Charles Jones Sellman was born on 14 May 1858 in Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, and was the second child of Howard Griffith Sellman and Nancy "Nannie" Shindler Hebb. He had seven siblings: Nannie Forest, William Hilliard, Dixie Elizabeth Warnetta, Mary Julia, Elizabeth Patricia, Ruth Brewer, and Howard Griffith Jr.

Military Srv: 1887 in Co C, Frontier Battalion, State of Texas

When he was 30, he married Nancy "Nannie" Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of Nathan Thomas Roberts and Sarah Marelda Jeffries, on 12 Dec 1888 in Brady, McCulloch Co., Texas.
Charles Jones Sellman and Nancy "Nannie" Elizabeth Roberts had the following children:

1. Nathaniel Houston Sellman was born on 27 Sep 1889 in Rochelle, McCulloch, Texas, United States.He died on 22 Oct 1946 in Brady, McCulloch County, Texas.He married Callie Viva Starnes on 26 Nov 1911 in Mills County, Texas, USA.
2. Marilda "May" Forrest Sellman was born on 08 Feb 1891 in McCulloch Co., Texas. She died on 19 Oct 1989 in Brady, McCulloch Co., Texas. She married Noah Jehu Tyson on 12 Jul 1912 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. She married Patrick M Henry after 1920.
3. Ruth Brewer Sellman was born on 08 Jul 1892 in McCulloch Co., Texas. She died on 04 Mar 1967 in Greenbriar, Faulkner Co., Arkansas.She married Victor Bayard Henderson on 24 Mar 1912 in Ridge, Texas.
4. Stella Nannie Sellman was born on 03 Oct 1893 in San Saba County, Texas. She died on 05 Mar 1967 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas. She married Williard Elmer Humphrey on 28 May 1919.
5. Charles Ellahue Sellman was born on 28 Jan 1896 in Milburn, Texas, United States.He died on 21 Jul 1965 in Rochelle, McCulloch County, Texas. He married Vannie Long on 21 Apr 1919 probably McCulloch Co., Texas.
6. John Howard Sellman was born on 26 Sep 1896 in Milbourne, McCulloch, Texas. He died on 14 Oct 1968 in Cherokee, San Saba, Texas. He married Mary Ellen Walker on 23 Mar 1929.
7. Thomas William Sellman was born on 15 Dec 1898 in McCulloch County, Texas. He died on 24 Oct 1978 in Brady, McCulloch County, Texas. He married Bernice Catherine Bolt on 18 May 1922.He married Annette Scarborough on 03 Jan 1976 in McCulloch County, Texas.
8. Nell Beckham Sellman was born on 02 Feb 1901 in McCulloch County, Texas.She died on 12 Feb 1978 in Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas. She married Neal Alonzo Chesser on 08 Aug 1922 in Brown County, Texas.
9. Frank R Sellman was born on 26 Jan 1904 in McCulloch County, Texas. He died on 06 May 1985 in Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico. He married Ruth St Clair in Richland Springs, Texas.

Charley Jones died on 19 Sep 1912 in Mullin, Mills, Texas, United States was buried in Oakview Cemetery, Mullin, Mills Co, Texas.

He lived in Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, in 1860; District 1, Frederick, Maryland in 1870; Precinct 4, Erath, Texas, in 1880; and San Saba, Texas in 1910.