From:
"Robert
C. Sollars" <sollars@concentric.net>
To:
HawxSakQBs@aol.com, marie sellers-hollinger <mari@netins.net>
Larry,
As much as I would like to lay
claim to your Sellers line as a Sollars
line,
I feel certain that they
were in fact "Sellers" A lot of the German
Sellers'
moved into
Kentucky and then on to other places. Our Sollars' moved into
Ross
Co., Ohio in 1799/1800 from Frederick Co., VA. It is interesting that
they
moved
along the same trail of some of the Sollars line. in or about
1849, William
Sollars moved to Charleston, Lee Co., Iowa from Eugene,
Vermillion Co., IN
and
lived out his days their, dying about 1916.
He had the Buckhorn Tavern
there - a
noted stage stop/hostelry. As
you likely know, Charleston is just a few
miles
north of Keokuk.
William's father, Azariah Sollars (1796-1870), came to
Charleston a few
years after William and remained there until 1859 when he
moved
the rest
of the family west to California.
If you have not already been
in contact with Marie Sellers Hollinger,
send her
a note explaining your
dilemma. She is into Sellers like you would not
believe -
a great
collection! Tell her I sent you. Let me know if you get any
positive
results from her fine collection.
marie sellers-hollinger <mari@netins.net>
I have infact sent her a copy of this email as well.
Bob
> Robert,
>
> I will give you the little information that I
have on my Sellers/Sollars
> family. As I wrote earlier, I have
researched the family for many years
and
> have had very little
success.
>
> They were an itinerant people so were a little
difficult to trace.
Apparently
> George had been married prior to his
marriage to Martha Jane as later
census
> records listed a son, Enos,
who was born Cir 1842 and a daughter,
Sophronia,
> who was born Cir
1844. Enos was born in Illinois and Sophronia was born
in
>
Indiana. The first child of George and Martha Jane was James, who was
born in
> Iowa Cir 1848. They were living in Keokuk
County, Iowa in 1850 and lived
next
> to Jacob and Deborah
Sellers (spelled with an e). Jacob was born in
Kentucky
> Cir
1793 and Deborah was born in Virginia Cir 1791.
>
> By 1860 they
had moved to Eldora Township, Hardin County, Iowa but left
quite
>
suddenly shortly after that when his son, Enos, murdered a man and was
sent
to
> the State Insane Asylum. I have never found George and Martha
Jane
anywhere
> after that time but now wonder if I should have been
looking for Sollars
> instead of Sellers.
>
> I suspect the
Mary West, who was married to Ignatius Sollars, was a
daughter
> of
Jacob West and I also suspect Jacob was a brother of my great-great-
>
grandfather, James William West.
>
> Thanks for your answer to my
email and I hope the above may contain some
clue
> to connect my West
family to your Sollars family.
>
> Larry E. Warren
> 4302
40th St.
> Des Moines, IA 50310-3703
FROM marie sellers hollinger
mari@netins.net
> LARRY , Vermillion Co, IL lays next to Vermillion Co, In
1840 VERMILLION CO, IL =
JACOB SELLERS, PAGE 84, no twp
VERMILLION CO, IL MARRIAGES =
GEORGE SELLERS /INDIANA BALLA married
7-4-1841
DELILAH SELLERS/LEWIS SONGER/12-19-1833
MARY SELLERS/SPARROW
WALDRIDGE/11-11-1849
MILLEY SELLERS/ENOCH B. WOOD/12-15-1842
IF ANYONE knows ANY of these family - SEND INFO
VERM CO, INDIANA MARRIAGES =(lays next door to Verm Co, IL)
GEORGE
SELLERS/MARTHA WEST/9-16-1847
HELTHY SELLERS/JOHN B. HENDERSON/8-31-1843
CYNTHIA SOLLARS/ALEXANDER STEWARD/5-23-/1841
AZRIAH SOLLARS/HARRIET
RICHEY/8-6-1848
IGNATIOUS SOLLARS/PHEBE IRBY/3-1-1842
IGNATIUS
SOLLARS/MARY WEST/9-23-1834
TRUMAN R. SOLLARS/NANCY GEBBART/10-6-1831
WILLIAM SOLLARS/MRS JANE LASHER/2-9-1849
JACOB SELLERS NOT ON 1830 VERM CO, IL INDEX
JACOB SELLERS NOT ON 1850
VERM CO, IL INDEX
I Believe we need an 1850 VERMILLION CO, IL census info/index=
FREDRICK
SELLARS, PAGE 288, 21ST DISTRIC
MOSES SELLERS, PAGE 240, 21ST DISTRICT
SAMUEL B. SELL;ERS, PAGE 240, 21ST DISTRICT
PLEASE send census info
RE: 1850 KEOKUK CO, IA (partial)
1850 KEOKUK CO, IOWA=
#296 George SELLERS 29 Oh, farmer
Martha
" 26 Ind
Enos
8 Ill
Sophonia
6 Ind
James
2 Ia
#297 Jacob SELLERS 57 Ky, farmer
Deborah
59 Va,
Leanna
17 Ill
Melinda
15 Ill
Olive
13 Ill
#297 Davis SELLERS 21
Oh,farmer (married 6-26-1850Keokuk,Ia
Carolina
19 Ind Minerva
C.
HENSON)
======
There is a JACOB SELLERS married DEBORAH DUNN
4-12-1817 CLERMONT CO, OH
(next to Brown/Adams/Hamilton Co,Oh)
There is
a WAR OF 1812 JACOB SELLERS enlisted Adams Co, Oh
that was /signed bounty
land papers in 1855 MERCER CO, IL, born
12-4-1793
one witness was JOHN
DUNN, JP in Mercer Co, IL
I never could find/follow up on him- But, I kinda
thought the 1850
KEOKUK CO, IA
census may be that family.= JACOB and
DEBORAH SELLERS born 1793 KY on
this census anyway - just across the river
from OHIO.
PERHAPS, your children born when/where and went and their kids
MAY help
prove/disprove any info here or ANYONE living with or close in
these
counties.
ALSO 1861 CIVIL WAR RECORDS?
marie, iowa
IF you want - send a small outline on the WEST family =
Names
ages
born where
married whom
and kids=
Have we proven these gals as
sisters? how?
I will continue to work on these Keokuk/Hardin SELLERS -
most info is posted on=
http://www.netins.net/showcase/sellerfamily/iahard.htm
http://www.netins.net/showcase/sellerfamily/iakeo.htm
Thanks, marie,
iowa
Probably a WEST history in VERMILLION CO, IN history - mine is on film
and don't know if extracted? maybe , if Sollars married West
MAYBE a WEST will in VERMILLION CO,IN?
ADVISE, marie,iowa
First I will answer your question in your 31 July letter I forgot to
answer.
You asked if George and Martha SELLERS were the ones married in
Vermillion
County, Indiana on 16 September 1847. You are correct in
that this is the
marriage of those later found in Keokuk County, Iowa.
Your 2 August letter asked if I was aware of Amos WEST who was living in
Wapello County, Iowa in 1860. I was aware of this family and, after
checking
the 1870 census of Wapello County, I found that his age should
have been
listed as 38 instead of 80 in the 1860 census. In 1870 he
was in his late
40's and they had additional children. Apparently the
census taker
misunderstood his age when it was given to him. In 1870
the state of his
birth was listed as Ohio. I do not believe he was a
member of my family.
The information on my WEST family was given to me many years ago by a
distant
cousin who found it in some of her parents' family papers.
While I have
not
yet proven all of it, I have not found anything wrong
in anything I have
checked so far. I plan to go to the library at
Independence, Missouri in
the
near future to conduct further research on
both the WEST and SELLERS
families
as they have a master index to all
census records of the western states
through the early 1900's. I will
try to find where the SELLERS families
went
after leaving Iowa. I
will let you know what I find out.
Thanks for your help and I will be in contact later.
Larry E. Warren