From: Dan & Karen Thompson <dkthomps@flash.net> (forward from, ldystang@airmail.net)

>Do you have any information on James Oliver Sellars, Sr.  (possibly
>Sellers)?  Born 11/6/1874, died 1/10/1931. He was a merchant, had a
>store in New Blaine, Arkansas in the 1920s. He was my great-grandfather.
>
>I know that he was married twice; his first wife died and left
>him with 4(?) children; he remarried Pollyanna Rainwater and they had 5
>children, one of which was my father, J.O. Sellars, Jr., who was born
>12/12/17 and died 1/28/80.  There is only one living child of the 9
>children born to J.O. Sellars, Sr., that being my aunt, Laura Jean
>Sellars, b. 1/21/1925, who lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
>
>Thank you for any information you might be able to supply.
>
>Karen Sellars Thompson

            Dan & Karen Thompson <dkthomps@flash.net>
       RE: James O. Sellars (possibly Sellers).  I don't know what his first
wife's name was, but I think the four children's names were:

Emmette Vester Sellars
Kenneth James (or James Kenneth) Sellars
Clyde Olive (a daughter - wasn't that a horrible name for a girl?)
Lorena Faralee

I'm not certain as to the order of birth, but I do believe Lorena
was the baby.  I've attached the information I  have, which are
decendents of James O. Sellars, Sr.

Thanks so much for any information you might be able to supply.

If you are interested in the Spears name, I have a cousin in California
that has done some research on that name.

Thanks again,

Karen Sellars Thompson

Robert Sellars Pratt
wife:  Betty Jean
Rt 2, Box 723
Muldrow, OK  74948
(918) 427-4478
1 daughter and 1 son
Jennifer Pratt Brannon
Born:
husband:  Kevin Brannon
Rt 2 Box 723-1
Muldrow, OK  74948
2 sons
Beaux Brannon
Born:
Kale Brannon
Born:

Kaelin Pratt
Born:
c/o Bob

Joe Mack Pratt (never married)
Born:  6/16/45
4117 Dean Drive
Fort Smith, AR  72904
(501) 783-5773

Lowell Benson Sellars
Born:
Died:
wife, Mary Iris Sellars
Born:
Died
2 daughters, 1 son
Rebecca Jean Sellars (never married)
Born:
2715 South Dallas
Fort Smith, AR  72901
(501) 782-2575 or email at: ARhillside@aol.com

John Sellars
Born:
wife:  Jane Ann
3620 Bluegrass
Grand Prairie, TX  75052
(972) 264-8116 or email at JJASellars@aol.com
1 daughter
Erin Elizabeth Sellars (adopted)

Elizabeth (Lib) Ann Sellars Mann (Mrs. William)
Born: September 1952 (?)
c/o Saudi Aramco
PO Box 9221
Dahahran, 31311, Saudia Arabia
email at:  mannww@aramco.com.sa

Wayne Edward Sellars
Born:
Died:
1st wife,  Meda ?
Born:
Died:
1 son
Jackie Wayne Sellars
Born:
Died:  August 7, 1997
wife, Helen  ? Sellars
1500 Philmont
Chesapeake, VA 23325
(757) 420-8261
3 daughters
Pamela Sellars Hill (she had children but I don’t know their names)
Born:
1525 Hawthorne Ave.
Chesapeake, VA  23325
husband:

Polly Anna Sellars Landreth (she had children but I don’t know their names)
Born:
1505 Laurel Ave.
Chesapeake, VA  23325
Husband:

Patty Jean Sellars Turner (she had children but I don’t know their names)
Born:
1337 Linden Avenue
Chesapeake, VA 23325
husband:
2nd wife, Omah Sellars
Born:
Died:  still living in Ft. Smith, AR
1 son and 1 daughter
Dr. James E. (Buddy) Sellars (never married)
Born:
1800 Albany Ave.
Hartford, CT  06105
(203) 523-1820 or email at:  hogriver@aol.com

Jayne Sellars Hawkins (divorced)
Born: 11/23/43 ?
3701 Turtle Creek Blvd. #6BF
Dallas, TX  75219
214-522-7334 or email at:  jayneh@flash.net
1 son:
Aubrey Hawkins
Born:
 1 son
 Andrew Hawkins
 Born:
 

J. O. Sellars, Jr.  (this was my father)
Born:  12/12/17
Died:  01/28/80
wife:  Mary Alice Spears Sellars
Born:  04/17/24
Died:  05/20/96
2 daughters
Karen Sellars Thompson
Born:  08/16/47
husband: Daniel T. Thompson
101 S. Morrow, #1
PO Box 537
Blue Ridge, TX  75424
(972) 752-4152 or email at: dkthomps@flash.net
2 daughters
Kelly Diane Metts
Born:  08/09/66
#14 Brenda Circle
Blue Ridge, TX  75424
(972) 752-5021
2 sons
Colby Tyler Roberson
Born:  06/08/89
Noah Merchant Hinkls
Born:  06/09/97
Kim Rene Shipley
Born:  06/10/68
husband: John Patrick “Skipper” Shipley
2121 Loretta Lane
Rowlett, TX  75088
(972) 412-6316 or email at: skipship@flash.net
1 son and 1 daughter
Zachery David Shipley
Born:  08/02/88
Lindsey Rene Shipley
Born:  04/22/91
Diane Sellars Nolte (divorced)
born:  12/21/51
6619 South T Street
Fort Smith, AR  72903
(501) 452-2115
1 daughter and 1 son
Shannon Elizabeth Nolte
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK  email at: nolte@okstate.edu
Jay Sellars Nolte (not married, but lives with his girlfriend, Susie, and their son)
c/o 6619 South T
Fort Smith, AR  72903
1 son
Kyle Joseph Nolte
born:  12/11/97
 
 

The four children born to James Oliver Sellars, Sr. and his first wife:

Clyde Olive Sellars Thomson (Mrs. Hatten Thomson), both deceased
 Eloise Deaton (Mrs. Dudley)
 2788 Lombardy
 Memphis, TN  38111
 Sue Warren (Mrs. David)
 1801 Stratford Rd. SE
 Decatur, AL 35601
 Erma Watson (Mrs. Wilbur)
 838 Woodlawn
 Fayetteville, AR  72701
 (501) 442-8006
 Wayna Jewell “Judy” Thomson Grant, deceased

Ellen Sellars, widow of Emmett
3050 Goldstar Dr. #330
Long Beach, CA  90810
2 daughters
 Lena Lee Ibison
 2221 Bloomfield Street #1
 Cypress, CA  90630
 Lemoyne (Lee) Sellars
 4121 East Live Oak #2
 Arcaida, CA  91006
 (818) 821-9917

K.J. (Kenneth James, named James Kenneth at birth, but he changed it; I don’t know if he ever changed it legally or not, but he wanted to be called K.J., so he changed it) and Etta  ? Sellars (both deceased)
2 daughters and 3 sons (2 sons deceased)
 K.J. Sellars, Jr.
 ?he is a disabled veteran and I believe he resides in a Veteran’s home in Little Rock, AR
 JoAnn Price (Mrs. Charles)
 8617 Harvard Dr
 Fort Smith, AR  72908
 (501) 646-3146
 Lena Maude Ragsdale
 9500 Ridgeford Rd.
Fort Smith, AR  72908
 (501) 648-3147

Rena Faralee Sellars Burkhead (Mrs. Clarence Birkhead), both deceased
 C.C. Birkhead, Jr., deceased (never married, crippled)
 Guinn Mizell Birkhead, deceased (died at age 36 in doctor’s office), widow lives in
 Georgia (2 sons?)