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.......William
Thomas O'Neal married Emma Bell Sellers in Montgomery Co. AL.
.......William
was born Oct. 16, 1866, the son of Thomas Benjamin O'Neill and
.......Olivia
L. McMillen. He was great grandson of Thomas and Tempy (Ellis)
.......Frizzell
and grandson of William and Mary (Frizzell) O'Neill,
who
raised him
.......and
his sister, Artimissie, after they were orphaned. William and
Emma
.......settled
in Bullock Co. and raised five children. At some
point,
William
.......changed
the spelling of his last name to O'Neal.
.......Submitted
by their great granddaughter: Cynthia
SIMS Kirkland
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.......William
Thomas and Emma Bell (Sellers) O'Neal and their five children:
(left
.......to
right standing) Mamie Ruth, Lula Bell, Thomas Benjamin, Alvin
Sellers.
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photo was taken in either Montgomery Co. or Bullock Co. in 1905
(the
.......year
following the birth of Alvin Sellers O'Neill.) Mamie Ruth was
the
.......grandmother
of the submitter, Cynthia Anne.
.......Submitted
by their great granddaughter: Cynthia
SIMS Kirkland
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.......William
Thomas O'Neal with son, Thomas Benjamin O'Neal ("Uncle Bennie").
.......William
Thomas O'Neal died Aug. 30, 1949. Thomas Benjamin O'Neill was
.......born
to William and Emma Bell Sellers on April 4, 1892, and married
Leona
.......Elizabeth
Grinslade.
.......Submitted
by: Cynthia
SIMS Kirkland
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.......Emma
Bell Sellers O'Neal was the wife of William Thomas O'Neal. "Granny"
.......was
born in Pine Level, Aug. 28, 1870, the daughter of Nathaniel Edward
.......Sellers
and Isabell Smilie of Montgomery Co. and the great granddaughter
.......of
Jacob Smilie and Sarah Raiford of Montgomery, AL. Emma's mother,
.......Isabell
(Smilie) Sellers, was the first cousin of Nancy (McNeill) Frizzell,
.......Jackson
Frizzell's wife. Emma Bell died Oct. 28, 1965 in Montgomery, AL.
.......She
lived to the grand old age of 96 and was alert until the last
year.
........Submitted
by her great granddaughter: Cynthia
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