Tombstone Tuesday - Andrew Washington Sellers

Andrew Washington Sellers

b. 24 Nov 1844

d. 12 Jan 1935

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Andrew Washington Sellers was born on 24 Nov 1844 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ^{1 2} Andrew died on 12 Jan 1935 at the age of 90 in Florence County, South Carolina. He was buried on 13 Jan 1935 at Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ³ He served in the Civil War and was held prisoner at Point Lookout, Maryland. ⁴

Andrew Washington Sellers and Catherine Pinkney Wallace were married about 1865 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Catherine Pinkney Wallace, daughter of Jesse Wallace and Frances M. Sullivant, was born on 24 Apr 1842 in NC. She died on 30 Dec 1912 at the age of 70 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

Andrew Washington Sellers and Catherine Pinkney Wallace had 9 children:

              i. Charles Riley Sellers, born 4 Aug 1867, Chesterfield County, South Carolina

             ii. B. J. Sellers was born about 1868.

            iii. Aurilla Jane Sellers, born 2 Aug 1869, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

            iv. Mary Ellen Sellers was born on 5 May 1873 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

             v. William Jesse Congleton Sellers, born 21 Apr 1875, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

            vi. Alonzo Hale Sellers, born 25 Oct 1877, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

           vii. Andrew Jackson Sellers, born 27 Apr 1879, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina

          viii. Frances Ann Victoria Sellers, born 5 Dec 1882, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

            ix. Catherine Pinkney Sellers was born on 24 Jan 1885 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

 

Andrew Washington Sellers is my Great Grand Uncle. His sister Louise Ellen is my Great Grand Mother.

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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Madison County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 10, Madison County, Tennessee, Page 305B; Line 1, Dwelling 244, Family 244, Household of Wm. E. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2010); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 889.

2. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 130B; Line 28, Dwelling 0522, Family 0521, Household of Elizabeth SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2010); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.

3. Mr. Andrew Washington Sellers obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser,, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 24 January 1935, page 1, col 5:.

4. Interview with a Confederate Veteran obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 7 April 1932. Sellers, Confederate Veteran (conducted by Nellie Bristow, Florence Morning News, reprinted Chesterfield Advertiser, April 7, 1932).