Sarah Joriah (McLemore) Sellers (abt. 1806 - bef. 1859)

Born about 1806 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Amos McLemore and Equilla (Byler) Tyner

Wife of John J. Sellers — married after 1818 in Perry County, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 5 Jun 1859 before about age 53 in Jones County, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Sarah Joriah^[1] McLemore was born in 1806 in Tennessee, likely in Bedford County like her sister Elizabeth. The McLemore family owned land along Duck River. Sarah appears on the 1850 census ^[2] but not the 1860 census. She died before Jun 05, 1859, as this is the date her husband remarried.

When she was 13, she married John J. Sellers, son of Andrew Sellers, between 1819–1820 in Perry County, Mississippi.

Sarah Joriah McLemore lived in Jones County, Mississippi, USA in 1850 (Age: 44).

She is buried in an unmarked grave in Jones County, Mississippi (Eastabuchie Cemetery). ^{[3] [4]}

John J. Sellers and Sarah Joriah McLemore had the following children:

1. James W. Sellers was born on Jul 03, 1821 in Perry, Mississippi, USA. He died on Nov 06, 1862 (Age at Death: 41). He married Mary Margaret Speed in 1840.
2. Elizabeth Ann "Betty/Betsy" Sellers was born on Aug 29, 1825 in Perry County, Mississippi, USA. She died on Jul 27, 1912 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 86). She married Joseph Berry Keys/Keyes about 1842.
3. Nancy Sellers was born on Oct 11, 1826 in Perry County, Mississippi, USA. She died between 1858–1864 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (present day Whitfield Mental Hospital). She married Henry Clark in 1841.
4. Irvin Sellers was born on Oct 11, 1827 in Perry County, Mississippi, USA. He died on Apr 09, 1899 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 71). He married Sarah Ann Davis in 1849 in Perry County, Mississippi, USA.
5. Richard "King Richard" Sellers was born in 1830 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA. He died on Jun 16, 1864 in Delaware, USA (Fort Delaware Civil War Prison; Age at Death: 34). He married Martha Ann Easterling in 1856.
6. John Andrew Sellers was born on May 04, 1834 in Eastabuchie, Jones, Mississippi, USA. He died on Sep 26, 1922 in Moselle, Jones, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 88). ^[5] He married Mary Ann Easterling on Aug 08, 1851. He married Lydia A Bynum on Jun 12, 1886 in Jones County, Mississippi, USA. He married Nancy Ann Hawkins on Sep 05, 1888 in Jones County, Mississippi, USA.
7. Sarah Ann Sellers was born in May 1837 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA. She married Franklin Marion "Gib" Gibbons in 1863.
8. Noel Garvil Sellers was born in 1839 in Mississippi, USA.
9. Hardy Sellers was born in 1842 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Dec 26, 1863 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA (Age at Death: 21).
10. Mary Sellers was born in 1844 in Mississippi, USA. She died between 1860–1870 (Killed by falling from a horse).
11. Christopher Columbus Sellers was born on Nov 01, 1845 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA. He died on Oct 20, 1913 in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 67). ^[6] He married Sintha "Cynthia" Bryant about 1862 (based upon first child's birth date). He married Sarah Ann "Sallie" McDonald about 1892 (based upon first child's birth date). He married Ina E. Little about 1903 (based upon 1910 census).
12. Francis Marion "Frank" Sellers Sr was born in Jul 1849 in Jones County, Mississippi, USA. He died in Oct 1908 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA (Old Sellers Place; Age at Death: 59). He married Lacy Jane Cockrell about 1866 (based upon 1900 census).
13. Susan Acquilla Sellers was born on Apr 15, 1851 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Nov 26, 1933 (Age at Death: 82). She married Bailey Andrew McQueen about 1867 (based upon 1900 census).
14. Rosannah "Rosa" Sellers was born in 1855 in Jones County, Mississippi, USA.

Autosomal DNA testing indicates that this colonial lineage of McLemores carries sticky segments that can be traced from living descendants back 7 and 8 generations, verified by large triangulated groups of tested descendants, and this parental relationship is confirmed by an 18.9 cM match on chr. 5 (8-20 million) between Brian Flynt, GEDmatch ID A386617, descendant of Sarah J. (McLemore) Sellers; Brent Robinson, GEDmatch ID M165711, descendant of Elizabeth (McLemore) Howell; and Chrystine Ross Campbell, GEDmatch ID F297539, descendant of Amos McLemore, Jr.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Wickham, Amy D. The Sellers Family Tree Booklet. Ft. Worth, Texas. Date? original is unnumbered but is on page 4
2. ↑ US Federal Census - 11 Aug 1850, Jones County, Mississippi.
3. ↑ See Findagrave - Sarah Joriah McLemore Sellers
4. ↑ The Sellers Family Tree Booklet., Compiled by: Amy D. Wickham, Ft. Worth, Texas, no page #; Portions taken from "Dewitt Roots & Shoots" by Avis W. Dewitt, Title: "Dewitt Roots & Shoots" by Avis W. Dewitt, Note: Source Media Type: Book; distributed at various family reunions.
5. ↑ John A Sellers - Mississippi Death Certificate # 22-14845
6. ↑ Mississippi Death Certificate # 13-24008 Name: Christopher Columbus Sellers Sex: M, Status: M Race: White Age: 67Y 11M 20D Occupation: Farmer Smith Co, MS DOB: Nov 1, 1845 (Headstone has Oct 27, 1844) Place: Smith Co, MS DOD: Oct 20, 1913, Place: Mt Olive, Covington Co., MS Cause: acute bronchitis Father: John Sellers, b. Mother: McLemore, b. Burial:Union Cemetery Burial Date: Informant: J. M. Sullivan
7. ↑ DNA testing in the Sullivan's Hollow, MS DNA Project at FTDNA

• Strickland, Jean and Patricia N. Edwards. Who Married Whom Covington County, Mississippi. 1991. Repository-Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. p154.
• Dewitt, Avis W. Dewitt Roots & Shoots. Publication Year?, page(s)?
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65191572/sarah-joriah-sellers : accessed 30 November 2021), memorial page for Sarah Joriah McLemore Sellers (1806–1859), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65191572, citing Eastabuchie Cemetery, Jones County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by MyrtisJane (contributor 47090616) .