William was born in 1870.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL8-25Q2 : 28 September 2020), William M Sellers, ; Burial, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States of America, Oregon State Hospital Patient Memorial; citing record ID 87453199, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J2-3MD : 29 December 2021), Malissa Sellers in household of Colton Sellers, Henry, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
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Categories: Oregon State Hospital Patient Memorial, Salem, Oregon
The death certificate has William M. Sellers as a widower. Olive Yellington, the first wife of William Martel Sellers, died between 1891 and 1897. His second wife, Ellen Brown, was living with her daughter Lois in Damascus, GA around 1918 and had died by 1923 when Lois moved to New Orleans
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