Francis Marion Selsor
Francis Marion Selsor was born around 1836 in Indiana to Andrew and Nancy Selsor. His father was a farmer who owned $1,500 of real estate and $600 of personal property. The family lived in Brown, Indiana, until the 1850s, when they moved to Medicine, Missouri. He married a woman named Helen in the 1850s, and they had at least three children: Mary, born around 1858; Henry, born around 1861; and Sherman, born around 1866. Selsor worked as a farmer in Medicine, and by 1860, they owned $1,200 of real estate and $450 of personal property.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on September 1, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company C of the 23rd Missouri Infantry later that day. The regiment took part in the Battle of Shiloh and the Atlanta campaign. He mustered out on September 22, 1864.
 
Selsor returned to Medicine after the war and resumed his work as a farmer. He applied for a federal pension in November 1888, but he died before he could receive one. He died on April 21, 1891.
1820
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(1820)Selsor, Francis Marion18361891-04-21
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 8

  • (6011) [writer] ~ Francis M. Selsor to Ritty A. Sanders and Andrew Selsor, 3 January 1864
  • (6025) [associated with] ~ John W. Sanders to Ritty A. Sanders, 29 December 1861
  • (6053) [writer] ~ Francis M. Selsor et al. to Ritty A. Sanders, 1 April 1863
  • (6261) [writer] ~ Francis M. Selsor to Ritty A. Sanders, 19 July 1863
  • (6262) [writer] ~ Francis M. Selsor to Ritty A. Sanders, 4 August 1863
  • (6263) [writer] ~ Francis M. Selsor to Ritty A. Sanders, 28 August 1863
  • (6264) [writer] ~ Francis M. Selsor to Ritty A. Sanders, 30 January 1864
  • (6265) [writer] ~ Francis M. Selsor to Nancy J. Selsor and Minerva J. Sanders, undated

People - Records: 13

  • (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion is the [sibling-in-law of] (1803) Sanders, John W.
  • (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion is the [sibling of] (1804) Sanders, Ritty Ann
  • (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion is the [aunt/uncle of] (1805) Sanders, Minerva Jane
  • (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion is the [aunt/uncle of] (1806) Sanders, Emily F.
  • (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion is the [aunt/uncle of] (1807) Sanders, Jacob M.
  • (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion is the [aunt/uncle of] (1811) Sanders, Nancy Panina
  • (1821) Selsor, Andrew is the [parent of] (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion
  • (1847) Selsor, James Hardin is the [sibling of] (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion
  • (1866) Selsor, Nancy Jane is the [sibling of] (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion
  • (1948) Hert, Sadie Jane is the [sibling of] (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion
  • (1949) Hert, Joseph is the [sibling-in-law of] (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion
  • (1956) Selsor, Andrew J. is the [sibling of] (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion
  • (1959) Minnick, Syntha A. is the [sibling of] (1820) Selsor, Francis Marion

Places - Records: 2

  • (379) [birth] ~ Indiana
  • (533) [death] ~ Missouri

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (560) [enlisted] [C] ~ 23rd Missouri Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1890 Veterans Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.