James Edward SELLNER Jr.

Page last updated 30 January 2026.
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Kacie's Photography, 2019
 
Birth:  25 April 1931 in Washington, D.C. (see * below)
Death:  20 September 1931 in Washington, D.C.
Burial:  21 September 1931 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, C-10 (see ** below)
Headstone Text:  No headstone there. Church recently placed a slab there to replace it.

* There may be a discrepancy in his birth. Funeral home records give 25 April 1931, but a 1 March 1931 newspaper notice lists the birth of a boy to James and Marian Sellner. Will need to find an actual birth certificate.

Parents:  James Edward SELLNER and Meriam May SELLNER (m. HERBERT)
Parents' Children: 

Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  James does not have a headstone, but is buried in Row C (see ** below). Also buried in this cemetery are: his grandparents -- George and Ada; his great grandparents -- Samuel and Lucy; his siblings -- Dorothy, Robert.
 
** James, and his siblings, Dorothy and Robert, are listed as “Infant Sellner (father James)” on the church plot map. None of them have a headstone, although a concrete slab was recently placed there. Until more records are discovered, we have designated him being buried in Plot C-10.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#211472434), FamilySearch website (#GW9Q-GBT), and family records.
 
Documents Include: Prince George’s County Genealogical Society -- Murray Funeral Home Records; Providence Methodist Church Record of Cemetery Trustee.
 
Abbreviation Key:  
​m. = maiden name
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