Sell, Hirst Reuben

1804 - 1854  (50 years)


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  • Name Sell, Hirst Reuben  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 1804  North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Unknown 
    Residence Stokes, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1840  Schuyler, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Precinct 1 
    Residence 1850  Eden, Schuyler, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Age: 46 
    Died 9 Nov 1854  Birmingham, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Round Prairie, Schuyler County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I34384  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father Sell, Jonathan,   b. 10 Mar 1776, Wrightsborough, GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sheilds, Sarah,   b. 18 May 1779, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F22584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bodenhamer, Catherine,   b. 26 Mar 1813, Rowan Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1896, Van Buren Co., Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1829  Stokes, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Notes 


    • Marriage Record:

      Bride: Catherrine Bodenhamer
      Groom: Reuben Sell
      Bond Date: 18 Jul 1829
      County: Stokes
      Record #: 02 267
      Bondsman: Caleb Johnson
      Witness: D Stockton
      Bond #: 000141346
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      Name: Reuben Sell
      Spouse: Catherine Bodenhamer
      Marriage Date: 18 Jul 1829
      Marriage County: Stokes
      Marriage State: North Carolina
      Source : County Court Records Danbury, NC and FHL # 0422159
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    Children 
     1. Sell, Caleb Riley,   b. 31 Dec 1829, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1909, Bartonville, Peoria, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     2. Sell, Haley F.,   b. 1834, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1862  (Age 28 years)  [natural]
     3. Sell, John H.,   b. 1 Aug 1834, Schuyler Co., Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1845  (Age 10 years)  [natural]
     4. Sell, John (Jacob) W.,   b. 23 Jul 1838, Schuyler Co., Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1886, Erie, Neosho Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)  [natural]
     5. Sell, Henry Harrison,   b. 5 Sep 1840, Schuyler Co., Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. Sell, David Newton,   b. 20 Feb 1843, Schuyler Co., Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Sell, Solomon Taylor,   b. 31 Aug 1845, Schuyler Co., Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1905  (Age 59 years)  [natural]
     8. Sell, Isham J.,   b. Abt 1849, Schuyler Co., Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1886  (Age 37 years)  [natural]
     9. Sell, Barnabus Lafayette,   b. 11 Feb 1851, Birmingham, Schuyler Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1913, Vernon Twp, Van Buren Co., Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)  [natural]
     10. Sell, Female Child,   b. Abt 1852, Schuyler Co., Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     11. Sell, Male Child,   b. Abt 1853, Schuyler Co., Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Documents
    Reuben Sell - North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
    Reuben Sell - North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F1064  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Stokes, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Jul 1829 - Stokes, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Precinct 1 - 1840 - Schuyler, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Nov 1854 - Birmingham, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States of America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Round Prairie, Schuyler County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    21068309_1405136117
    21068309_1405136117

    Documents
    Sell_marriage_cetificate
    Sell_marriage_cetificate

  • Notes 


    • Wagonmaker. Most of his sons and Sell folks could carpenter and work with wood.
      Source:Source: Sell History,1957, Grace Sell Hervey and Fanny Sell Hervey

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      Christian Bodenḣamer Bodenheimer-Bodenhammer of Rowan County, North Carolina, and his descendants:

      Ctherin (4), daughter of George (3) and Barbara (Wire?) Bodenhamm, was born in Rowan County, North Carolona, 26 Mar. 1813--died 25 Mar. 1898. On Lu

      1833 in Davidson Co, NC Catherine Bodenhamer and Hirst Reuben Sell purchase the land William G. Bodenhamer had inherited from their parents. On 10 May 1834 this was sold to another William Bodenhamer and soon they migrated to Schuyler co, IL. Here in 1836 they again purchased land and here their children were born. Hirst Rueben was a farmer and wagon maker. On 22 Dec. 1863 Catherine applied for
      the army pension of her deceased son Haley F. Sell. From this she received 12 dollars a month until her death. When she was 67 years of age she bought property in Schuyler co., which in Aug 1891 she and her son Barnabus sold.

      Source: Bodenhamer Book by Lois Ione Hotchkiss Heuss ( Mrs. John Sanford Heuss published in 1979 by Herb Eaton, Inc. , Charlotte, N.C. 28212 and Walsworth Publishing, Co. Marceline, Missouri 64658.)

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      Also, Ruben Sell moved his family from North Carolina to Illinois in 1836. -Stated in obit of Ruben's first son

      His grave never had a tombstone on it, so Glenn Eugene and his wife Evelyn Sell had one sent to it, so people could find it.

  • Sources 
    1. [S376] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Eden, Schuyler, Illinois, roll M432_128, page 360, image 120.
      Record for Reuben Sell
      Reuben Sell - 1850 United States Federal Census
      Reuben Sell - 1850 United States Federal Census


    2. [S968] North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for Reuben Sell
      Reuben Sell - North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
      Reuben Sell - North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
      Sell_marriage_cetificate
      Sell_marriage_cetificate


    3. [S78] Christian Bodenhamer of Rowan County, North Carolina, Lois Ione Hotchkiss Heuss, (Name: Herb Eaton, Inc, Charlotte, NC, 1979;).

    4. [S1978] North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011
      North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011


    5. [S8] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005;).
      Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States. 1850 United States Federal Census. M432, 1009 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Eden, Schuyler, Illinois, roll M432_128, page 360, image 120.

    6. [S381] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Birmingham, Schuyler, Illinois, ED 262, roll T9_250, page 328.1000, image 0138.
      Record for Solomon Sell
      Solomon Sell - 1880 United States Federal Census
      Solomon Sell - 1880 United States Federal Census


    7. [S702] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Eden, Schuyler, Illinois; Roll: M432_128; Page: 360A; Image: 125.
      Record for Reuben Sell
      1850 United States Federal Census - Hirst Reuben Sell
      1850 United States Federal Census - Hirst Reuben Sell


    8. [S6] 1850 Federal Census Schyuler Co., IL.

    9. [S1449] North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
      Record for Reuben Sell
      North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960 - Hirst Reuben Sell
      North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960 - Hirst Reuben Sell


    10. [S460] 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1840; Census Place: Precinct 1, Schuyler, Illinois; Roll: 69; Page: 90; Family History Library Film: 0007644.
      Record for Reuben Sell
      1840 United States Federal Census - Hirst Reuben Sell
      1840 United States Federal Census - Hirst Reuben Sell