Dr. Marvel Whitney Sellers,  born July 7, 1853, 
Alabama, was the son of Dr. John Ward Sellers and Lynia Jane Godwin.  
Marvel was named after Bishop Marvel and Eli Whitney.
    The Sellers moved to the Cactus Hill area, Wise County, Texas, by 
wagon train in 1854, and on to the old Edmond place 10 miles north of 
Gatesville, by the 1870 census.  On March 21, 1875 at Mt. Zion, Marvel 
married Rebecca Jane Wilson (Born August 12, 1860, Beckville, Panola 
County), daughter of Arthur Wilson (born 1818 NC) and Mary Lee (born 
1818 NC).  They married July 2, 1844, Johnston Co., NC.
    By 1880, Marvel and Rebecca were living near Burnet, neighbors to 
his father, sister, Emmaline Sellers Bruner, and aunt, Elizabeth Sellers
Wilson.  He then moved his family, by wagon train, to New Mexico, while
doctoring along the way.  In 1900, Marvel was living and working as a
physician back in Texas, at Fort McKavett, Menard County.
    Dr. M.W. Sellers, as he was usually called, did much of his work in 
central and west Texas and New Mexico.  He was especially noted for his 
treatment of typhoid and other hard to cure fevers of his time.  The 
last few of his over 40 year career was devoted more to skin cancer 
and many patients came to his home for special treatments after his own 
health and age prevented his working away from the house.
    Marvel and Rebecca's children were:
Oscar, born 1877, Burnet County, married Addie Wahrmund and had Chester and
    Ferdinand.
Tennie, born 1880 Burnet County, married Thomas Marlar and had William,
    Virgie, Essie, Jessie and Fred.
Tenia (called Eddie), born 1883, Coryell County, married James Minix and
    had Violet Pearl and Addie Mrytle.
Arthur Ward, born 1886, Kerr County, married Stella Sageser and had Jettie,
    Fern, Arthur Lee, Whitney and Joe.
Ira Francis (called Frank), born 1889, San Miguel, New Mexico, married
    Lillie Doss and had Claudene & Edith.
Lida Elma, born 1892, Brown County, married George Jeanes and had Vera Mae,
    Arthur, Elmer and Claudia.
    While living with their son, Arthur, Marvel died of a stroke March 4, 
1928. He is buried in Harper, Gillespie County.  Rebecca died of pneumonia 
one month later on April 5, 1928, after surgery in Waco, and is buried in
Fairview Cemetery, Bosque County.  


Submitted by great-great-granddaughter, Lynda Wyatt Green