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Columbus Sevier Seller

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Columbus Sevier Seller

Birth
Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, USA
Death
20 Feb 1936 (aged 82)
Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Lenox Time Table, Thursday, February 27, 1936, [p. 1]
Life Story of Columbus S. Seller
Columbus S. Seller, eldest son of Milton and Sarah Seller, was born in Greencastle, Ind., Sept. 21, 1853, and died at the home of his daughter in Lenox, Iowa, Feb. 20, 1936, at the age of 82 years, 4 months and 29 days.
On Dec. 8, 1880 he was married to Anna Mary Whyte, who preceded him in death on Nov. 10, 1935. Ten children were born, three having preceded the father in death, two dying in infancy, and Virgil, who died Feb. 23, 1920.
He is survived by four daughters and three sons, Mrs. Vena Saunders of Beresford, S. D., Mrs. Bertha Toland of Lenox, Mrs. Edith Johnson of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Anna Murphy of Sherman, Texas, Lester of Marceline, Mo., Oscar L. of Pierson, Ia., and Cederic N. of Lenox.
Mr. Seller also leaves two sisters and five brothers, Mrs. Florence Corsline of Garden Grove, Ia., Mrs. Una McGrew of Lenox, William H. of Sumner, Wash., John F. of Harlan, Oregon, Albert M. and Cresley R. of Lenox and Edwin R. of Kanoka, Mo.
His early days were spent in Greencastle, Ind., where he attended school and graduated from the high school of that place. At the age of twenty he came to Iowa, living for a while in Ringgold County, then moving later to Taylor County. In 1913 he moved to Macon, Mo., and later to Marceline.
When a young man he united with the M. E. Church and at the time of his death he was a member of the M. E. church of Marceline, Mo.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, Feb. 22, at the Barber funeral home in Lenox, conducted by the Rev. Thomas Kelly. Burial was made in the Lenox cemetery
Lenox Time Table, Thursday, February 27, 1936, [p. 1]
Life Story of Columbus S. Seller
Columbus S. Seller, eldest son of Milton and Sarah Seller, was born in Greencastle, Ind., Sept. 21, 1853, and died at the home of his daughter in Lenox, Iowa, Feb. 20, 1936, at the age of 82 years, 4 months and 29 days.
On Dec. 8, 1880 he was married to Anna Mary Whyte, who preceded him in death on Nov. 10, 1935. Ten children were born, three having preceded the father in death, two dying in infancy, and Virgil, who died Feb. 23, 1920.
He is survived by four daughters and three sons, Mrs. Vena Saunders of Beresford, S. D., Mrs. Bertha Toland of Lenox, Mrs. Edith Johnson of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Anna Murphy of Sherman, Texas, Lester of Marceline, Mo., Oscar L. of Pierson, Ia., and Cederic N. of Lenox.
Mr. Seller also leaves two sisters and five brothers, Mrs. Florence Corsline of Garden Grove, Ia., Mrs. Una McGrew of Lenox, William H. of Sumner, Wash., John F. of Harlan, Oregon, Albert M. and Cresley R. of Lenox and Edwin R. of Kanoka, Mo.
His early days were spent in Greencastle, Ind., where he attended school and graduated from the high school of that place. At the age of twenty he came to Iowa, living for a while in Ringgold County, then moving later to Taylor County. In 1913 he moved to Macon, Mo., and later to Marceline.
When a young man he united with the M. E. Church and at the time of his death he was a member of the M. E. church of Marceline, Mo.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, Feb. 22, at the Barber funeral home in Lenox, conducted by the Rev. Thomas Kelly. Burial was made in the Lenox cemetery


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