1900 AND 1920 COLORADO SOUNDEX CENSUS
SELLERS in COLORADO DEATH RECORDS - DRAFT REGISTRATIONS
JAMIE'S PAGE - Lincoln Co -
Mrs Elizabeth SELLERS dismissed to Pueblo Colorado March 1888
1911 QUERIDA,CUSTER CO = GEORGE SELLERS, brother of DAVID SELLERS
1835 (civil war file of David, msh) Link to his page!
From:
"Jean Owens" <j3an@flash.net>
Are you still looking for Querida, Co.. If so the Site finder
on the Anti map says
its in Custer Co.
Jean Hicks Owens
Okla. City
J3an@flash.net
SUMMIT CO, OHIO in POLK CO, OREGON 1911
>From the Sellers page for Colorado -- where I found mention of the
David
Sellers family, and conjecture that he was a Civil War soldier.
David Sellers was a Civil War Soldier from Seneca
Co., OH. Enlisted
5-2-1864
in Company G, 164th Ohio Infantry, re-enlisted 2-25-1865, in Company
B,
195th
Ohio Infantry. Discharged 2-25-1866.
Frank Sellers
Falls Church, VA
George:
You mentioned David's brother George as living in Querida, Colorado
in
1911 per David's Civil War file. Yes, the file does mention
that, but I
have never been able to find Querida listed on any map. (It wasn't
me
who submitted the information about this George.) I have found
a George
Cellers listed on the 1900 Colorado Census for Custer Co., which
is
where I have been told he died September 26, 1912, per death certicate
#6359A Custer Co. Colorado. I am told by a descendant of his
that he
was indeed David's brother.
If anyone has information about these people, I would appreciate
being
advised.
Submitted by: Lynn (Sellers) Mack
R-L-M@prodigy.net
LYNN,
HOW do you pronounce HUERFANO, CO, laying under CUSTER CO, CO?
I could NOT find QUERIDA, CO either-
BUT, I did NOT go ask Colorado for Old, abandoned towns?
marie, iowa
Dalton, John C., Bishop of Manassa, San Luis Stake, Colorado,
was born at Parowan, Iron
county, Utah, Jan. 9, 1857. He grew to manhood on the farm
and ranch, and received a limited
education in the district school. May 1, 1876, he married
Hannah D., daughter of Jesse N. and
Emma Smith. In December, 1878, he was called to accompany
Pres. Silas S. Smith on an
exploring mission through Arizona and northern New Mexico.
He started on this mission the
following April, returning in September. Soon after his return
home, he was chosen a counselor in
the Y. M. M. I. A. of the Ward. The year following he was
called into the Stake presidency of
the Y. M. M. I. A., laboring in that position until May, 1882.
In February, 1882, he was directed
by Apostle Erastus Snow to again accompany Pres. Silas S.
Smith to the small colony of Saints
in Colorado. May 17th he bade farewell to his relatives and
friends, and, leaving the home of his
childhood, started on a life's mission. On the 22nd of the
following month he, with his traveling
companion, A. F. McGregor, arrived in San Luis valley, where
the Colorado Saints had
established three small settlements. In October he was joined
by his wife, and they together
labored to build a home and fill the mission to which they
had been called. He was ordained a
Bishop by Apostles Brigham Young and Heber J. Grant and Pres.
Silas S. Smith, and set apart
to preside over the Manassa Ward in February, 1883, with Silas
S. Smith, junior, and Samuel
Sellers as his counselors. Some time afterward, Bro. Sellers
moved away and [p.553] Martin
Christensen took his place in the Bishopric. Side by side
they have labored to build up the Ward.
Bishop Dalton has represented the people in various State
and county positions, and has always
been zealous and energetic in the discharge of every duty
enjoined upon him.
Colorado State Penitentiary Index 1871 - 1973 (didn't note if Inmates
or Employees)
SELLARS, CURTIS F
41476
SELLARS, KIRK
38220
SELLERS, ANTHONY
23792
SELLERS, ANTHONY Y
20913
SELLERS, ARCHIE
24753
SELLERS, EDWARD H
10428
SELLERS, GLEN ARLIS
39839
SELLERS, KENNETH ANDREW
39318
SELLERS, LELAND DALE
26464
SELLERS, LUCIEN H
13584
SELLERS, MAGGIE
14310
SELLERS, RICHARD FRANK
25100
SELLERS, WILLIAM LEO
28945
SELLERS, WYATT C
32481
Found in the 1880 census among the cowpunching cowboys in Kit Carson
country
in Bent County, CO (Las Animas and Fort Lyon) is:
William Sellers, unmarried, white male, age 24, birthplace Georgia.
Lines
stating birthplace of parents are left blank.
Enumerator's date: June 30, 1880.
I hope this helps someone.
Frank Sellers
Surname: DOBBINS, WINTON, BUTTER
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BENT COUNTY DEMOCRAT, Wednesday, February 1, 1922
PIONEER RESIDENT PASSED AWAY FRIDAY
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Winton Had Been Resident of the City for
Past Forty Years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Caroline Winton, one of our oldest residents, passed
away
at the home of Mrs. Helen Butter shortly after midnight last Friday.
She
had passed her 91st birthday three days previous and her death was
due
to the usual infirmities of extreme age. Funeral services were held
from
the First Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon and were conducted
by the
pastor, Reverend Duncan MacKenzie. Interment in the Las Animas Cemetery.
Elizabeth Caroline Dobbins was the daughter of [James]Sellers Dobbins
and
was born in the state of Illinois on January 24, 1831. She was united
in
marriage to John Winton, a veteran of the Civil War, who preceded
her in
death a few years. Mrs. Winton was one of the pioneer residents
of Las
Animas, coming to this city about the year 1882. She was accompanied
by
her daughter, Alvira, who later passed away. She opened a boarding
house
shortly after coming to this city and conducted it for some time,
after
which she followed dressmaking as long as she was able to do this
work.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and was always
faithful
in her church duties and attendance as long as she was able to go,
and
only ceased her activities when the infirmities of old age made
it
necessary.
During the forty years she lived in Las Animas, she was known as
a woman
of thrift and industry, and her many old friends here will be saddened
to know that she has passed away.
I just found this info out from a lady in CA who has a book called
The
Jounral of Benjamin Franklin Blaylock, Sr.
William Jeremiah Land, the secound child of Enos Carroll Land and
Almira
Keith was born in Tuscaloosa Co. AL, April 8, 1845, died Feb 5,
1915 in the
southern state of ?.
married his second wife Susan Sellars daughterr of Harmon Sellars,
Sept 17,
1880, they emigrated to the Church of Jesus Christ of the
Latter-Day
Saints in Colorado. Stuffering untold hardshipps ans privations,
also the
loss of some life, and finally becoming dissatified, started
back by team
throught New Mexico, and Texas, aventually reaching the old home
in MS.
John Franklin Collins, third son of James Simpson Collins ans Cyena
Blaylock, married second wife Mary C. Sellars daughter of Harmon
Sellars
and Emma Caroline Barnes. They raised a large family, principally
in
Montgomery Co. MS.
John Franklin Collins was also very weakly, having one hand webbed
and much
smaller than the other.
On Nov. 7, 1883 Sarah Louiza Keith was baptized into the "Mormon
Church by
Elder W.R. Sellars of Manassa, Colorado.
I am still searching for info on Harmon Sellars and Emma Caroline
Barnes
and Harmon's second wife Mary Elizabeth Moormand/Morman.
I read in something on Colorado that some white southerners traveling
together had to stop in Manassa, Colorado on there way to UT
got caught in
a bad snow storm. They were going to join the Church of the Latter-Day
Saints.
Thanks
Darlene Simpson Jones
jdjones@tecinfo.com
From:
Frank Sellers <sellersgen@aol.com>
GC-USGenWeb Mesa Co. Colorado Query Forum
URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Co/Mesa/139
Subject: Melvin Powell Sellers & Samuel Wesley Sellers,
bros. 1900-1910
In 1900-1910 Melvin Powell Sellers and Samuel Wesley Sellers lived
in Grand
Junction, CO. I am trying to find any links to these brothers who
still
reside in the area. I am descended from a third brother Amisa Erastus
Sellers,
who moved to Grand Junction with them from Illinois. Amisa moved
back to
Illinois.
Frank Sellers <sellersgen@aol.com>
GC-USGenWeb Mesa Co. Colorado Query Forum
URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Co/Mesa/142
Subject: Sellers/Porter/Darling
Seeking information on my Uncle Wes (Samuel Wesley) Sellers (b. 1861)
who
wrote from Grand Valley District of Colorado in December, 1915 to
the Hillsboro,
IL "Montgomery Co. News". He said he "mostly
raised cattle, did some farming,"
and lived in the Grand Junction post office district. He said he
had lived
in Grand Valley District for 31-32 years. At death of brother Amisa
in
IL in 1936, he was a resident of Grand Junction. May have married
Mabel
(?), daughter Elma m. Leman Porter, dau. Vaunda m. A. R. Darling,
dau.
Versa.
From: FRANK
Sellersgen@aol.com
Many thanks for the 1920 Census Soundex from Colorado. Looking
under Mesa
County, I found the name of my g-g-uncle Samuel W. Sellers, 57 IL.
Samuel
Wesley Sellers was known as Wesley or Wes Sellers. His
birth certificate in
Montgomery Co., IL says Samuel Wesley Sellers was born March 1,
1860. His
gravestone (see below) says b. 1861.
With help from Mesa County, CO Historical Society, I found out today
that S.
W. Sellers married Minnie A. Corn under a license issued 15 June
1898. Book
1, pg. 229, Certificate 692.
One of their children may not be recognized without correction.
The children
in the 1920 Soundex are:
Vaunda
Verda or Versa
Elma.
Our family records say Elma m. Leman Porter of Grand Junction, CO,
and Vaunda
married A. R. Darling.
Wesley Sellers grave is in Row 11, Crown Point Cemetery, Mesa Co.,
outside
Grand Junction, CO. Cemetery is also known as Veterans Crown
Point Cemetery,
Appleton Cemetery, Loback District Cemetery, and Bethel Cemetery.
Stone is
inscribed S. Wesley Sellers, 1861-1946. His wife, the former
Minnie A. Corn
(1876-1912), is buried next to him.
In December 1915, Wesley Sellers wrote a letter to his hometown Hillsboro,
IL
"Montgomery County News." He said he had been a resident of
the Grand Valley
District of Colorado (Grand Junction, CO area) for 31-32 years.
He told
readers he did some farming and was mostly involved in raising cattle.
Frank Sellers
Falls Church, VA
DEATH WINS RACE WITH PHYSICIAN
Mrs. S. W. Sellers Dies at Enoch's Lake--Cowboy
Makes a Record Trip for
Physician--Death Just Before Doctor Came.
Grim death won a fierce and hotly fought
race last night, and
everything
that human power could do to save the life of a Grand Junction woman
failed
in the face of the superhuman. Mrs. Minnie Sellers, wife of
S. W. Sellers,
a
well known ranchman residing 8 miles northeast of the city, died
last night
at 11 o'clock at a cabin on Enoch's Lake, 26 miles southwest of
Grand
Junction, the Grim Reaper winning a race with Dr. A.G. Taylor of
this city
by
a few minutes.
Lewis Goucher, a well known cattleman and
a rider that has few equals
in
this section of the state, bore the news to this city. Mrs.
Sellers who has
been ill for several weeks showed signs of weakening and serious
complications set in yesterday afternoon. Goucher was the
only cowman in
the
vicinity and he was summoned to make the race to Grand Junction
to get the
doctor. Goucher rode like mad knowing a human life depended
upon his speed.
He secured Dr. Taylor and the doctor started up horseback.
The race uphill
was a hard fought one and the horses were barely able to stand when
the two
reached the cabin, where Mrs. Seller was dead.
The body was brought here this morning
from Pinon Mesa. Funeral
arrangements have not been made. Mrs. Sellers is survived
by her husband
and
four children. They are very well known here.
Published Oct. 27, 1946 in the Grand Junction, CO Daily Sentinel:
Obituary: S. Wesley Sellers, Appleton Pioneer Dies in Oregon.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Sunday at the Martin Chapel for
Samuel Wesley Sellers, 86, pioneer resident of the Appleton community,
who
died Wednesday at The Dalles, Ore., where he had been visiting a
daughter,
Mrs. A.R. Darling. The Rev. C.A. Burkholder will officiate,
and burial will
be in the Crown Point cemetery at Appleton.
Mr. Sellers had been a patient in a hospital
at The Dalles since last
March. He went to Oregon a year and a half ago. He made
his home with
another daughter, Mrs. Leman Porter, 1224 Main for several years
before
going
to Oregon.
The deceased was born March 1, 1860, at
Hillsborough, Ill., and he came
to the Grand Valley in 1880 at the age of 20. He homesteaded
a ranch in the
Appleton district and engaged in farming and cattle-raising until
his
retirement several years ago
In the early days of the valley, Mr. Sellers
drove a freight wagon
between Grand Junction and Leadville. At that time the road
was on the
opposite side of the river between here and Dubuque, and Palisade,
Clifton
and many other communities had not been founded.
Mr. Sellers served as a member of the Grand
Valley Irrigation board and
he was a member of the Farmers Union until his retirement.
He was a member
of the Christian Church.
The deceased married Minnie Alberta Corn
in 1893 at Grand Junction.
She
died in 1911.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Darling,
The Dalles, Mrs. Clarence
F. Weckel, Los Angeles, Calif. and Mrs. Porter, Grand Junction,
eight
grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
From:
Frank Sellers <sellersgen@aol.com>
GC- Lake Co. Co Queries
URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Co/Lake/10279
Subject: Col. Sellers Mine
Surname: Sellers, Patrick, Chapman, Bruen, Logue
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Searching for history about Col. Sellers Mine of Leadville, Lake
County,
CO. When did it operate? What was the ore? Who was W. P. Sellers,
found
in 1882 Leadville City Directory? Was he Col. Sellers? The manager
of the
mine was William F. Patrick, engineers were Frederick Chapman, Fred
E.
Bruen, and Michael Logue between 1883 and 1890. Three Sellers brothers
from Illinois went to Leadville in 1884, and I'm trying to find
out if
there was a family connection to the Col. Sellers Mine.
Frank Sellers
==
The Col. Sellers was a mine in Summit County, CO. Does anyone know
who
Col. Sellers was? Three brothers named Sellers left Illinois in
1883 for
Leadville, CO. Did they go to the Col. Sellers Mine in Leadville,
or to
the Col. Sellers in Summit County, CO?