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Canadian County, Oklahoma
Margaret Ellen (Sellars) Black
From the research of
Jean Kyle
Died 11 May 1893
Additional Info: Her tombstone states she died in 1893but her
Probate filed 13 Apr 1906 states she died 11 May 1895. Family
say that she was born in 1858 in JeffersonTennessee. Margaret
Ellen Sellars married James Thomas Black. According to her
Probate she was the mother of five children: Kate I. Jones age
27address unknown (it was thought that she and her family died
in the flood of 1900their buggy and trunks were found but no
bodies) Rosa H. Emerson age 24 Oklahoma City O. T. Thomas O.
Black age 21Piedmont O. T. Minnie E. Osborn age 19 Lockridge O.
T. And Mary N. Robyler age 17 Geary O. T. When they heard of the
opening of Oklahoma in 1889Thomas and Margaret accompanied by
her Mother Catherine Sellars and five children travelled through
Kansas and on to Beaver City, Okla. Known as No Man's Land.
Their last child Mary was born there in March. Thomas made the
"Run" and got the SW 1/4 of Section 3Twp 13 Rg 5.
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