Frederick O. Sellers
(1856-1944)
Mary E. Collins
(1865-1933)
Bessie Margaret Sellers
(1892-1910)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Edward E. Beecher

Bessie Margaret Sellers 4 5

  • Born: 4 Feb 1892, Duncannon, Perry, PA 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Edward E. Beecher on 15 Aug 1909 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE 1 2 3
  • Died: 16 Oct 1910, Coatesville, Chester, PA at age 18 1 2 4
  • Buried: 19 Oct 1910, Coatesville: Fairview Cemetery, Chester, PA 4 6

   Other names for Bessie were Bessie Zealars,2 Bessie Margaret Zealers 1 and Bessie M. Zellers.1

   FamilySearch ID: LD3D-7QH.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Penn Twp., Perry, PA. 5 The 1900 census recorded F. O. Sellers, day laborer, 44, born Dec 1856, living with wife Mary E., 35, Nov 1865; Blake W., 15, Nov 1885; Isaac H., 11, Apr 1889; Tersa M., 10, Sep 1890; Katie M., 8, Jan 1892; Bessie G., 7, Feb 1893; Harry J., 6, Sep 1894; Robt B., 2, Jun 1898; and William C., 1, Jun 1899. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Cause of Death: pulmonary tuberculosis, 16 Oct 1910, Coatesville, Chester, PA. 6

3. Residence: 368 Valley Rd., Coatesville, Pa. on 16 Oct 1910 in Coatesville, Chester, PA. 6

4. Obituary: Mrs. Daily Local News on 17 Oct 1910 in West Chester, Chester, PA. 2 Mrs. Robert Beecher, formerly Miss Bessie Zealars, died at the home of her parents on Valley Road, at 8:45 o'clock, Sunday morning, after an illness of three months with pulmonary trouble. Deceased was a daughter of Edward Zealars. About two years ago she was married to Robert Beecher, son of Paris Beecher, South First Avenue. Mrs. Robert Beecher was only 17 years old. Besides her husband, parents, three brothers and two sisters survive her. Mrs. Beecher was an estimable young woman.


Bessie married Edward E. Beecher, son of Parris Epler Beecher and Sarah Elizabeth Featon, on 15 Aug 1909 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE.1 2 3 (Edward E. Beecher was born on 22 Feb 1886 in Coatesville, Chester, PA,7 8 9 died on 12 Mar 1969 in Coatesville, Chester, PA 9 10 and was buried in Coatesville: Fairview Cemetery, Chester, PA 9 10.)

Sources

1 Records of Nancy Eitnier, a descendant.

2 Daily Local News, Chester County, PA (West Chester, Chester County, PA), October 17, 1910. Obituary of Mrs. Robert Beacher (Bessie Zealars).

3 FamilySearch.org, Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q215-FQDN Edward Beecher m. 12 Jun 1909 Bessie M. Sellers.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36143916.

5 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M37Q-ZN6 Bessie G Sellers in household of F O Sellers, Penn Township, Perry, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241451.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 99023: Bessie Margaret Beecher. Father Frederick O. Sellers, mother Mary Collins.

7 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Chester County, Coatesville, Series: T623 Roll: 1393 Page: 213.

8 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF9Q-C2P Edward E. Beecher and Mary A. Richards, 1920.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36144002.

10 Daily Local News, Chester County, PA (West Chester, Chester County, PA), March 13, 1969. Obituary of Edward E. Beecher.


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