Marcella Elizabeth (Sellers) Diamond (abt. 1889 - 1970)

Born about 18 Sep 1889 in Denmark, Bamberg, South Carolina, United States

Died Nov 1970 at about age 81 in Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States

Biography

• Marcella "Bessie" Elizabeth Sellers was born September 18, 1889 in Barnwell, South Carolina. She was the daughter of James L. Sellers and Lucia Hutto.^[1][2][3]
• She married Medicus Diamond around 1909. This date is based on the 1910 Census.
• Children

1. Zelma Diamond
2. Barney Lawton Diamond^[4]
3. Medicus Cumming Diamond, Jr.^[5]
4. Ima Evelyn Diamond
5. Esther H. Diamond
6. Frances M. Diamond
7. Jenny Sellers Diamond

• In the 1910 Census, she was living in Great Cypress, Barnwell, South Carolina with her husband and child.^[6]
• In the 1920 Census, she was living in Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina with her husband and children.^[7]
• In the 1930 Census, she was living in Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina with her husband, children and mother in law.^[8]
• In the 1940 Census, she was living in Barnwell, Barnwell Township, Barnwell, South Carolina with her family.^[9]
• She died in November of 1970^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "South Carolina, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1766-1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R8-XHKH : 17 March 2018), Bessie Sellers, 1889; citing Birth Registration, Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States, 11-640, South Carolina Department of Archives & History, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,418,597.
2. ↑ "South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NP-6DG : 22 January 2020), Bessie Sellers, 1889.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
4. ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPMJ-PJ9 : 23 July 2017), Bessie Calhoun Sellers in entry for Barney Lawton Diamond, 24 Aug 1945; citing , Diamond, Barney Lawton, 1945, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 2,393,983.
5. ↑ "South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HH1B-K8MM : 22 January 2020), Bessie Sellers in entry for Medicus C. Diamond Jr., 1910.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5DB-RR7 : accessed 21 November 2020), Bessie Diamond in household of M C Diamond, Great Cypress, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 49, sheet 11B, family 224, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1449; FHL microfilm 1,375,462.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6Z8-86J : accessed 21 November 2020), Bessie Diamond in household of Medicus Diamond, Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States; citing ED 49, sheet 18B, line 67, family 428, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1685; FHL microfilm 1,821,685.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPHK-H3G : accessed 21 November 2020), Bessie Diamond in household of Medicus Diamond, Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 2A, line 13, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2187; FHL microfilm 2,341,921.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K48D-LFG : 28 February 2020), Bessie Diamond in household of Medisons Diamond, Barnwell, Barnwell Township, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-1, sheet 19B, line 72, family 472, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3789.
10. ↑ The State, Richland, South Carolina, 3 November 1970, Obituaries.