From: "The Sellers"
<labadaba@ispchannel.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001
Dave,
I thought I had more info. about Almina
Sellers Abbott,
but the
only thing I could find was the typed version of her obit.
sent to me
by a Sellers cousin. So, I decided to go ahead and
send it as
an attachment. This obit was originally sent to my cousin
by Vivian
Barbier, since deceased. She was the granddaughter of
John &
Almina. She also sent a note along with the obit.. She said
her grandmother
(Almina) would sometimes talk about when she was
a young
child. She told of how her mother (Matilda) had remarried to
Samuel
Osborn, and how he would load the family into the wagon,
and search for hours and hours to find a
piece of land to purchase.
She also
said she (Almina) had a total dislike for the man. If you haven't
found it
already, click onto Scott County on my page, and scroll down to
the Abbott
Census information. Good luck with your research, and if you
have any
other questions, contact me.
Dan S.
Extract of Obituary Almina Sellers Abbott:
MRS. ALIMINA SELLERS ABBOTT
Mrs Almina
Sellers died at the home of Wilson Chamberlain of Pearl Tuesday, May 14, 1918
after an illness of several weeks. The funeral was held at Green Pond Church
Thursday May 14, 1918 conducted by Rev.
West of Pearl. Interment in Green Pond Cemetery.
The
deceased was the widow of the late John H. Abbott who preceded her in death
August 8, 1910. She was born November 19, 1830 in Nashville, Tennessee and as a
small child came to Illinois with her parents. She was united in marriage
October 4, 1856 to John H. Abbott at Naples, ILL. And to this union nine
children were born, five of whom survive her. John of this city (Pittsfield),
Gus of Jacksonville, Horace of Green Pond, Robin of Indianapolis, Indiana, and
Ernest of North Venace, IL.
She has
spent most of her life in Pike County and her early life in Bluffs and Naples
and has a large number if relatives and friends living there.
Received from Vivian Abbott Barbier.
Children of Almina Sellers Abbott
1. Emma
b. Naples, Scott Co. IL 1859
Cato b. Naples
August (Gus) Wahington
b. Naples
Charles b. Naples
5. John M.
b. Naples, IL m/Laura Main had 4
or 5 ch John Leland b.ca 1901 WWI, WWII
living 1965 Ft. Myers, Fla: married no
children
6. Ella
b. Naples, IL m/?? Pitts
7. Horace
b. near Pearl, Pike Co., IL May
10, 1869: d/ Feb 4, 1946 m/
Mar 24, 1898 Susanna (Susie) Silbert
Matthews
8. Robin (Robb) b. near Pearl, Pike Co., IL
9. Ernest b. Naples June 11, 18??