Georgia, Thanks for the excellent info and effort. It would appear that Samuel was indeed in Iowa for an extended period of time since you've shown with the Census info that children Jerome Bruce in 1897 and Arena Lucile in 1901 were born in Iowa. Evidently all 3 brothers went to Iowa together which is certainly news to me. What becomes the mystery now is when did Samuel Howard Sellers head for S.Dakota and WHY? The fact that the other two brothers remained in Iowa makes it all the more strange. Beyond that, I don't have any info either which points to why they left VA in the first place! It would also appear from this 1930 info that Jerome Bruce did indeed inherit the farm from his father, Samuel Howard Sellers, upon Samuel's death in 1940. When my grandfather and I visited Bruce in the summer of 1981, the land hadn't held a crop for quite some time and the buildings were in need of some attention and upkeep. Bruce's third attempt at suicide succeeded in March 1982. Though Bruce was married twice (1 - Nora Eva Dunham; 2 - Evelyn Patterson), there does not appear to be any children from either marriage. Again, I appreciate the effort to get and send this info. It certainly helps alot. Michael Sellers -----Original Message----- From: Georgia Fletcher [mailto:chick@blzwire.com] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 06:09 PM To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SELLERS] Samuel Howard Sellers of Davison County, South Dakota Michael after I had a county in South Dakota, I was able to locate Samuel H. Sellers in 1930 Davison County, South Dakota census. 1930 Davison County, South Dakota Mount Vernon Township, District 13 enumerated on April 17, 1930 HH#24 Samuel H. Sellers, head, M, W, 65, widowed, age of first marriage age 29, VA, VA, VA; J. Bruce Sellers, son, M, W, 33, married age 33, IA, VA, IA (so in 1897 Samuel was in Iowa; need to try 1900 Iowa which is not indexed) farmer; Eva Sellers, daughter-in-law, 36, marriaged age 36; IL, IL, IL The name was difficult to read so the search engine does not pick up the Sellers name. Sellen might pick it up. Georgia

Just a thought. 1930 was depression, after WW I they were still homesteading in Montana, maybe the Dakotas also. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sellers.Michael To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:26 AM Subject: RE: [SELLERS] Samuel Howard Sellers of Davison County, South Dakota Georgia, Thanks for the excellent info and effort. It would appear that Samuel was indeed in Iowa for an extended period of time since you've shown with the Census info that children Jerome Bruce in 1897 and Arena Lucile in 1901 were born in Iowa. Evidently all 3 brothers went to Iowa together which is certainly news to me. What becomes the mystery now is when did Samuel Howard Sellers head for S.Dakota and WHY? The fact that the other two brothers remained in Iowa makes it all the more strange. Beyond that, I don't have any info either which points to why they left VA in the first place! It would also appear from this 1930 info that Jerome Bruce did indeed inherit the farm from his father, Samuel Howard Sellers, upon Samuel's death in 1940. When my grandfather and I visited Bruce in the summer of 1981, the land hadn't held a crop for quite some time and the buildings were in need of some attention and upkeep. Bruce's third attempt at suicide succeeded in March 1982. Though Bruce was married twice (1 - Nora Eva Dunham; 2 - Evelyn Patterson), there does not appear to be any children from either marriage. Again, I appreciate the effort to get and send this info. It certainly helps alot. Michael Sellers -----Original Message----- From: Georgia Fletcher [mailto:chick@blzwire.com] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 06:09 PM To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SELLERS] Samuel Howard Sellers of Davison County, South Dakota Michael after I had a county in South Dakota, I was able to locate Samuel H. Sellers in 1930 Davison County, South Dakota census. 1930 Davison County, South Dakota Mount Vernon Township, District 13 enumerated on April 17, 1930 HH#24 Samuel H. Sellers, head, M, W, 65, widowed, age of first marriage age 29, VA, VA, VA; J. Bruce Sellers, son, M, W, 33, married age 33, IA, VA, IA (so in 1897 Samuel was in Iowa; need to try 1900 Iowa which is not indexed) farmer; Eva Sellers, daughter-in-law, 36, marriaged age 36; IL, IL, IL The name was difficult to read so the search engine does not pick up the Sellers name. Sellen might pick it up. Georgia

MICHAEL, thanks. GEORGIA'S search results to 1930 SD will help find much = you know where they are in these years. Which is the info we needed. SOUTH DAKOTA homesteaded land which could be why they went? KIDS may NOT have liked the will/deed in VA could also be why they left? OR better pastures? I haven't finished ALL the collected info yet, But, looks good. Course you know, Madison Co, Iowa = the covered bridges and book = BRIDGES OF MADISON CO, IA and was there a movie yet? Much problems lately with burning the bridges, house, etc! marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: Sellers.Michael [mailto:msellers@acresgaming.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:27 AM To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SELLERS] Samuel Howard Sellers of Davison County, South Dakota Georgia, Thanks for the excellent info and effort. It would appear that Samuel was indeed in Iowa for an extended period of time since you've shown with the Census info that children Jerome Bruce in 1897 and Arena Lucile in 1901 were born in Iowa. Evidently all 3 brothers went to Iowa together which is certainly news to me. What becomes the mystery now is when did Samuel Howard Sellers head for S.Dakota and WHY? The fact that the other two brothers remained in Iowa makes it all the more strange. Beyond that, I don't have any info either which points to why they left VA in the first place! It would also appear from this 1930 info that Jerome Bruce did indeed inherit the farm from his father, Samuel Howard Sellers, upon Samuel's death in 1940. When my grandfather and I visited Bruce in the summer of 1981, the land hadn't held a crop for quite some time and the buildings were in need of some attention and upkeep. Bruce's third attempt at suicide succeeded in March 1982. Though Bruce was married twice (1 - Nora Eva Dunham; 2 - Evelyn Patterson), there does not appear to be any children from either marriage. Again, I appreciate the effort to get and send this info. It certainly helps alot. Michael Sellers -----Original Message----- From: Georgia Fletcher [mailto:chick@blzwire.com] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 06:09 PM To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SELLERS] Samuel Howard Sellers of Davison County, South Dakota Michael after I had a county in South Dakota, I was able to locate Samuel H. Sellers in 1930 Davison County, South Dakota census. 1930 Davison County, South Dakota Mount Vernon Township, District 13 enumerated on April 17, 1930 HH#24 Samuel H. Sellers, head, M, W, 65, widowed, age of first marriage age 29, VA, VA, VA; J. Bruce Sellers, son, M, W, 33, married age 33, IA, VA, IA (so in 1897 Samuel was in Iowa; need to try 1900 Iowa which is not indexed) farmer; Eva Sellers, daughter-in-law, 36, marriaged age 36; IL, IL, IL The name was difficult to read so the search engine does not pick up the Sellers name. Sellen might pick it up. Georgia