MARRIAGES
1862=Benjamin B. http://members.aol.com/karottle/index.html SELLERS=79 ACRES = HOUSTON CO, AL
1900 CK Dale/Geneva/Henry) = SAME LAND, new NAME
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1910 HOUSTON CO, AL
MARTHA SELLERS 66------
living with Michael KENEDY
C.E.J.R. SELLERS 30
CORA 30
DURED 10M
BLOSIE 7F
THEODORE 4
BENJAMIN SELLERS 23
MANNIE? A. 17, wife
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WE NEED WHERE these families are in 1900?
1910 Houston Co, Al extration on Soundex (may have more if you have
more info)
JOHN N. SELLERS 37 AL (ca1873)
ELLA 34 AL
HARVEY 17 AL
LOLA 14 AL
WINNIE 12 AL
CARL 9 AL
TERRY? 7M AL
LESLIE 4M AL
EUNICE 6/12 AL
1910 HOUSTON CO, AL
BEN SELLERS 36
MARRIE 13 DAU
BENJ S. SELLERS 23 --
MANIE A. 17 WIFE
REBECCA E. SELLERS 48 -
GUSSIE T. 25
BURESA K.? 22M
WM W. 15
HOLINGER 13M
REPSIE P. 10F
WHIT F. 7M
EVELAN R.4 F
ERNEST L. 2
and 1 hired man
JAMES H. SELLERS 52 GA
NANCY 40 (NO states listed and ditto on down)
THOMAS G. 22
BEN 19
ca1891,msh
LULA 16
ADDIS 14M
EMETT 12M
DEWEY 1
NANCY T. SELLERS 45, MOTHER OF JAMES W.
NORMAN L. SELLERS 62-- (ck 1860 Henry Co,Al)
SARAH 62 GA
SILAS 25M SON
SATRO 22 DAU
NORTON M. SELLERS 36 (ck HENRY CO, AL)
ARMETTIE F. 34
HUGH 9
HATTIE B. 5
KATE 2
ANNIE L. 3/12
VENETTE 71 GA, MOTHER
John S Sellers 57 Virgel O Sellers 27 John R Sellers 25 Junious S Sellers 20 Amos R Sellers 18 Cara M Sellers 16 Ora L Sellers 12 (ck 1900 henry co., msh)
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1910 Houston County, Alabama
City of Dothan
enumerated 30 May 1910
Page 112A
Earnest Hill, head, M, W, 37, M1, married 13 years, AL, AL, AL, lawyer,
criminal
Gravis? Hill, wife, F, W, 31, M1, married 13 years, 3 children born, 2
children living, AL, AL, AL
Ben Hill, son, M, W, 11, single, AL, AL, AL
Mildred Hill, daughter, F, W, 3, single, AL, AL, AL
Zack Prigens, father-in-law, M, W, 61, M1, married 33 years, AL, NC, NC,
none
Malinda Prigens, mother-in-law, F, W, 69, M2, married 33 years, 4 children
born, 4 children living, AL, NC, NC (Obit says she has been dead for 8
months!)
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A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Alabama > Houston http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=399 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34650 Submitted by: Barbara Article Title: The Dothan Eagle Article Date: December 12 1910 Article Description: Where The Preachers Go For Another Year
Marianna District
Ouchina, D. A. Sellers
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WW 1
Name: Amos Rufus Sellers Birth: 29 Nov 1891 Birth: Alabama;United States of America Residence: Houston, Alabama Other: Houston County
1920 Houston County, Alabama
City of Dothan
Page 254B
Earnest H. Hill, head, M, W, 46, married, AL, AL, AL, lawyer, general practice
Graymore Hill, wife, F, W, 41, married, AL, AL, AL
Mildred Hill, daughter, F, W, 13, single, AL, AL, AL
Georgia #1
chickfletcher@comcast.net]
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1930 HOUSTON CO, AL
SELLERS, Andrew J. (Private, Company D, 53rd Alabama Cavalry) born 1847 – died 1919; living in Houston County Alabama. Sources: the late Homer Jones
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12 Mar 1943
ALHOUSTO-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Obits- Mar 1943
James D Sellers Funeral Conducted.
Elba. Funeral services for James Douglas Sellers well known farmer of the Liberty Church community who died at his home Wednesday night following an illness of about six months were held at the Bonneau-Jeter Funeral Chapel in Elba on Thursday afternoon with the Rev. O Fox pastor of the Baptist Church, officiating.
Mr. Sellers was born in Chesterfield, S C on October 14, 1868 (?) but had made his home in Coffee County for many years.
Surviving are one son, ** Sellers and one daughter, Miss Elzie Sellers, of Elba, one sister, Mrs. D H Ellis Charlotte, N C; two brothers, D C Sellers, Chesterfield, S C, and P H Sellers, Bocaraton, Florida.
Burial was in the Evergreen cemetery. Pallbearers were James Folsom, Guy Folsom, J Ross Clark, Wiley Gatlin, Shirley Gatlin, J C Coon.
Bonneau-Jeter Company, had charge of arrangements.
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Obituary, Mrs. Helen Player Sellers
From:
"Don Sellers" <dsellers@digitalexp.com>
Helen Player Sellers
Mrs. Helen Player Sellers 95, died Wednesday, Dec 16, 1998 at
Wesley
Manor
Nursing Facility following an extended illness.
Graveside funeral services will be 10 a. m. Monday at Memory Hill
Cemetery
with
Dr. Samuel Maddox officiating and Ward-Wilson Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Sellers was born to Mr. and Mrs. T.L. Player of Blountstown,
Fla., on
Feb.
13, 1903.
She attended Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee and
later
attended business college in Dothan. She worked in Dothan prior
to her marriage to
Carl E. Sellers, who served as Houston County Tax Collector and
Probate Judge.
Mrs. Sellers was a faithful member of First Baptist Church where
she taught a
ladies’ Sunday School class for many years. Since 1988 she has resided
at Wesley
Manor.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Carl, in 1976.
She is survived by their only daughter, Mary Helen Wilson and son-in-law,
Rev. T.W. Wilson, Montreat, N.C.; one grandson, Rev. Jim Wilson,
Orlando, Fla.;
one granddaughter, Sally Wilson Pereira, Black Mountain, N.C.; six
great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs
Hazel Holloman, Dothan, Mrs. Virginia Manley, Eufaula.
Saturday, December 19, 1998
The Dothan Eagle
page 11-A
Dothan, Alabama
From:
"Don Sellers" <dsellers@digitalexp.com>
Victor Osborne Sellers
Mr. Victor Osborne Sellers, 81 of 4267 S. Park, Dothan, died at
his
residence.
Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the chapel
of First
Baptist
Church of Dothan, Dr. Bob Gross officiating.
Visitation will be Saturday morning from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at
Kent-Thornton
Funeral Home.
Mr. Sellers was a native of Houston County and was born in Dothan
on Dec.
28,1917. He ia the son of the late John Rushen Sellers and Clara
Mae
Brooks
Sellers. Mr Sellers was last employed as a supervisor with Columbus
Mills
in
Eufaula. He was also the former owner of Economy Auto in Eufaula.
Mr
Sellers was
a member of First Baptist Church in Dothan and attended Auburn University.
Victor Sellers also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Merlin S. Sellers; son, Clifton
P.
Sellers;
brother, Brooks R. Sellers; sister, Regina Sellers McGregor.
He is survived by three sons, Leroy R. Sellers, Waverly, Ala., Leslie
H.
Sellers, Mobile, Ala., Gerald O. Sellers, Waycross, Ga.; daughter,
Susan
Sellers
Hall, Eufaula, Ala.; two stepdaughters, Janie Kelly and Nancy Hornsby,
both of
Dothan; former wife of 31 years, Phoebe Sellers, Eufaula; several
grandchildren
and greatgrandchildren.
Looking for info on SAMUEL D. SELLERS born in Houston Co AL. married
Mary E McLendon
born in Chipley, FL. Had at least one son name Crate A. Sellers
born in Houston Co AL.
PGreatho01@aol.com
S. W. Sellers is Wright Sellers
Date: 99-09-15 10:21:14 EDT
From: CWBSLocator@webtv.net (Homer JONES)
To: PGreatho01@aol.com
Something here on Houston County
Sellers:
Thomas Sellers, Oct 4, 1813-Oct 15,
1899; Pvt, Co A, 6th Ala Inf Rgt; m
Mary A. Kinsaul, 1821-1867; buried
Mt. Gilead Church Cemetery, west
of Dothan near the Houston/Geneva
line.
Andrew J. Sellers, Mar 14, 1847-Jun
26, 1919; Pvt, Co D, 53d Ala Cav Rgt;
m. Mary A., 1868-1951; Cottonwood
City Cemetery.
Carlton E. Sellers, d. Oct 20, 1939;
Co D, 6th Fla Inf Rgt; m. Melissa
Sellers, d. 1884; Rocky Creek Church
Cemetery, south of Ashford.
From:
"Horine, Leta" <LHorine@ida.org>
DARDEN-L@rootsweb.com
I haven't received any Darden information. Searching for information
on my
gr-grandmother and family: Melissa Smith Darden Sellers (GA), mother
of
Bedford Henry Darden born 1858 Macon GA.
Sister, Annie Carolyn Darden was
born 1861 (GA? AL?). This family settled in Houston Co AL sometime
around
1866, when Melissa married Calton E. Sellers. How/when/where/what???
Leta W. Horine
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>From the Dothan (AL) Eagle, Sept. 16, 1909
MRS. PRIDGEN DIED EARLY THIS MORNING.
Was Taken Ill Saturday And Dies This Morning At 3 O'Clock.
Mrs. Z T Pridgen died this morning at 3 o'clock at the Pridgen home on
North
Oates street, from an attack of stomach trouble that came on Saturday.
Prior to
that time she had been in good health and her death was unexpected.
Her husband, Dr. Pridgen, was in Atlanta at the time of her death,
having gone
over there Wednesday, but he arrived today.
Mrs. Pridgen was a first cousin of the late General Oates. She was
twice
married; first to a Collins, and from that union the following children
survive:
W. A. Collins, of Corpus Christi, Tex., ; Mrs. W F Young, of Vienna,
Va.; Mrs.
J. L. Sowell, of New Orleans; John Collins, of Westville, Fla.; and
Dave Collins
of Macon, Ga. After the death of Mr. Collins, she was married to Dr. Z
T
Pridgen, and their children are: Dr. O G Pridgen, of Atlanta; Mrs. E H
Hill, of
this city; Lester Pridgen, of Shrevesport, La.; and Coy Pridgen of
Tulsa, Okla.
All of their children have been notified of the death of their mother,
and the
funeral will not take place till tomorrow, to give them time to get
here.
Mr. Carl Sellers of near Columbia is a brother of the deceased.
Mrs. Pridgen was about 59 years old and was reared in this county,
southeast of
town, but she has lived in Dothan with her husband almost since the
town
started, and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. ______ FUNERAL NOTICE
The funeral of Mrs. Z T Pridgen will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock at
the residence on North Oates street. The burial will take place at the
city
cemetery.
Carol Pridgen Martoccia Bickel
List Manager for the Pridgen Research Group
Homepage for Pridgens: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pridgen/
Pridgen Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl
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28 Jun 1951
Enterprise Youth Seriously Injured.
Enterprise-Lynox Lee Sellers, five, was injured seriously yesterday afternoon when struck by a car in front of his home here. His father, Howell Sellers, is stationed at Camp Rucker.
Policeman Ned Wall said the automobile driven by M L Blackmon of Cottonwood Wall said the accident apparently was unavoidable and no charge was filed.
Attaches at an Enterprise hospital said the child suffered serious back and
head injuries, a fractured left leg and a hand injury. The accident occurred
about 2:30 east of downtown Enterprise.
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16 Jan 1950
Wiregrass Deaths.
J. E. Sellers, Sr.
Funeral services for J E Sellers, Sr., seventy, who died yesterday at his home
in Slocomb, were held this afternoon at the Slocomb Methodist Church. The Rev.
Mr. Fuller and the Rev. Mr. Harden officiated and interment in the Slocomb Cemetery
was directed by Ward-Wilson .
Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs Burnelle Armstrong, of Slocomb; a son, J E Sellers, Jr., Slocomb; a brother, T L Sellers, Bonifay; a sister, Mrs. Julia Sanders, Chipley, and three grandchildren.
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[ALHOUSTO] Obits- Nov 1943- Parramore /Byrd / Maddox / Hubbard/
Mrs Sarah Byrd Last Rites Held
Funeral of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Byrd, eighty-nine, who died Tuesday afternoon at her home on Hartford route two following an illness of several months, was held Wednesday afternoon at Mt. Gilead church with the Rev. Will Davis and J J Collins officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Holman of Hartford in charge.
Mrs. Byrd is survived by five sons, J. R. and E. B. Byrd, of Geneva, and W.
L., J. D. and A. M. Byrd, of Hartford; two daughters, Mrs. Mary F. McClenney
and Mrs. J J Sellers, of Hartford, and two brothers, J. A. and B. T. Kinsaul,
of Hartford.
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Sellers, Richard Hollinger b. Feb. 23, 1897 d. Jul. 1, 1989 Union Hill Baptist Cemete... Dothan Houston County Alabama, USA
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