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Seller - James M.


Source: H.W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1880) p 375

 
James M. SELLER, attorney, Crawfordsville, native of Virginia went  to Kentucky, then came to Montgomery County, Indiana in 1827. Mr. Seller had been a captain in  the Black Hawk war. He first came in the spring and started the  clearing and planted a small crop, then returned  to Harrison County KY  hiring a man to erect a hewn-log cabin of fair size and two  stories high. This cabin is now owned by Marshall H. Seller, E.  of Crawfordsville. It has been boarded and ceiled. Into this Mr.  & Mrs. Seller and four children moved in the fall of 1827.  They bought 280 acres. Mr. Seller became quite an active man in  politics, first as a whig and later a republican. He was co.  commissioner for sev. years and in the winter of 1843-4 he  represented the co. in the state legislature. He d. Dec 24, 1874  and his wife is still living. He was an elder in the Presby.  Church of which Mrs. Seller is also a member.

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