William Y. Sellers (1830-1912)

SELLERS, HEFLEY, DAYTON, SHAW

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:13

From Nevada Evening Journal April 26, 1912 (page 3)

DEATH OF WILLIAM SELLERS.

Funeral Will be Held at Colo Tomorrow Forenoon.

William Y. Sellers, one of the pioneers of Colo, died at an early hour Wednesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Dayton, at Abilene, Kansas. The body will be brought back to Iowa and funeral services held tomorrow morning at ten o'clock at Colo, after which the body will be interred in the Colo cemetery by the side of the wife who passed away years ago.

Mr. Sellers was the father of six children, five of whom are still living. The eldest is Thomas L. Sellers, and attorney of Des Moines, John Sellers of Ames, and James Sellers, deceased. The daughters are Mrs. Hefley of Cambridge, Mrs. Will Dayton of Abilene, Kansas, and Mrs. Frank Shaw, of Colorado Springs.

For many years after coming to the county Mr. Sellers owned and operated a large farm in Richland township, after which he moved to Colo and engaged in the livery business. He was a man in the neighborhood of eighty years of age and until a short time ago had been considered quite strong. The relatives and friends will receive the sympathy of many old neighbors and friends.