Sybelia Antoinette SELSER

HAIRSTON.org ID#1768, b. about 1827, d. March 1883
Birth*Sybelia Antoinette SELSER was born about 1827 in Mississippi.1 
Marriage*She married George William Bacon MESSINGER on 6 June 1855 in Warren, Mississippi.2,3 
WillSybelia Antoinette SELSER was mentioned in the will of George William Bacon MESSINGER on 4 June 1857 in Issaquena, Mississippi.2 
Marriage*This was his third marriage and her second, she was first married to George Messinger.4
Census 1870Sybelia Antoinette SELSER appeared on the 1870 census of Hezekiah "Henry" William FOOTE on 3 June 1870 in Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi; HW 57, Sybilla 43, Thomas 21, Huger 14, Catharine L Welch 26, Emma 17, Mary 9, Georgiana 3;
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Census 1880Sybelia Antoinette SELSER appeared on the 1880 census of Hezekiah "Henry" William FOOTE on 8 June 1880 in Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi; Foote, H. W. 66 born in SC, S. A. wife 50 born in Mass., Emma daughter 21, Georgie A. daughter 13.
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Death*Sybelia Antoinette SELSER died in March 1883; "The Macon Sun announces the death of the estimable wife of Mr. H. W. Foote, of that place."
The Clarion, Jackson, Mississippi, 21 March 1883, page 5.7 

Family 1

George William Bacon MESSINGER d. 1863

Family 2

Hezekiah "Henry" William FOOTE b. 17 Dec 1813, d. 29 Jan 1899
Child

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  2. [S3215] Will of George W B Messinger - dated 4 June 1857, Issaquena Co., Will Book C, Page 58, Filed 5 January 1863., unknown volume.
  3. [S76] Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, Ancestry.com.
  4. [S3646] Marriage - Hezekiah William Foote & Sybelia Antoinette Selser - Marriage certificate was recorded on 9 April 1864 - Noxubee County, Mississippi, Marriage Records Vol. B 1860-1874, page 88, Family Search Film #007726174, Image 374.
  5. [S3629] United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTL7-V5H : 13 June 2019), Mississippi > Noxubee > District 15 > image 11 of 134; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)., Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  6. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  7. [S3216] Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the state and a record of the lives of many of the most worthy and illustrious families and individuals. Vol. 2, (1891). Chicago: Goodspeed Pub. Co. - https://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.102898882, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
Last Edited18 Nov 2021