Actually, I have been to your site. Its wonderful. I have spoken
with
Eldon Edgin. I live in the Dallas, Tx area as well. I have tons
of
information on JAMES & ELIZABETH BROCK SELLERS descendents. I
thought
you might like to know I found an error in your list of marriages
for
Grainger 1817. GEORGE SELLERS did not marry ELIZA BOWERS*, he married
her
sister ELIZABETH BOWERS. Eliza married Roadman
Hurst. I know
this is confusing; its kind of like naming
sons Bobby and Robert or John
and Jonathon. Here is some of what I have for
JAMES SELLERS once he
moved to MO.*(From Sistlers list of Tn marriages,but,
anyone searching this family will be glad to know the diff, msh)
JAMES SELLERS b. 29 Oct 1791, NC - d. 14 Dec 1853, Dillard (s/o Rev War
JAMES
SELLERS), moved to Crawford
Co., MO in 1852. He died shortly after
the family moved from Grainger
Co., TN. He is buried in New Dillard
Cemetery, Dillard, Osage
Twn., Crawford Co., MO. m. 22 Apr 1817
ELIZABETH BROCK (d/o GEORGE
& AMY DYER BROCK) b. 20 Nov 1799 - d. 28 Dec
1839 in Grainger Co., TN.
They had 6 children:
All moved to Missouri.
JAMES SELLERS b. 8 May 1824, Grainger Co., TN - d. 5 Apr 1900 in Dent
Co.,
MO buried in Maple Grove Cemetery on Crooked Creek,
Dillard-Viburnum
Area. m. 28 Feb 1847 CATHERINE BOWERS b. 9 Apr 1827 -
d. before 1878. Buried
in Maple Grove Cemetery on Crooked Creek,
Dillard-Viburnum Area. They had 11
children:
Andrew Jackson Sellers
William M. Sellers
Elizabeth Sellers m. Moses B.
Capps
George Sellers
Callaway Sellers
Eliza Sellers m. Allen Turnbough
Laverna Sellers (died young)
(All buried in Maple Grove
Cemetery)
Rev. Jerry Sellers
(buried Boss Cemetery)
Minyard
Sellers m. Annie Greene (Paola Cemetery, Dixie, OK)
Corneilius "Neill" Sellers m.
Melvina Hendrick (Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Myrtle
Creek, OR)
Polly Sellers m.
Nathan Jackson Butts (Lone Grove Cemetery, Ardmore,
OK)
James later married CATHERINE
FRANCES WILLHITE in 1878. They had 7
children:
Namon Sellers
David Sellers
Denny Sellers
Henry Sellers
Lee Sellers
James Sellers
Luiza Sellers
He moved to Crawford
Co. in 1852 & settled Maple Grove on Little
Crooked Creek. He
spent the rest of his life on this farm, which was
later
owned by his son David. He was an early Justice of the
Peace for
Osage Township, Crawford Co. and was one
of the founders of area United
Baptist Church.
ELIZABETH SELLERS b. 11 Mar 1826 in Grainger Co., TN - d. 18 Feb 1901 in
Dent Co., MO. Buried in Bowers Cemetery, Dent Co., MO. m. 29 Sep 1846
ANDREW JACKSON "Jack" BOWERS b. 9 Jun 1829 in Grainger Co., TN - d. 9
Nov 1892 in Dent Co., MO. (s/o Andrew & Katherine Howeth Bowers of
Grainger Co., TN) Buried in Bowers Cemetery, Dent Co. MO. They had 6
children:
William Bowers m.
Melvina Tinker
Martha Ann Bowers
m. James Towne Harris Hatcher Butts
Katherine Bowers m Dr. S Salucius
& Alphus M. Tribbey (Tribbey, OK is
named for them)
James Bowers m. Mary Katherine
Butts
Minyard Bowers m. Elizabeth
Tennison (Fennison)
ANDREW
JACKSON "Drew" BOWERS b. 28 Mar 1868 on Hutchins Creek, Crawford
Co., MO -
24 Mar 1924 in Walnut Ridge, AR
m. 8 Sep 1888 SARAH ANN BELL
b. 23 Jan 1862 - d. 8 Apr 1907 on Bowers Farm,
Dent Co., MO. (d/o Moses
& Amanda Crawford Bell)
Buried in Bowers Cemetery, Dent Co., MO. They
had 9 children:
Jesse Walter Bowers m. Clara Stella Freeman
Roy Elmer Bowers m. Jessie B. Nash
William Alvin Bowers m Mary Burns
Infant Son b & d on 23 Apr 1894
Cobert Bowers m. Mae Burns
Corbey Bowers b. 16 Jan 1897. d. 11 Sep 1897
Jackey Bowers b. 26 Apr 1899. d. 25 Jul 1901
Howard Bowers m. Lonnie ?
Effie Bowers
Drew later married 1910 MARY A. DAUGHERTY b. 20 Oct 1876 in MO - d. 26
Feb
1948. (d/o S. Polk &
Sarah Elvins Daugherty) Buried in Bethany
Chapel Cemetery, Shannon Co.,
MO. Drew
sold the
family farm and moved
near Twin Spring on Current River, Shannon Co., MO in
1911. The
family later moved to Mississippi Co., AR. They had 2
children:
Ada Bowers b. 1911 - d. 1958. m. Glen Bailey (Ada is buried next to
her
mother)
JACOB ANGUS BOWERS b. 2 Apr 1915 in Shannon Co., MO - d. 1969 in IN.
m. 12
Sep
1938
CALLIE LENORA BLAYLOCK in Dell, Mississippi Co., AR
b. 16 Jun 1912 in
Tupelo,
MS. - d. 1973 in Mansfield, TX. Both are
buried in Prairie Street Cemetery
in
unmarked
graves between Jake's
cousin Otto Becker and he and Callie's daughter
Doris.
Jake
was
married once before Callie to a full blood indian woman (I do not know
her
name
or the dates) He had one child by her and then was forced to
divorce her.
(apparently
her family didn't care for him and
threatened his life.) Her name is
MARGARET
BOWERS.
None of his other
children have ever met her. Jake and Callie had 7
children:
James Leroy Bowers (still living)
Joseph Andrew Bowers (my father - still living)
Rebecca Ann Bowers
Don Andrew Riley
Stephanie Renee Shaw
Bonnie Sue Bowers
Bobbie Jo Bowers
William Jacob Bowers
Doris Darlene Bowers (died in a car wreck in Elkhart, IN when she
was 16)
Bertha Sue Bowers (still living)
Jack Henry Bowers (still living)
Jesse Bowers (died in infancy and buried in Blytheville, Mississippi
Co.,
AR)
Caffy Ruth Bowers (still living)
* Drew was murdered someone poisened his coffee. Mary & Ada were
suspected, jailed and
then
released. They were never charged, but the
children from his first marriage
and Drew's
family
believed them
guilty. Mary's children from her first marriage (Otto
Becker) believed
a
farm hand did it.
Drew was known to be a harsh mean man. He is
buried in the Bowers
Cemetery
on
Hutchins Creek, Dent Co., MO.
GEORGE "Flucker" SELLERS b. c1820 TN - d. TX m. ELIZABETH BOWERS b. 13
Oct 1824 in Grainger Co., TN. (d/o Andrew & Katherine Howeth Bowers of
Grainger Co., TN) Buried in Maple Grove Cemetery on Crooked Creek,
Dillard-Viburnum Area. He and their children moved to TX after Betsy
died. They had 6 children:
Francis Marion Sellers
Arminda Sellers
Oma Elizabeth Sellers
James Sellers
Henry Sellers
Martha Sellers
MINYARD SELLERS m. POLLY TURNBOUGH. (Minyard died in the Civil War and
is
buried in the National Cemetery in St. Louis, MO. Polly is buried in
the Sellers Cemetery in Dent Co., MO.)
SARAH SELLERS m. LEWIS CALLAWAY DALTON & PETER RICHEY (Lewis is buried
in New Dillard Cemetery, Dillard, Osage Twn., Crawford Co., MO. Sarah &
Peter
are buried in Cove Cemetery, Franklin Co.,
MO)
MINFREA SELLERS d. in infancy in Grainger Co, TN
There is still a ton left but I think this will do for now. Do you have
any information on where Rev. War James Sellers was born or who his
parents were or what his wife's name was. I seems to me I have seen the
name Patience mentioned a couple of times. Was this his wifes name?
Thanks,
Rebecca
Marie,
I appologize. I made a mistake when I stated that Eliza Bowers married
a man named Needham. That was her sister Nancy. Eliza married
Roadman
Hurst. I didn't know if it really mattered, since it they were
not
Sellers', but thought I give you the info just the same.
Rebecca
I can't believe I missed this on the Grainger County, Tennessee
page. Could you tell me who submitted this information or
where it
came from?
My Andrew Bowers (who I've been looking for for months) died
21 Nov
1849. His son was Andrew Jackson Bowers.
His son-in-law was George
Sellers. I have just ordered a copy of his
will from the LDS Family
History Center. I intend to transcribe and
post to Sellers list since
George, and possibly other Sellers are
listed.
4-5-1843 James SELLARS Adm of James SELLARS, SENR
12-7-1849 GeorgeSELLERS and Andrew J. BOWEN
ADM's for Andrew BOWEN, dec'd
12-1-1849=
ANDREW BOWEN , dec/d - Adm=Andrew J. BOWEN and Geo SELLERS
James Sellers Jr's son James married Andrew Bowers'
daughter Catherine.
James Sellers Jr's son George Sellers
married Andrew Bowers' daughter
Elizabeth. And Andrew Jackson
Bowers married James Jr's daughter Elizabeth.
Thanks,
Rebecca