John Sells, born 9 Dec. 1802, (son of John Sells and Elizabeth Stroup; and grandson of Ludwig Sells and Catherine Deardorff), was married 5 January 1823 by J.P. William Kilbourn of Franklin County, Ohio to Marinda Davis Hutchinson. They had nine children, all of whom are listed with their parents on the Franklin County, Ohio 1850 Census (and in our History of the Celle Family, CD #2, Volume I, page 212). The marriages of at least three of their sons are also recorded in Franklin County, Ohio. Two sons and a daughter are found in Delaware County, Ohio on the 1880 Census as follows:
Liberty, Delaware County, Ohio; page 315C:
John Jr. Sells, age 32, born Ohio, farmer, both parents born KY
Anna M. Sells, wife, age 30, born Ohio, keeping house, father born VA,
mother born PA
Webster M. Sells, son, age 6, born Ohio.
Benton Sells, son, age 4, born Ohio
Frank Sells, son, age 2, born Ohio
James E. Sells, son, age 1 month, born Ohio
Liberty, Delaware County, Ohio: page 317C:
M.D. Sells, age 48, born Ohio, farmer, father born KY, mother born VT
Betsey Sells, wife, age 44, born Ohio, keeping house, father born KY,
mother born VT
Otway Sells, son, age 22, born Ohio, farmer
Ludric Sells, son, age 18, born Ohio, farmer
Marinda J. Sells, daughter, age 16, born Ohio, at school
Charles S. Sells, son, age 14, born Ohio, farmer
John F. Sells, son, age 12, born Ohio, at school
George W. Lewis, other, age 26, born Ohio, farm laborer, father born MD,
mother born OH
Liberty, Delaware County, Ohio: page 317C:
Marinda Sells, age 76, born VT, keeping house
Matilda Huggett, daughter, age 42, born Ohio, at home, father born KY,
mother born VT
Catherine N. Huggett, granddaughter, age 10, born Illinois, at school,
both parents born Ohio
Matilda M. Huggett, granddaughter, age 8, born Illinois, at home, both
parents born Ohio
Nancy M. Huggett, granddaughter, age 9, born Illinois, at home, both
parents born Ohio
These records raise several more questions:
When and where did John Sells, born 1802, die?? Apparently he died sometime between 1850 and 1880?
When did his wife Marinda move to Delaware County?
The family of John and Anna Rumsey Sells (John Jr. above), includes four sons in 1880. The Franklin County Sells Family records also list two daughters; Lena Sells married a Mr. Grace; and Marilla Sells married a Mr. Dyer.
Were Lena and Marilla born AFTER 1880?
The family of Mack Duff Sells (M.D.Sells above) and Betsey A. Friend (who were married 17 August 1857 in Franklin Co., Ohio), includes five of their six known children on this 1880 census. Son Luke Sells, born 10 August 1859 is missing. He would have been age 20/21 in 1880.
Was he already married?
Living and working elsewhere? Or deceased??
Who was the husband of Matilda Sells Huggett?
Apparently he was deceased before 1880? All three of their daughters are listed as born in Illinois.
Where in Illinois was this family living from at least 1870 to 1872?
Did Matilda's husband perhaps die in Illinois, prompting her to move back to Ohio with her three young daughters, to live with her widowed mother, near her brothers?
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