Abraham Sells was for more than half a century a resident of Coshocton county.  His father's family located very early in the century near New Comerstown.  Abraham learned his trade of cabinet-making at Marietta, and set up in Coshocton in 1814.  He was for some time a justice of the peace, and also coroner of the county.  He died September 22, 1869, in his seventy-sixth year.  His widow, now about his age at death, resides in Coshocton with her son B. F. Sells.

Source:  Historical Collections of Coshocton County Ohio 1764-1876
Author: William E Hunt, pub. 1876