Abel Sellers was the son of James and Sarah Gourley Sillars of River John who married Annie Agnes McMaster, the daughter of Samuel and Margaret McDonald McMaster of Toney River on the 20th of January 1859 at River John, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. 

The Sillars or Sellers family moved from River John to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin in 1869.  Their eldest daughter, Alice Jane Sellers, born 19 July 1860, died 2 March 1869 and is not in photo. 

Front row, left to right: Margaret Ann Sellers born 16 September 1861, Annie Agnes McMaster Sellers born 10 June 1840, Seymore Lee or Leigh Sellers born 22 January 1883, Abel Sellers born 28 March 1837, Elsie or Elise Jane Sellers born 17 July 1880.

Back row, left to right:  Lawrence Barton or Barden Sellers born 9 August 1875, Sarah Emma Sellers born 13 July 1867, Elizabeth Minnie Sellers born 5 March 1873, Alfred Henry Sellers born 30 June 1865, Orrin Ambrose Sellers born 26 August 1870, Rosina Gilmore Sellers born 5 October 1863 and Wallace Borden Sellers born 19 September 1877.