Christopher Columbus Sellers was born on Jun 11, 1890 [2] in Covington County, Mississippi, USA [3] as the first child of Thomas Francis Sellers and Frances Virginia Strahan. He had seven siblings, namely: Jasper Hubert, Jannie, Katie B, Lillie Irene, Emma L, Thelma, and Milford Horace. He died on Mar 09, 1959 in Hattiesburg, Forrest, Mississippi, USA (Forrest General Hospital; Age at Death: 69).
When he was 24, he married Artie C. Little, daughter of Duncan A. Little and Jeriah C Howell, on Sep 26, 1914 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA. [4]
Christopher Columbus Sellers lived in Oakchay, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1900 (Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). He lived in Collins Ward 4, Covington, Mississippi in 1910 (Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). He lived in Covington, Mississippi, USA between 1917–1918 (MaritalStatus: Married). He lived in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head). He lived in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 40; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head). Race: (White)
He was buried in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, USA (Collins Cemetery). [5]
Christopher Columbus Sellers and Artie C. Little probably had no children.
CHRISTOPHER C. SELLERS
COLLINS — Services were to be held at 3 p.m. today at Cedar Valley Gospel Church near Collins for Christopher Columbus Sellers, RFD 2, Collins, who died Monday at Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg.
Rev. D. D. Derrick was to officiate. Burial was to be in Collins Cemetery with Johns Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Sellers is survived by his wife, Mrs. Artie Little Sellers, his mother, Mrs. Fannie S. Sellers, a brother, M. H. Sellers, five sisters, Mrs. Jannie Holloway, Mrs. Katie Rowell, Mrs. Emma Taylor, Mrs. Lily Bostick and Mrs. Thelma Craft, all of Collins. [6]
Research Notes
According to WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, Columbus Sellers was born Jun 11, 1890. His headstone reads Jun 11, 1889.
His brother, Jasper Hubert Sellers headstone reads born Aug 19, 1889 so one of these dates can not be correct. Jasper's WWI card reads Aug 19, 1898 but that looks like a transposition error and probably should be Aug 19, 1889.
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Karen White, Monday, September 8, 2014.
↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Christopher C Sellers. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=5921404&indiv=try. Name: Christopher C SellersBirth Date: 11 Jun 1890Claim Date: 19 Jan 1957Type of Claim: Life Claim
Notes: 04 Nov 1977: Name listed as CHRISTOPHER C SELLERS
↑ 3.03.1 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RQ-T1M : 12 December 2014), Christopher Columbus Sellers, 1917-1918; citing Covington County, Mississippi, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,682,919.
↑ Published Hattiesburg American, Tuesday, March 10, 1959, p. 17
Headstone - See Findagrave
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBG-QYS : accessed 2 August 2017), Christopher C Sellors, Collins, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 10A, line 37, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1144; FHL microfilm 2,340,879.
'"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRP-NFB : accessed 2 August 2017), Christopher C Sellers, Collins, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 5, sheet 1A, line 5, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 872; FHL microfilm 1,820,872.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8H-6CX : accessed 2 August 2017), C Columbus Sellers in household of Fannie Sellers, Collins Ward 4, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 28A, family 546, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 738; FHL microfilm 1,374,751.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96J-SP2 : accessed 2 August 2017), Christoplute Sellers in household of Thomas Sellers, Beat 5 Oakchay, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 6B, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,804.
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