Francis Marion Sellers
Full Name: Francis Marion SellersDate of birth: September 12, 1847
Date of death: May 22, 1917
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 62 | Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 | 22nd (1) | Democrat | Thornton / Limestone | Falls, Limestone, McLennan |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 22nd (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Thornton / Limestone
- Counties in district:
- Falls, Limestone, McLennan
Terms of service notes
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
Biographical Information
- Biographical sketch, Francis Marion Sellers, pp. 323-324. Born 9/12/1847 in Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, married L.C. Moody of Choctaw County, Alabama, on 9/8/1868. Elected Tax Assessor of Limestone County, Texas, in 1883. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Confederate States Army, Company I, 3rd Alabama Cavalry. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Francis Marion Sellers, birth date 9/12/1847 in Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama; death date 5/22/1917 in De Leon, Comanche County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
- Francis Marion Sellers, birth date 9/12/1847, death date 5/22/1917, burial in De Leon Cemetery, De Leon, Comanche County. Find a Grave.
- Death notice, F.M. Sellers, 5/24/1917, p. 3. "He was a lawyer and educator, and moved here recently from Groesbeck, where he had resided for years." Fort Worth Record-Telegram.
- F.M. Sellers/Hon. F.B. Sellers moved from Groesbeck to De Leon, March 1917. Located in Limestone County in 1876 from Alabama, Limestone County Tax Assessor about 40 years ago, lawyer, educator; served in Confederate army as a youth. 3/8/1917, pp. 2, 8. Groesbeck Journal.
- "F.M. Sellers, for sixteen years tax assessor of Limestone county, suddenly expired at DeLeon. He had lately moved from Groesbeck." Palo Pinto County Star, 6/1/1917, p. 1, crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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