Jacob Sellers

Other Events:

• Obituary: Newspaper unknown
• Name: Jacob Zeller
• Census: 1830, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Sellers
• Census: 1840, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Sellers
• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Sellars, farmer, in the household of Abrahan Miller
• Will: 12 May 1852, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 24 Feb 1853, Warren County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

In 1798 when Jacob Sellers came to Ohio, he settled in what was Hamilton County, (now Warren County,). Warren County, was not formed until 1803.

Jacob was one of the pioneer settlers of Warren County, Ohio, arriving there before either the county or the state was formed. He and his cousin John pioneered the route followed by other Sellers' emmigrating to Ohio, over the Allegheny mountains by wagon to Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and then by raft down the Monongahela and Ohio rivers to the vicinity of Cincinnati. This trip of some six hundred miles, more twice the direct distance, took a month or more, depending on the weather, luck, Indians, and other factors. In 1798 he purchased 300 acres from John Symmes in the northern part of what was to become Warren county

Notes- 1. Symmes Tract Transactions. p. 36. 2. Warren County, Ohio Will book 12, p. 594. [Reference: Frank M. Sellers, "Sellers - A Preliminary Study of the Descendants of Heinrich Sellers", (Denver, Colorado: Lion Press, 1984), pg. 8.]

Excerpt from old letter.....
My recollection of grandfather Jacob Sellers is that he was a man of rather less than medium height, well made and active; rather quiet in his movements. He made regular visits to his children living near him, about once a month, and always came on horseback. He rode a good animal; well kept, and gentle and a good traveler, and always well groomed. He was always neatly and clearly dressed and smoothly shaven. Hair white, with a pleasant, cheerful countenance, and a great friend among us children. We were always in high glee when grandfather came. He spoke very broken English, and asked the blessing at table in German. I remember the queer sounds of his words yet. He was a zealous active member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lebanon at the time of his death, and had been for many years before.

His first wife's name was Runkel, as you see by Adam's sketch; and his second marriage was to a Munger, an aunt, I think, of George Munger of Clear Creek township, who died some years ago.

Grandfather came to Turtle Creek township north of Lebanon, in 1798. He remained on the same farm until the time of his death, which was in 1853 or 1854, if my memory is not at fault. He was not a great man, nor exceedingly wise. He never became wealthy, nor tried to do so, was possessed of some 160 acres of land and some money and property; but he was a good man, honest and loyal, and a good Christian, of a type not to be mistaken. [Source: Letter dated 'Waynesville, O. June 9th, 1890', includes this description of Jacob Sellers written by his grandson, Peter Sellers (1834). The sketch he refers to is with Peter Sellers notes]

Excerpt from old letter.....
In 1798 or 1799 the Jacob Sellers family moved from Virginia to Warren County, Ohio. It was in Turtle Creek township north of Lebanon, Ohio that Jacob Sellers settled, remaining on the same farm until his death in 1853. At the time he purchased land Jacob Sellers was the head of one of the original families of that then remote region of and can be considered one of the true pioneers of Warren County, Ohio. These excerpts are taken from an article entitled, "Lebanon, City of Culture and Education," which appeared in the July 15, 1936 addition of "The Cincinnati Enquirer: Into this wild, unsettled region a few determined pioneers visioned a city dedicated American ideals, culture, and education. The scalping of Indians and the howling of wolves had scarcely ceased when the few settlers of the outpost laid the foundation of the first school. The building stood on the north bank of Turtle Creek, not far from the present boundary of Lebanon. From this small group there came some famous characters, among them the familiar names of Thomas Corwin, Judge Kesling, Hon. Moses B. Corwin, A. H. Dunlevy, William Taylor, Matthias Corwin, Daniel Voorhis, and Jacob Sellers.

He was buried in the Old Methodist Graveyard, Lebanon. His wife's grave is located in the Presbyterian Cemetery.

Birth:
(now Augusta County, Virginia)

Obituary:

DIED.
On the 10th inst., at his residence near Lebanon, Mr. Jacob Sellers, in the 87th year of his age. The subject of this notice removed from Rrockingham County, Va., to the Turtlecreek Valley, Warren County, Ohio, about the year 1798, and was thenceforward until the time of his dath one of the valuable accesions which this vicinity gained by the emigration of that early period in the history of this community. Industrious, honest and frugal, he was enabled to possess himself of the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and a competency of this world's wealth. The writer of this notice is not wware of the precise period when he embraced religion, He was a number of years a member of the German Reformed Church, but eleven or twelve years since united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in this place, by letter, in which he lived an example of punctuality, humility and meekness, honored and beloved by all who knew him.
"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."

Will:


Last Will and Testament of Jacob Sellers
—I Jacob Sellers of Warren County, Ohio do make & publish this my last will & testament.
—Item 1st, It is my will, that after my death the farm in which I live be sold by my Executors to the best advantage, either at public or private sale, and upon such terms of credit as my said Executors shall think advisable, and the proceeds of the sale thereof be equality divided among my following children and heirs to wit: George Sellers, the children of Nancy Gallaher, Lucinda Miller, Rebecca Long, Mary Miller, Sarah Sheets and Jacob M. Sellers. That is to son George Sellers and his heirs to receive one equal seventh part of the proceeds of the sale of said farm; the children of Nancy Gallaher and their heirs to receive one equal share equal seventh part of the proceeds of the sale of said farm; Lucinda Miller to receive one equal seventh part of the proceeds of the sale of said farm; Rebecca Long and her heirs to receive one equal seventh part of the sale of said farm; Mary Miller to receive one equal seventh part of the proceeds of the sale of said farm; Sarah Sheets to receive one equal seventh part of the proceeds of the sale of said farm and Jacob M. Sellers to receive the one equal seventh part of the proceeds of the sale of said farm. The portion of the heirs of Nancy Gallaher to remain in the hands of my Executors to be paid out to them as they respectively become of age.
—Item 2nd, it is my will that out of my personal estate all my just debts and funeral expenses be fully paid, and the residue be divided among my children as follows to wit: My son Jacob M. Sellers to receive One Hundred Dollars for extra services by him performed after he becomes of age; Abraham Miller to receive One Hundred Dollars for services received; and after the said Two Hundred Dollars and my just debts and funeral expenses are paid, my son John Sellers to receive one ninth part of my said personal estate; my son George Sellers to receive on ninth part of my personal estate; the children of Nancy Gallaher to receive on ninth part of the same upon the same terms and in the same way that they are to receive their portion of my real estate; my daughter Lucinda Miller to receive one ninth part of the same; my son Wm. Sellers to receive one ninth part of the same; my daughter Rebecca Long to receive one ninth part of the same; my daughter Mary Miller to receive one ninth part of the same; my daughter Sarah Sheets to receive one ninth part of the same; and my son Jacob M. Sellers to receive one ninth part of the same.
—Item Third, I hereby release and discharge my sons John & William Sellers all claims for advancements by me to them made with in money or the purchase of land for them or either of the said advancements being considered equal in a full share of my real estate, and will make them equal with the rest of my children and heirs.
—Item 4th, I do hereby nominate and appoint my sons William Sellers and Jacob M. Sellers, Executors of this my last will and testament, hereby authorizing and appointing them to compromise, adjust, release and discharge in such manner as they may deem proper the debts & claims due me.
—I hereby revoke all former wills by me made.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this 12th day of May 1852.
Jacob Sellers [Seal]
—Signed, sealed and acknowledged by the said Jacob Sellers as his last Will & Testament in our presence & signed by us In his presence.
Leonard Peckenpaugh
Benj. Blackburn

Jacob married Christina Runkle on 11 Oct 1788 in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. Christina (daughter of Peter Runkle and Margaret Steiner Koch) was born on 2 Mar 1772 in Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 31 Aug 1807 in Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1807 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Christena Munger on 24 Sep 1808 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Christena was born on 1 Oct 1779 in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States; died on 11 Nov 1841 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Nov 1841 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as John Sellers, laborer, head of household
• Beneficiary: 12 May 1852; in the will of his father, Jacob Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; las John Sellers, farmer, head of household

John married Elizabeth Gallagher on 6 Jan 1814 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Elizabeth was born about 1795 in Virginia, United States; died on 28 Jun 1891 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in 1891 in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as George Sellers, farmer, head of household
• Beneficiary: 12 May 1852; in the will of his father, Jacob Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as George Sellers, farmer, head of household

George married Anne Sellers on 25 Sep 1814 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Anne (daughter of John Sellers and Henrietta Smith) was born on 12 Dec 1794 in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States; died on 18 Jun 1856 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Religion: Methodist
• Name: 1816; William Runkle Zellers
• Census: 1830, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William R. Sellers
• Newspaper: 3 Apr 1830; Look Here
• Newspaper: 2 Dec 1836; John M. Houston vs. W. R. Sellers and others
• Census: 1840, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William R. Sellers
• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William Sellers, farmer, head of household
• Beneficiary: 12 May 1852; in the will of his father, Jacob Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William Sellers, farmer, head of household
• Will: 5 Jul 1869, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William R. Sellers, farmer, head of household
• Probate: 3 Oct 1870, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Newspaper: 2 Feb 1872; The Weekly Western Star. Lebanon, Ohio, 8 February 1872, p2

Notes:

It was during the canal boat age, when William R. Sellers was at his prime, that an omnibus stagecoach line operated between Lebanon and Cincinnati, often terminating in the former city at The Golden Lamb, the oldest inn in Ohio. A man who drove this coach was named William Sellers. An advertisement written and signed by William Sellers is reproduced on the back cover of the menu of The Golden Lamb's restaurant. The author (David Randolph Sellers) believes that this man was merely a contemporary, at most a distant relation, of the William R. Sellers. William R. Sellers was a farmer in Clear Creek Township, and census records suggest that he remained there until his death on September 28, 1870. His wife died on July 3, 1873. The couple were buried in Kirby Cemetery, a few miles north of Lebanon. [Source: Compiled and written by David Randolph Sellers, "A History and Genealogy of the Sellers Family", Cincinnati, Ohio: Robbins Advertising, Inc., 1966]

Newspaper:

LOOK HERE,
The undersigned Trustees, wish to contract for the building of a new Meeting House for the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the town of Lebanon. The contractor to furnish all materials, and finish the house complete, according to a plan which may be seen at the store of John Reeves & Co. at which place persons desirous of undertaking the work, are requested to deposite their proposals in writing on or before the twentieth day of the present month.
George Foglesong, Samuel Nixon, John Reeves, Tobias Bretney, Obediah Hackney, James Clarke, Henry B. Miller, William R. Sellers, William McLean.

Newspaper:


The State of Ohio, Warren County Court of Common Pleas--June Term, A. D., 1836
John M. Houston surviving executor of George Harnsberger, deceased,
vs.
Wm. Sellers, Eliza Ann Harnsberger, Jacob Harnsberger, Elizabeth Kite and ____ Kite her husband, Anne Baugher and _____ Baugher her husband, Barbara Harrison and Reuben Harrison her husband, Sarah Conrod and _____ Conrod her husband, Margaret Mack, and _____ Mack her husband, Susan Miller and _____ Miller her husband, George H. Harrison and Jas. Clark, James B. Hays, Tobias Brotney, Joseph Sauser, Asberry Frazier, William R. Sellers and Samuel Nixon trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lebanon and Samuel Nixon and Amos Barr stewards of said church.
The complainant has filed his bill of complaint in the Court of Common Pleas for said county, setting forth in substance amongst other things, that he is surviving executor of George Harnsberger, dec. and has partially settled said estate--that the defendant Eliza Jane Harnsberger is the widow of said decedant--that in his life time a partnership exised between the deceased and the defendant Sellers--that there are unsettled claims in favor of the estate against the said widow, said defendant Sellers and others; that the said Eliza Jane Harnsberger ever since the decease of her said husband has occupied the whole of his real estate and received a large amount of rents therefor; that he is fearful that one half of said rents may be claimed by the brothers sisters of said deceased and the trustees and stewards of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lebanon as they by the will are entitled to one half of said estate on the decease of said widow after payment of debts and a legacy of $500 to the defendant George H. Harrison; that he cannot settle the estate of said decendent until the above claims are settled and paid.
—The complainant therefore prays amont other things, substantially, that the defendant Sellers answer and make a full exhibit of his transactions in the settlement of the affairs of the firm of Harnsberger and Sellers; that said widow may state the amount she is indebted to said estate, whether she has not occupied the real estate as above stated and the amount of rents received therefrom; that the court would by decree direct the further destinations of said real estate after paying all the debts--that the account of the complainant with the estate of said deceased may also be settled--that the said William Sellers and Mary Jane Harnsberger shall come to a settlement with complainant. He also prays general relief.
J. K. Wilds, Clk.
Ross & Corwin, Esq'rs. sols. for complainant.

Will:


Last Will and Testament of William Runkle Sellers
—Know all whom it may concern that I William R. Sellers of the County and State of Ohio being advanced in life, and feble in body but still possessing a sound mind make this as my last will and testament.
—1st After paying funeral expenses & all other just debts I bequeath to my wife Elizabeth Sellers fourteen chairs, two tables, all the bed & bedding, all the carpets, all the cupboardware, two stoves, one bureau, one sofa, two mirrors & one buggy & harness of my chattle property to be over and above what the law will allow her, the above named articles to be selected by her. In addition to the above I will that she have a lawful share of the remaining chattle property and one years support.
—2nd I will that my Daughter Amanda J. Russell have twenty two acres of land, off of the South side of the farm that I now live on, the line to run parallel with the south line of said farm, through the whole length. The above land is to be for her sole use and benefit during her natural life, free from any control of her husband J. M. Russell, and at her death it is to be for the sole use and benefit of her heirs. Also the small frame house and lot where they now reside, subject to the same restrictions except that if she elects to sell it at any time she shall be free to do so. Also notes and receipts for money furnished her husband by way of advancement at various times, as per notes and receipts herewith filed, amounting to seven hundred and four dollars and forty-six cents ($704.46). In consideration of all the foregoing I charge them three thousand dollars ($3,000) Provided also that if my wife should die before I do, she is to share equal with the other heirs in what I have willed to my wife.
—3rd I will that the remainder of my real and personal property be sold on such terms as my Executors may think best, and equally divided between Ferdinand Sellers, Robert Sellers, Wm. W. Sellers, Mary A. McDonald, late Mary A. Sellers, Nancy M. Bernit, late Nancy M. Sellers, subject to the following restrictions. Viz: My wife is to have five hundred dollars out of the first money that may be realsed from the sale of the real and personal property, and two items and dollars of the last payment on the farm, when sold is to remain on interest for her sole use and benefit, and if she shall find that the forgoing provisions is not sufficient to give her a liberal support she shall have the privilege of using any part of the last provision of two thousand? and dollars.
—In the above distribution of my estate Ferdinand Sellers is to be charged without interest, with fourteen hundred and twenty six dollars ($1,426.00) already advanced, as will more fully appear by reference to receipts & notes herewith filed. Robert Sellers is to be charged with two hundred & sixty two dollars, without interest as per receipts filed __. Wm. Wesley Sellers is to be charged with two hundred and twenty dollars, and Mary McDonald with one hundred dollars – all without interest as in case of the others.
—If in the final settlement of my estate, there shall be a surplus over three thousand dollars to each of the last named for heirs, including what has already been advanced to each of them as herein charge in that event my Daughter Amanda J. Russel is to share equal with the other heirs in the distribution of said surplus.
—For the faithful execution of the foregoing, as my last will and testament, I hereby appoint Ferdinand Sellers and Robert Sellers as my executors and removing all former wills or instruments of writing. I hereby affix my hand and seal this 5th day of July 1869.
Wm. Sellers (Seal)
Signed and Sealed in
Presence of A. Sellers
H. W. Donley

Newspaper:

Probate Notice
The following names persons, to-wit:
Robert and Ferdinand Sellers ex'rs of William R. Sellers, deceased. 1st account

William married Elizabeth Aughe on 15 Aug 1816 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Harmon Harrison Aughe and Mary Munger) was born on 12 Mar 1797 in Virginia, United States; died on 3 Jul 1873 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jul 1873 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 12 May 1852; the children of Nancy Gallaher were named as beneficiary in the will of her father

Nancy married John Holcroft Gallaher on 2 Jul 1818 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. John was born on 20 Mar 1794 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 13 Feb 1854 in Kirklin, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Feb 1854 in Kirklin, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Lucinda Miller, in the household of Christian Miller
• Beneficiary: 12 May 1852; in the will of her father, Jacob Sellers, as Lucinda Miller
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Lucinda Miller, in the household of Christian Miller

Lucinda married Christian Miller on 1 Mar 1827 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Christian was born on 27 Aug 1799 in Virginia, United States; died on 4 Dec 1874 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Peggy Sellers

Margaret married John Long on 29 Jul 1830 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Polly Sellers
• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Miller, in the household of Abraham Miller
• Beneficiary: 12 May 1852; in the will of her father, Jacob Sellers, as Mary Miller

Mary married Abraham Miller on 30 Oct 1832 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Abraham was born about 1810 in Virginia, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Sarah Sheets
• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Sarah Sheets, in the household of Samuel Sheets
• Beneficiary: 12 May 1852; in the will of her father, Jacob Sellers, as Sarah Sheets
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Sarah Sheets, in the household of Samuel Sheets
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Sarah Sheets, in the household of Samuel Sheets

Sarah married Samuel Sheets on 29 Jan 1834 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Samuel was born on 26 Mar 1810 in Virginia, United States; died on 1 Nov 1893 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Nov 1893 in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob M. Selelrs
• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Sellars, farmer, head of household
• Beneficiary: 12 May 1852; in the will of his father, Jacob Sellers
• Census: 1860, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob M. Sellers, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1870, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Seller, farmer, head of household

Jacob married Julia Ann Egbert on 7 Mar 1837 in Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States. Julia was born on 18 Jul 1816 in Pennsylvania, United States; died on 18 Jun 1892; was buried in Jun 1892 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Nancy Sellers, in the household of John Sellers

Nancy married William Crossley on 27 Oct 1831 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Sarah A. Sellers, in the household of John Sellers

Family/Spouse: Daniel L. Munger. Daniel was born in 1814; died in 1867; was buried in 1867 in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as George H. Sellers, farmer, in the household of John Sellers

Notes:

Birth:
(twin)

Family/Spouse: Rowena C. Mundy. Rowena was born in 1835 in Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi, United States; died on 13 Nov 1920 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Nov 1920 in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Harvey G. Sellers, farmer, in the household of John Sellers

Notes:

Miami Union
November 18, 1897
Harvey G. Sellers
The funeral of Harvey G. Sellers was held at his former home at 1:30 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, and the services were conducted by Rev. O. M. Sellers. There was a profusion of flowers, a magnificent cluster of chrysanthemums sent by the Shellabarger family from Washington; an anchor from Mrs. Rowena Sellers, of Springboro; and a cluster of tea roses from Mr. and Mrs. Hedges. The services were short but impressive, the minister taking the occasion to read the memorial of the Miami County Bar. The remains were interred in Riverside Cemetery.

The Death of Harvey G. Sellers
Harvey Gallaher Sellers was born in Warren County, Ohio, September 28, 1819. He was one of twin brothers in a family of seven children. His parents were John and Elizabeth Gallaher Sellers. His education was obtained at the Springboro Academy and he afterwards read law in the office of Judge George J. Smith in Lebanon, being admitted to the bar in the spring of 1842 by the Supreme Court on circuit. This was in his twenty-third year. The following autumn he moved to Troy, where the entire remainder of his life was spent in the practice of law until stricken down by paralysis in 1878, since when he passed his days with the family of his daughter and in company with this favorite authors.

He was married to Mary, daughter of Rev. Richard Brandriff, April 24, 1848, but in less than three years death removed his wife, January 1, 1851. The fruit of this union was two daughters, Mrs. Annie A. Dye being the only survivor. On Sunday last, November 14, Mr. Sellers passed away in the peaceful quiet of his home.

Until the deceased ceased his active professional career he was a prominent figure at the bar, and in this death Troy loses the last of the former generation of lawyers, who figured in the practice twenty-five or thirty years ago.

He was a man of attractive personality, fine presence and pleasing address. Possessed of a kindly and genial nature, he won friends with ease. While not educated, in the ordinary sense of the word, he was an omnivorous reader, and his memory was a vast storehouse of information on nearly every subject.

As a lawyer, he brought to bear in every case a splendid enthusiasm and a superb self-confidence, with a careful and painstaking preparation. This, combined with no mean powers as an orator and reasoner, made him a convincing force to a jury, while his adroitness and skill in handling witnesses oftentimes seemed to make the worst of the better cause. Broadly catholic in his views, he was charitable in judging others, and neither politics nor religion affected his personal relations with his friends or acquaintances.

In politics he was originally a Whig, being elected Prosecuting Attorney of the county by that party many years ago. In the campaign of 1856 he cast his political fortunes with the Democratic party, and, while not in through accord with all the tenets of that party, he acted with it until his death.

The high esteem in which he was held by the members of the local bar is shown in the resolutions in commemoration of his death.

The following items were noted elsewhere on the same page of the same newspaper.

Mr. Wm. Sellers and Mrs. Geo. H. Sellers, of Springfield, were in attendance upon the funeral of Harvey G. Sellers, Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Hedges, Mrs. Jane Brandriff, Mr. George Brandriff and Mr. John Young, of Piqua, attended the funeral of H. G. Sellers, Tuesday. [Reference: Miami County, Ohio Genealogical Researchers, , "Obituaries of Miami County Ohio People", Harvey G. Sellers April 2006]

Birth:
(twin)

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as John M. Sellers, in the household of John Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as John M. Sellers, farmer, in the household of John Sellers

John married Olive Holcome on 7 Oct 1846 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Olive was born in 1822; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jane Sellers, in the household of John Sellers

Matilda married Harvey R. Benham on 25 May 1856 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Harvey was born on 28 Apr 1823 in Ohio, United States; died on 15 Sep 1906 in Spring Grove, Wayne County, Indiana, United States; was buried in Sep 1906 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as James Sellers, student, in the household of John Sellers

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William Sellers, in the household of John Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William F. Sellers, farmer, in the household of John Sellers

William married Helen Ione Mundy on 22 Aug 1865 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Helen was born on 16 Jun 1837 in Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi, United States; died on 19 Aug 1914 in Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Aug 1914 in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Martha E. Sellers, in the household of John Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Martha E. Sellers, in the household of John Sellers

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Sellers, farmer, head of household

Isaac married Hannah Elizabeth Sides on 24 May 1849. Hannah was born on 15 Apr 1824 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 30 Jul 1884 in Lytle, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Aug 1884 in Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Martha Sellers, in the household of George Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Martha Sellers, in the household of George Sellers

Martha married Isaac Wood on 1 Jan 1862 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Isaac and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William Sellers, farmer, in the household of George Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William Sellers, farmer, head of household

Family/Spouse: Sarah Ann Surface. Sarah was born about 1839 in Ohio, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military: Civil War, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 14th Regiment
• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as John M. Sellers, farmer, in the household of George Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as John N. Sellers, farmer, in the household of William Sellers

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Daniel Sellers, farmer, in the household of George Sellers

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Peter Sellers, farmer, in the household of George Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Peter Sellers, farm laborer, in the household of George Sellers

Notes:

Died at the home of his son Stanley Sellers in Lebanon, Ohio on Monday, June 28, 1896, in the sixty-second year of his age. He died from pneumonia. Born near Springboro, Oct 27, 1834Paternal grandparents came from Virginia. Parents - George and Anna Sellers. [Source: Note in the files at Brookville Historical Society, Brookville, Ohio]

Prof. Peter Sellers died at the home of his son Stanley Sellers in Lebanon Ohio, on Monday, June 28th, 1896, in the Sixty-second year of his age. He died from Pneumonia with which he had been attacked at Albion, Ills., more than two years before his death. After his return to his friends and relatives in Warren county there was at times such improvement in his health that hopes of his final recovery were entertained, but theses hopes proved elusive and from the spring of 1896 his decline was rapid.

Prof. Sellers was during the greater portion his life a practical teacher and though much of his work as an instructor was in other counties and states, yet he was so long connected with the schools of Warren county that it is fit in that this association should listen to a brief memorial of his life and work. In this county he was born and educated; and here he taught the common school, was principal of the graded school, was county school examiner, member of the teachers' association, and instructor in the county institute. Here he passed the last months of his life and here died and was buried.

Peter Sellers born near Springboro, October 27th, 1834. His paternal grand-parents came from Virginia and were among the earliest pioneers of Warren county. His parents were Gerge and Anna Sellers, who lived and died in the vicinity of Springboro. Without the advantages of a college training Peter received a good education. the community in which his parents lived was one of more than average intelligence; the public common schools he attended were often taught by good teachers and this Springboro Academy where he studied the higher branches, was a useful institution. In early manhood he attended the lectures of the Law School at Cincinnati where he received the degree of LL>B. Perhaps the best part of his intellectual outfit was the result of reading and study out of school. In early life he acquired a love of good literature, but he was through life careful and painstaking in his reading, rather than omniverous. When a boy a volume of Macaulay's essays fell into his hands and even then he was struck with the wide circle of the knowledge of that marvelous man, and he wondered how he had ever learned all he knew.

Peter Sellers commence the work of his life profession in early youth. Having obtained a certificate he taught his first school in District No. 10 of his native township of Clearcreek, beginning January 3rd, 1853. He was then eighteen years of age. With occasional interruptions by other avocations he continued in the profession of teaching until his last illness. He taught common schools in various districts of Warren county; and was successively principal of the graded schools of Springboro, Waynesville and Eaton. For a time he successfully conducted a private school in Kentucky, but he and his wife preferred to rear their children in their native state and they returned to Warren county.

In 1868 he was appointed a member of the board of County School Examiners of Warren county and he served in that capacity a number of years. Those who served with him in the board know better than those who were examined by him how diligent and conscientious he was in the discharge of the important duties of his office and how well he combined goodness and kindness in maintaining a high standard of qualification in the teachers profession.

In 1890 he was called to the presidency of the Albion Normal University at Albion, Ill. He was then fifty-six years of age; he had kept up his studies and was doubtless better prepared for the work of instructing advanced classes than ever before. He continued in the faithful and successful discharge of his duties at this institution until he was compelled to relinquish them by the illness from which he never recovered.

Prof. Sellers was not possessed of those showy talents which attract the admiration of the unthinking multitude. His acquirements were real. It is not too much to say of him no teacher of Warren county had about him less of false pretense, less of the disposition to show off. he did not pretend to be what he knew he was not, or to know what he knew he did not know. Those who came to know him best learned to esteem him best. He was an honest searcher after truth and a hard and persistent student. He willingly began new and difficult studies and mastered them by his unaided efforts. He could not long be content unless his mind was vigorously exercised. Even in the tedious months of his last sickness he would turn from the daily newspaper and the light conversation of friends to fined recreation in reading a Latin author or in solving a geometrical problem.

His personal character commanded respect and he will be remembered with affection and tenderness by those who were associated with him in educational work. Affable in manner, of quiet integrity, a true friend and a Christian, his daily life exemplified the possession of virtues which made him a symbol of honor in his profession and his life work entitles hie name in an honorable place in the history of education in our country. [Source: Obituary Records, Historical Museum Warren County, Lebanon, Ohio, Item 6 FHL#1637819, A Memorial Read Before the Warren County Teachers Association Sept. 26th, 1896, by Josiah Morrow.]

Peter married Sarah Gallaher on 15 Jan 1862 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Sarah was born on 15 Nov 1838 in Ohio, United States; died on 19 Aug 1917 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 21 Aug 1917 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Amos Sellers, in the household of George Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Amos Sellers, farm laborer, in the household of George Sellers

Amos married Mira A. Maltbie on 2 Feb 1865 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Mira was born in 1840; died on 3 Jan 1913; was buried in Jan 1913 in Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Ohio, United States; Farmer, operated a sawmill, general merchandising and postmaster in
• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Ferdinand Sellers, huckster, head of household
• Census: 1860, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Fred Sellers, merchant, head of household
• Military: 21 Oct 1861, New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Private, Co. A, 149 Ohio Infantry
• Military: 16 Oct 1862; was discharged from the military
• Military: Jun 1863; was subject to do military duty in the 6th Congressional District
• Beneficiary: 5 Jul 1869; in the will of his father, William R. Sellers
• Executor: 5 Jul 1869; Ferdinand Sellers and Robert Sellers were named executors in the will of their father, William Runkle Sellers
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Ferdinand Sellers, farm laborer, head of household
• Newspaper: 8 Feb 1872; The Weekly Western Star. Lebanon, Ohio, 8 February 1872, p2
• Census: 1880, Spring Valley Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States; as Ferdinand Sellers, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1890, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Ferdinand Sellers, Private, Co. A, 149 Ohio Infantry; Address:
  New Burlington
• Newspaper: 20 Feb 1890; The Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio), 20 February 1890, p4

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of William R. Sellers as Ferdinand Sellers, also as one of the executors.

An 1850 Warren County, census record shows the couple living in Clear Creek, and Ferdinand working as a huckster. However, A. Clark Lackey "Always understood that Great Grandfather Sellers was a cabinet maker." Later census records have him working as a farm laborer and a farmer. In later life Ferdinand Sellers lived in Springfield, Ohio with his daughter Addie, who took care of him until his death. [Source: Compiled and written by David Randolph Sellers, "A History and Genealogy of the Sellers Family", Cincinnati, Ohio: Robbins Advertising, Inc., 1966]

Will:
WILL
Springfield, Ohio 1910
—..I, Ferd. Sellers, being of a sound mind and setting of my own free will, do make herby my last will and testament.
—I desire, first, thast suitable markers should be placed at the graves of my beloved wife and myself and that the expenses of this and also my funeral be paid in full.
—..I will and bequeath Twenty five dollars ($25.00) each to the Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies of the Methodist Episcopal church.
—..After the payment of the above enumerated expenses and the bequests specified, I will and bequeath to my beloved daughter, Addie Sellers, all my remaining property of every character and description without reserve, and request that my son Harry H. Sellers and the beneficiary herein named act without bond and without compensation as joint administrators of my estate.
—..Signed in the presence of (signature) F. Sellers
Witnesses:
J. C. Baker
Geo. Burroughs
D. R. Fox

Newspaper:

Probate Notice
The following names persons, to-wit:
Robert and Ferdinand Sellers ex'rs of William R. Sellers, deceased. 1st account

Census:

Also in this household is William Hull, age 29, servant

Census:
DW 284-194
Ferdinand Sellers, Private, Co. A, 149 Ohio Infantry, Enlisted: Oct 21, 1861, Discharged: Oct. 16, 1862, Length of Service: 9m 7d, Post Office: New Burlington, Ohio

Newspaper:

New Burlington
Ferdinand Sellers had a sale Tuesday.

Ferdinand married Rebecca Hormell on 18 Feb 1847 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Rebecca (daughter of Henry Hormell, Jr. and Margaret Fry) was born on 27 May 1828 in Ridgeville, Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 9 Mar 1887 in New Burlington, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Mar 1887 in Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Robert Sellers, farmer, in the household of William Sellers
• Beneficiary: 5 Jul 1869; in the will of his father
• Executor: 5 Jul 1869; Ferdinand Sellers and Robert Sellers were named executors in the will of their father, William Runkle Sellers
• Census: 1870, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Newspaper: 2 Feb 1872; The Weekly Western Star. Lebanon, Ohio, 8 February 1872, p2

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of William R. Sellers as Robert Sellers, also as one of the executors.

Newspaper:

Probate Notice
The following names persons, to-wit:
Robert and Ferdinand Sellers ex'rs of William R. Sellers, deceased. 1st account

Robert married Marilla Kirby on 8 May 1853 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Marilla was born on 2 Mar 1832 in Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 13 Mar 1870 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Mar 1870 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William W. Sellers, farmer, in the household of William Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William W. Sellers, farmer, head of household
• Beneficiary: 5 Jul 1869; in the will of his father, William R. Sellers, as Wm. W. Sellers
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of William R. Sellers as Wm. Wesley Sellers.

William married Caroline M. Lackey on 28 Oct 1857 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Caroline (daughter of Enos Lackey and Matilda Irwin) was born on 13 Mar 1839 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 20 Dec 1927 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Amanda I Sellers, in the household of William Sellers
• Beneficiary: 5 Jul 1869; in the will of her father William R Sellers, as Amanda J. Russell

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of William R. Sellers as daughter Amanda J. Russell and husband J. M. Russell.

Amanda married James Madison Russell on 1 Apr 1852 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. James was born in 1830; died on 8 Mar 1897 in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana, United States; was buried in Mar 1897 in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Sellers, in the household of William Sellers
• Beneficiary: 5 Jul 1869; in the will of her father, William R. Sellers, as Mary A. McDonald

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of William R. Sellers as Mary A. McDonald late Mary A. Sellers.

Mary married Nimrod McDonald on 13 May 1858 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Nimrod was born on 12 Jun 1815 in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States; died on 15 Jan 1884 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jan 1884 in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Nancy M. Sellers, in the household of William Sellers
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Nancy M. Sellers, in the household of William Sellers
• Beneficiary: 5 Jul 1869; in ther will of her father, William R. Sellers, as Nancy M. Burnet

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of William R. Sellers as Nancy M. Bernet late Nancy M. Sellers.

Nancy married Joseph Burnett on 29 May 1862 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Joseph was born about 1839 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 16 Apr 1891 in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Apr 1891 in Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Sarah J. Miller, in the household of Abraham Miller

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Christena Miller, in the household of Abraham Miller

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Mary E. Miller, in the household of Abraham Miller

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Flora Miller, in the household of Abraham Miller

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Wesley W. Miller, in the household of Abraham Miller

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Theodore Miller, in the household of Abraham Miller

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Julia Ann Miller, in the household of Abraham Miller

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• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Lucinda Miller, in the household of Abraham Miller

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• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Sheets, in the household of Samuel Sheets

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Lemuel Sheets, in the household of Samuel Sheets
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Lemuel Sheets, farm laborer, in the household of Samuel Sheets
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Lemuel Sheets, idiotic, in the household of Samuel Sheets

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Christiana Sheets, in the household of Samuel Sheets

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as John W. Sheets, in the household of Samuel Sheets
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as William Sheets, farm laborer, in the household of Samuel Sheets

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Sheets, in the household of Samuel Sheets
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Sheets, in the household of Samuel Sheets
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Sheets, Jr., farmer, head of household

Samuel married Amanda F. Beem on 1 Oct 1867 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Amanda was born on 19 Jun 1847 in Ohio, United States; died on 6 Feb 1932 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 10 Feb 1932 in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Ada E. Babbitt on 27 Dec 1888 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Ada was born on 7 Oct 1869 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 5 Dec 1941 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 8 Dec 1941 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Luella Graham on 14 Nov 1894 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Luella was born on 25 Feb 1873 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 3 May 1948 in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 5 May 1948 in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as George H. Sellers, works on farm, in the household of Isaac Sellers

George married Emma M. Anderson on 22 Mar 1876 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Emma was born in 1851; died in 1910; was buried in 1910 in Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Mary M. Sellers, in the household of Isaac Sellers

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as John M. Sellers, in the household of William Sellers

Stanley married Mary Esther Keys on 26 Oct 1887 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States. Mary was born on 6 Jan 1862 in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 13 Sep 1939 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 14 Sep 1939 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Religion: Methodist Episcopal Church
• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Laura E. Sellers, in the household of Ferdinand Sellers
• Census: 1860, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Laura E. Sellers, in the household of Fred Sellers
• Census: 1870, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Laura Lackey, in the household of Ellsworth Lackey
• Census: 1880, Spring Valley, Greene County, Ohio, United States; as Laura Lackey, wife, in the household of Enos Lackey
• Census: 1900, New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Laura E. Lackey, wife, 3 chidren/3 living, in the household of Ellsworth Lackey
• Census: 1910, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, United States; as Laura Lackey, mother, widow, 3 children/2 living, own income, in the household of son Burt Lackey; Address:
  20 Home Avenue
• Census: 1920, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, United States; as Laura S. Lackey, widow, head of household; Address:
  Manhattan Apts., 95 N. Detroit Street
• Correspondence: 31 Aug 1920; letter to Helen
• Residence: 1922, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  102 North Detroit
• Obituary: 30 Oct 1924; Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) 30 October 1924, p11

Notes:

Correspondence:

Dear little Helen,
—I was very glad to get your letter. Yes I think Charles Cummings is a mate for Charles Batteford in size any way. I am so glad the you are having such a good time. So nice that you could go and enjoy the country next week you will have to get down to studying.
—Your papa brought Mary up yesterday morning and she stayed all day with me we had a fine time. She took a long nap in the morning also one in the afternoon was just as gold. I gave her some custard when she ate her dinner and when she was eating a lunch in the afternoon of rice, she pointed out to the Ice chest & wanted custard. I asked her if that was what she wanted & she nodded her head and said yes in her way. When her papa came to take her home she said at first she did not want to go but changed her mind when he was ready to start. I must close this and get to my ironing with much love to you both. Also to Uncle Walter & Aunt Lou.
Your loving Grandma
I think everything is going along fine if you and Dorothy are away for a time.

Obituary:

Xenia, Oct. 30. — Mrs. Laura Lackey, widow of E. E. Lackey, died at the home of her son, Dr. Burt L. Lackey, Home Ave., aat 9 o'clock last night. She had been ill several months and recently her condition became critical. Funeral services will be announced later.

Laura married Ellsworth Enos Lackey on 26 Sep 1867 in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States. Ellsworth (son of Enos Lackey and Matilda Irwin) was born on 30 Sep 1844 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 9 Jan 1903 in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 12 Jan 1903 in New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Obituary: Greenville Daily Advocate (Greenville, Ohio) 28 December 1931, p1
• Occupation: Methodist Minister
• Census: 1860, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Owen M. Sellers, in the household of Fred Sellers
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Owen Sellers, farm laborer, in the household of Ferdinand Sellers
• Census: 1880, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Owen M. Sellers, country store keeper, head of household; Address:
  Main Street
• Census: 1900, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Owen M. Sellers, preacher, head of household; Address:
  322 N. Broadway
• Census: 1910, West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as O. M. Sellers, preacher, head of household; Address:
  Third Street
• Census: 1920, West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  Miami Street
• Census: 1930, West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  424 South Miami Street

Notes:

Owen Milton Sellers was a Methodist minister who became noted not only for his sermons at the pulpit, but also for Memorial Day and Commencement Day addresses. He married Flora Haydock and had by her, five children, including three sons. The eldest son worked as a school teacher and superintendent, another for Goodwill Industries, and the youngest as Executive Secretary of the Downtown Property Owners' Association in Cincinnati, Ohio. [Source: Compiled and written by David Randolph Sellers, "A History and Genealogy of the Sellers Family", Cincinnati, Ohio: Robbins Advertising, Inc., 1966]

Obituary:

Troy, O. Dec. 28.—Rev. Owen M. Sellers, West Milton, for 33 years an active minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and at various times pastor of many of the Churches of that denomination in Miami county, died at Christ hospital, Cincinnati, at 7:15 o'clock on Christmas morning. He had gone to the hospital just before Thanksgiving and some two weeks ago underwent a preliminary operation. He had seemed to be getting along well and it had been anticipated he would undergo further surgery.
Funeral services will be held at the M. E. church in West Milton at one o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. E. D. Baker of Troy, pastor of the West Milton church, will officiate, and Dr. E. H. Roberts, of Springfield, district superintendent, will participate in the service. Burial will be made at New Burlington, Clinton county.
The decendent was born on a farm north of Lebanon, Warren county, Feb. 17, 1953, and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Sellers. The greater part of his life was devoted to the ministry and he served many churches oin this section, among them being Tippecanoe City, Covington, Casstown, Bethel, West Milton, and Grace, at Piqua, all in Miami county, and Trinity at Dayton, New Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Jamestown and Leesburg. Since his retirement he has resided most of the time at West Milton.
He retired from active pastoral work in 1910 but continued to do much supply work as he was happiest when he was engaged in the service of the church and it's head.
He was united in marriage to Miss Flora Haydock of New Burlington, who died three years ago last May. There survive three sons; Damon H. Sellers, superintendent of schools of Miami county, who resides at Troy; Evan O. Sellers, of Lima, and Randolph F. Sellers of Cincinnati.

Owen married Ella Flora Haydock on 1 Jun 1876 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Ella was born on 11 Mar 1851 in New Burlington, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; died on 14 May 1928 in West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 16 May 1928 in New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Wilber S. Sellers, in the household of Fred Sellers
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Wilber Sellers, works on farm, in the household of Ferdinand Sellers
• Census: 1880, Spring Valley Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States; as Wilber S. Sellers, son, clerk in store, in the household of Ferdinand Sellers
• Census: 1910, Springfield, Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, United States; sa Wilbur S. Sellers, bookkeeper, head of household
• Census: 1940, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  504 South Limestone St.

Notes:

Wilbur Sulliva Sellers was employed by the Fox Company, a wholesale grocery concern in Springfield, Ohio. The family later moved to Virginia, where the son lived first in Alexandria, and later in Richmond. Strikingly similar to his father in appearance and longevity, Wilbur Sellers' trademarks were immaculate dress and agility well into his seventies. [Source: Compiled and written by David Randolph Sellers, "A History and Genealogy of the Sellers Family", Cincinnati, Ohio: Robbins Advertising, Inc., 1966]

Wilbur married Ida Belle Maxwell in 1876. Ida was born on 4 Sep 1858 in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, United States; died on 27 Mar 1926 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 29 Mar 1926 in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Ettie Sellers
• Name: Mary Ettie Sellers
• Census: 1860, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Marietta Sellers, in the household of Fred Sellers
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Ettie Sellers, in the household of Ferdinand Sellers

Notes:

Great Aunt Ettie Sellers was married to Fred Lucas. They lived in Xenia. I can recall some of Aunt Ettie's family. Her daughter, Mary, was married to Bill Harrison and they had three children. Bessie, who was a little older than I am, died of pneumonia as a young lady. There were two boys, Frederick and Bill. Their father used to be Superintendent of the old Xenia Water Company. They lived out on the Springfield Pike. There is a fish hatchery where this old water company was located. He later was a Superintendent of a water plant there in Oldtown when the city of Xenia took over the water company. As a boy, I used to be in their home quite often. As we used to go swimming in a place below the old water plant, and I have stayed overnight at their home many a time as a child. Aunt Ettie had another daughter that I cannot recall her name at this time, nor can I recall her married name. Her husband's given name was Ben and he worked for the Bell Telephone Company in Xenia. They had several children, but they were much younger than we were at that time and I cannot recall any names. Another daughter of Aunt Etties, possibly her name was Laura, was married to Edward Bostwick. They also lived in Xenia and I recall three of their children; one daughter, Mary, and the boy's names were Clarence and Edward. These two boys, I understand, worked and both graduated from college, and I believe are located some place in Illinois. I believe one of the boys was the business manager of some college in Illinois. Aunt Ettie's oldest son was Ralph Lucas, who was married sever times, but did not have any children only by his last wife. his last wife's name was Ethel and she was of Russian extraction, coming from the Georgian area of Russia. They had one son, Ralph, Jr., who I understand lives in Texas, and has a very responsible position as a manager of some store of some kind. Ralph Lucas, Sr. lived most his life around Cincinnati and Covington. He was a manager for the Western Union Telegraph Company. When he retired, he lived in a trailer at Xenia. The other son of Aunt Etties that I recall was named Henry and spent a good deal of time in the Armed Services. The last I remember of hearing about him, he was running a restaurant at New Vienna, Ohio. [Source: Letter written by Amos Clark Lackey addressed to David Randolph Sellers, dated May 23, 1966]

Mary married Thomas Frederick Price Lucas on 30 Dec 1875 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Thomas was born on 17 Sep 1855 in Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana, United States; died on 21 Nov 1935 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Charles Sellers, in the household of Fred Sellers
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Charles Sellers, in the household of Ferdinand Sellers
• Census: 1900, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; as Charles E. Sellers, grocer, head of household; Address:
  160 Stanton Ave.
• Census: 1910, Springfield, Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, United States; as Chalres E. Selelrs, manufacturer, head of household

Notes:

I recall Great Uncle Charles Sellers as living in Springfield, Ohio and manufactured some kind of patten medicine. He used to make a pill called "Liverites" and they were bottled in a wooden bottle with a wooden stopper. He had one son, Richard, who was working for some company in Dayton. My brother, Bob Lackey's wife, Frances Douthit, was a stenographer in his office at the time Bob Lackey married her. Uncle Charlie had another son, who was connected with the Laconda or Lycoming Manufacturing Company in Springfield. I also recall two daughters of Uncle Charlies, but cannot recall their given names. One of them married Herbert Wineland. They had several children, but I do not recall any of their names. [Source: Letter written by Amos Clark Lackey addressed to David Randolph Sellers, dated May 23, 1966]

Charles married Carrie Johnson in 1883. Carrie was born in Nov 1859 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Misc: was never married
• Occupation: Nurse
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Ada Sellers, in the household of Ferdinand Sellers
• Census: 1880, Spring Valley Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States; as Addie Sellers, daughter, in the household of Ferdinand Sellers
• Census: 1910, Springfield, Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, United States; as Addie Sellers, sister, special nurse, in the household of Wilbur S. Sellers
• Census: 1930, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; as Addie Sellars, roomer, in the household of C. L. Dawson; Address:
  504 Limeestone
• Census: 1940, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  504 South Limestone St.

Notes:

Great Aunt Addie Sellers never married. She was a nurse and she lived with and took care of Great Grandfather Ferdinand Sellers until his death. They lived in Springfield. The last time I saw Aunt Addie was in Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. We were home on a visit and we took our daughter to Cincinnati to the zoo. She was a youngster at that time. I did not get to visit with Aunt Addie very long since she was going to have a blood transfusion, and the doctor was anxious to have blood donated. My blood did not match as I have a more or less rare type, AB, but he said that they would put it in the blood bank and credit it to her, so I spent part of my time in the laboratory giving blood at the time I was there. [Source: Letter written by Amos Clark Lackey addressed to David Randolph Sellers, dated May 23, 1966]

Other Events:

• Name: Henry Harvey Sellers
• Occupation: Real Estate Broker
• Religion: Methodist
• Census: 1870, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Henry Sellers, in the household of Ferdinand Sellers
• Census: 1880, Spring Valley Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States; as Harry H. Sellers, son, in the household of Ferdinand Sellers
• Census: 1900, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; as Harry H. Sellers, shipping clerk, head of household; Address:
  142 Stanton Ave.
• Occupation: 1902; Cashier in the Springfield Post Office

Notes:

Great Uncle Harry Sellers, grandmother's youngest brother, was the same age as her oldest son, Walter Lackey. Uncle Harry had the two sons, Darrow and Joe. Of course you know about Darrow living in Glendora, California. Since our daughter lives at San Diego, we have made several trips to California. On our first two trips we went up to Glendora to see Darrow Sellers. He has two sons. One of the sons was living in California and was with the U. S. Forestry Service. The other son was in the Navy and at that time was stationed in Washington, D. C. [Source: Letter written by Amos Clark Lackey addressed to David Randolph Sellers, dated May 23, 1966]

Census:

Also listed in this household Bell S. Darrow, mother-in-law

Harry married Millicent Darrow on 26 Sep 1888 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States. Millicent was born on 11 Nov 1869 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; died on 27 Oct 1907 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Oct 1907 in Clark County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Laura Sellers, in the household of William W. Sellers