42 STREEPER : 



In Footslone 



memory of 



Samuel Sellers* 



who departed this life S. S. 



June 2nd, 1850 



in his 70th year 



I 

 Sacred 



to the memory of 



Klizabeth f 



daughter of 



Harvey and Elizabeth Lewis 



of Philadelphia 



who departed this life 



3rd of June, 1849 



in her 23d year 



Just outside and to the west of the Samuel Sellers lot lies 

 the following stone : 



James Sellers Junior X 

 born July 8th 1823 

 died February 24th 1854 



* Samuel Sellers, elder brother of James Sellers, and son of David 

 and Rachel (Coleman) Sellers, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., 9-10-1780. 

 With his brother, James, and cousin, Coleman, entered the wire estab- 

 ment of N. & D. Sellers, at an early age, afterwards succeeding to the 

 business along with them. He was interested in the Philadelphia and 

 Apprentices' Libraries in Philadelphia. He was a mathematician and 

 somewhat of an astronomer. His observations and calculations are said 

 to have been exceedingly accurate. Was an influential member of the 

 New Jerusalem Church of Upper Darby, being one of the founders of 

 the Delaware County organization. A Whig in politics. 



t Inscription on stone lying flat on grave. 



J James Sellers, Junior, was the son of James and Klizabeth Cadwal- 

 lader Sellers, a farmer, physician, hygienist and philanthropist, inter- 

 ested in all movements for the uplifting of humanity, of literary taste, 

 an able and lucid writer, independent in opinion and morally courage- 

 ous. Was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and married, 1-18-1853, Emmeline 

 (Bostwick) Smith, of New York, who was born, 9-3-1833, in Stattiford, 

 Conn. He died at South Orange, N. J. Had issue, one son, James 



