James Newson Sellers
b. 3 December 1817, Garrard County, Kentucky, to James and Mary “Polly” (Crawford) Sellers
d. 19 December 1882, Cumberland, Cass County, Iowa
m. about 1837, Putnam County, Indiana
Matilda Ann McCoy
b. 14 January 1822, Kentucky
d. 25 February 1885, Cumberland, Cass County, Iowa
Children with Matilda Ann McCoy:
- William Harvey (b. 1838) married Marian Johnson
- Sarah Frances (b. 1841) married [–?–] Sayles
- Mary Abigail (b. 1843) married Merritt Higley
- James David (b. 1847)
- John Albert (b. 1849)
- Nathaniel Crawford (b. 1852) married Mary Maria Keith
- Granville Boone (b. 1854)
- Lizzie Caroline (b. 1856) married [–?–] Jenison
- Lucy Lucynthia (b. 1859) married Jake A. Smith
- Hugh Thompson (b. 1864) married Cora Bell
James emigrated from Indiana in 1839 to Maries County, Missouri.
Submitted by:
Gladys Sellers Hedstrom
Wheaton MD