NameBenjamin Franklin “Frank” Sellers, 1C3R
BirthOct 1850, Montgomery Co., Illinois
SpouseSarah Lyerla
Birthabt 1849, Montgomery Co., Illinois
Deathabt 1876, Montgomery Co., Illinois
Children
Birthabt 1875, Montgomery Co., Illinois
Notes for Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Sellers
The 1850 census listed him as age 1 month. Dates in that census are supposed to be relative to June 1, which would imply a birth in April 1850, but the visit occurred on Oct 1, and it is likely that the instructions were misinterpreted.
Census
1880 census of Montgomery Co., Illinois, Irving township, enumerated 11 June, lists on p. 17 as family #145/148:
Sellers, Frank, 28, farmer, b. Ill Ohio Ill, widowed; Arch E., 5, son, b. Ill Ill Ill; Nancy B., 22, sister, b. Ill Ohio Ill.
The preceding household is headed by a widowed Delilah Lyerly, age 57. There are four other Lyerly households on the same page, including William Lyerly with wife Euphemia Sellers (Frank’s double first cousin, dau of Samuel Sellers and Ruth Beck.)
Census Notes for Sarah Lyerla
1850 census of Montgomery Co., Illinois, southwest part of district 22, enumerated 24 Sep, lists as family #705/715:
Levi Sherold, 22, farmer, b. Mo; Nancy, 21, b. N.C.; Jacob Lylerla, 28, farmer; Napoleon, 6; Francis (m), 5; Sarah, 1. All Lyerlas born in Illinois.