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Name: John Sellers
Sex: M
Birth: 29 SEP 1789 in Upper Darby, PA
Death: 20 JUL 1878 in Philadelphia, PA
Person Id: I296
Tree Id: 140574

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Parents

Father:

John Sellers: Birth: 1 DEC 1762 in "Sellers Hall, " Upper Darby, PA. Death: 12 MAY 1847 in "Hoodland," Upper Darby, PA

Mother:

Mary Coleman: Birth: 9 SEP 1761 in Philadelphia, PA. Death: 25 SEP 1794 in Upper Darby, PA

Family
Marriage:

Married: Elizabeth Poole on 10 APR 1817 at Friends' Meeting House, Wilmington, DE.
Elizabeth Poole: Birth: 28 APR 1792 in Wilmington, DE. Death: 3 JAN 1859 in Milbourne, Delaware Co., PA

Children:

William Sellers: Birth: 14 SEP 1824 in Millbourne, Delaware Co., PA. Death: 24 JAN 1905 in Philadelphia, PA
Frances Sellers: Birth: 23 SEP 1833 in Millbourne, Delaware Co., PA. Death: 2 AUG 1918 in 1504 Broome St., Wilmington, DE

Notes

Note: He was a boyhood friend of his daughter Frances' father-in-law Thomas Garrett. Like Garrett, he was an agent with the Underground Railroad, harboring escaped slaves on his farm. These slaves were sent to him along a route passing from Thomas Garrett to Garrett's brother and then to him (Sellers).
He sat at the head of the Darby (Quaker) Meeting. John Greenleaf Whittier was once a guest in his home. Before signing a will he made a point of reading it to everyone to make sure that they considered it fair.

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