractor/cement
...line 54 - Caroline Honeyman, wife, female, whtie, age 50, married 1 for 23 years, 2 children born/2 living, born Ohio, father born Germany, mother born Germany
...line 55 - Edna M. Honeyman, daughter, female, white, age 18, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, knitter/knitting mills
...line 56 - Lucille Honeyman, daughter, female, white, age 8, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
DW 150-157
...line 69 - Omer Honeyman, head, male, white, age 28, married 7 years, born Indiana, father born Unknonw, mother born Unknown, machinist/automobile
...line 70 - Minnie Honeyman, wife, female, white, age 27, married 7 years, born Ohio, father born Germany, father born Germany
...line 71 - Paul Honeyman, son, male, white, age 6, single, born Ohio, father born Indiana, mother born Ohio
DW 159-166
...line 98 - O. M. Sellers, head, male, white, age 57, married 33 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, preacher
...line 99 - Flora H. Sellers, wife, female, white, age 59, married 33 years, 5 children born/4 living, born Ohio, father born New Jersey, mother born Virginia
...line 100 - Randolph F. Sellers, son, male, white, age 18, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
Tippecanoe, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio p6B
- [S869] Book: A History and Genealogy of the Sellers Family, pg. 8.
The eldest son worked as a school teacher and superintendent, another for Goodwill Industries, and the youngest as Executive Secretary of Downtown Property Owners' Association in Cincinnati.
- [S1148] Artifact: Letter from David Randolph Sellers.
June 1961
- [S1148] Artifact: Letter from David Randolph Sellers.
- [S1065] Cemetery Record: Randolph Foster Sellers, picture in file.
Sellers - Henrietta B. 1891 - 1982, Randolph F. 1891 - 1961
- [S1888] Find A Grave, MEMORIAL ID 17595378 Randolph F Sellers.
Randolph F Sellers
BIRTH 1891
DEATH 1961 (aged 69-70)
BURIAL Miami Cemetery, Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, USA
MEMORIAL ID 17595378
Corwin, Warren County, Ohio
Randolph Sellers 1891-1961
Henrietta Beecher Sellers 1891-1982
- [S773] Ohio: County Marriages 1789-2013, vL, p164 #7997 - Randolph F. Sellers and Harriet A. Beecher.
State of Ohio, Union County
...Randolph F. Sellers, age 23 on 5 September 1914, residence Vermillion, Ohio, occupation Supt. of Public Schools, father Owen M. Sellers, mother Flora Haydock
...Harriet A. Beecher, age 23 on 19 August 1914, residence Marysville, Union County, Ohio, birthplace Sandusky, O., occupation Teacher, father Jacob Mark, mother Mary Erdle
...Married 12 June 1915 by Reverand Owen M. Sellers, West Mansfield, Ohio
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