Anna Mary (Froneberger) Sellers (1793 - 1869)

Born 3 Jan 1793 in Lincoln County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of George Sellers — married 3 Mar 1818 in Lincoln County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1869 at age 76 in Cleveland County, North Carolina

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Biography

Anna Mary was born in 1793.

Her father William Froneberger died in 1803 when she was about ten years old. He left the plantation to his three sons, and left eighty dollars silver to each of his three daughters to be given when they came of age: Anna Mary, Barbara, and Susey. His wife Catherine was named as executor.^[1]

Anna Mary married George Sellers in 1818. The marriage bond was filed 18 March 1818.^[2]

She and George had one daughter and eight sons before his death around 1836.

• Elizabeth, (12 Nov 1818 - ?), never married
• Eli, (5 Oct 1819 - 1902), m Martha Lackey 1868
• Philip, (1821 - ?), m Mary Ann Lackey 1856
• William Monroe, (1823 - 1976), m Mary Ann Neill
• Abraham, (12 Oct 1824 - 29 Sep 1864), m Easter Caroline Stroup
• George Lee, (1828 - 22 July 1864), m Elizabeth Catherine Hagar
• Jacob, (1829 - 27 July 1862)
• Newton, (5 Dec 1830 - 10 Nov 1900), m Mary Emmaline Hagar
• Daniel, (1834 - 1864), m Nancy Sparrow

She appears in the 1840 census as Anna M Sellers (next door to brother-in-law Philip Sellers). She would be the female, age 40-50. The male listed 20-30 is almost certainly Eli (age 21) and the female listed age 20-30 would have been her only daughter Elizabeth. The census also lists 2 boys, 15-20 (most likely William and Abraham); 2 boys 10-15 (probably Jacob and George); and 2 boys 5-10 (probably Newton and Daniel). The one missing son would almost certainly be Philip, who in later censuses appears with his uncle Philip. ^[3]

In 1850 she is again listed as the head of the household with Eli, Abraham, George, Jacob, Newt, and Daniel all still living at home.^[4]

In 1860 she has living with her daughter Elizabeth (who previously had been keeping house for her uncle Philip and who never married), Eli, Newt and Daniel.^[5]

She died 27 November 1869 and is buried in the Froneberger family cemetery in Bessemer City, Gaston County, North Carolina. ^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ William Fronerybery will (1803), Lincoln County Loose Wills, file C.R. 060.801, North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Series : Marriage Bonds (1785 - 1883)
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
4. ↑ "US Census, 1850,” database with images, FamilySearch; Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA; pg. 184A, family 999, dwelling 999, lines 2-9, 21 Sep 1850; National Archives Microfilm M432, Roll 625.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1860; Census Place: Cleveland, North Carolina; Roll: M653_893; Page: 411; Image: 268; Family History Library Film: 803893
6. ↑ Old Gravesites Revisited in Gaston and Lincoln County, North Carolina, Sara Grissop & Terry Waldrop, editors, Dallas, NC: R.C. Rhyne; N.C. Stanley; S.H. Grissop, 1986, 3 vols.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, 37598786, accessed 18 January 2013.