. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. ent thefirst twenty years of his life on a farm and in1851 came to Iowa, niaking his way to county, where he taught school, fol-lowing that profession in Albia and in Chari-ton. Lucas county. He afterward engaged inmerchandising in 1852 and 1853. In 1854 hewent to Albia, where be turned his attentionto general agricultural pursutts and beingjoined that year by his father they togetherbought a farm of three hundred and twentyacres whic
. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. ent thefirst twenty years of his life on a farm and in1851 came to Iowa, niaking his way to county, where he taught school, fol-lowing that profession in Albia and in Chari-ton. Lucas county. He afterward engaged inmerchandising in 1852 and 1853. In 1854 hewent to Albia, where be turned his attentionto general agricultural pursutts and beingjoined that year by his father they togetherbought a farm of three hundred and twentyacres which they operated from 1855 until1861. In 1857 the country became involved ina financial panic and Mr. Sellers lost then began anew and taught school forseveral years, after which he once more turnedhis attention to farming and in 1866 engagedin the insurance business in which he has con-tinued to the present time. He has continu-ouslv represented the Iowa State InsuranceCompanv. of Keokuk, since 1867. writing hisFirst policy for that company on the 8th ofApril of that year. He also represents the^^estchester Insurance Company of New.
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