Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


[This is Elvirah Ann (Hinton) Sellers]

Fairfield Recorder - Feb 22, 1901

Obituary

  The following obituary notice from the Duncan, (Indian Territory) Herald has 
been received by the Recorder, and we give it a place in our columns, as the 
family of the deceased lady were for many years residents of our county:
  "...On Tuesday, January 15th, after an illness of only six days, Mrs. Elvira 
Jane Sellers, beloved wife of Mr. J. D. Sellers, departed this life. Mrs. 
Sellers was born in Sumpter county, Miss., on Dec 2, 1852, and was married to 
Mr. Sellers in Hinds county, Miss., on Aug 2d, 1869. With her husband and family 
she moved to Texas, in Jan 1870, where she resided until a year or so ago they 
moved to Duncan. She was for a number of years a devout member of the Missionary 
Baptist Church. She was a true Christian lady, in every sense of the word, was 
loved and respected by all who knew her. Besides her husband she leaves three 
children to mourn the loss of a wife and mother, besides a host of friends"