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Note: There was a duplicate memorial for him with name spelled Richard Sellars - Find A Grave Memorial# 49076256, Record added: Mar 04, 2010. These now are merged together.

From the official service record on file with the Mississippi Dept of Archives and History located in Jackson, Mississippi:

Richard Sellers enlisted as a private in Company A, 48th Mississippi Infantry on Oct 13, 1863. He was captured by Union forces on May 8, 1864 near Spotsylvania, Virginia and was sent to Fort Delaware as a prisoner of war on May 20, 1864.

He died of typhoid fever on Jun 16, 1864 and was buried in an unmarked grave on the Jersey shore in what is now the Finn's Point National Cemetery near Salem, New Jersey.

Approximately 2700 Confederate soldiers died while being held captive at Fort Delaware. About 2400 Confederates are interred at Finn's Point National Cemetery located across the Delaware River near Fort Mott State Park.

Richard's wife Martha Ann [Easterling] Sellers died before him on Feb 2, 1863 at the age of 28, while giving birth to son, Richard Monroe Sellers.

Family history records the last time his brother, John A. Sellers saw him he was charging to the front in the battle.

Death Location, Prefix by Charles Corbin (#49406699)

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Richard "King Richard" Sellers was born in 1830 in Covington, Mississippi, USA as the sixth child of John J. Sellers and Sarah Joriah McLemore.

He had siblings, namely: James W., Elizabeth Ann, Nancy, Irvin, John Andrew Sr, Sarah Ann, Noel Garvil, Hardy, Mary E., Christopher Columbus, Francis Marion Sr, Susan Acquilla, and Rosannah.

He died on Jun 16, 1864 in Delaware, USA (Fort Delaware Civil War Prison).

When he was 26, he married Martha Ann Easterling, daughter of John W Easterling and Mary Elizabeth Dissent, in 1856.

Richard "King Richard " Sellers was buried in Pennsville, Salem, New Jersey, USA (Finns Point National Cemetery; Section CM Site1987).

He lived in Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1850. He lived in Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1860.

He served in the military between 1863–1864 (PVT Company A, 48th Mississippi Infantry).

Richard "King Richard" Sellers and Martha Ann Easterling had the following children:

1. S A Sellers was born in 1855 in Mississippi, USA.
2. Elizabeth Sellers was born on Dec 23, 1855 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 25, 1915 (Age at Death: 60). She married John H Williams in 1880 (based upon 1900 census).
3. Ancie Belle Sellers was born about 1858 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Nov 05, 1932 (Age at Death: 74).
4. Oliver C Sellers was born on May 04, 1859 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Jan 13, 1941 in Marion County, Mississippi, USA (near Foxworth; Age at Death: 81). He married Lula May Mitchell on Feb 12, 1886 in Perry County, Mississippi, USA.
5. John H Sellers was born on Jun 24, 1860 in Jones County, Mississippi, USA. He died on Apr 28, 1926 in Jones County, Mississippi, USA (near Moselle at home; Age at Death: 65). He married Delphia Head in 1885 (based upon 1900 census).
6. Richard Monroe Sellers was born on Feb 04, 1863 in Jones County, Mississippi, USA. He died on Nov 10, 1937 (Age at Death: 74). He married Charity Sophronia Fairchild on Dec 30, 1886 in Moselle, Jones, Mississippi, USA.