He was the son of John and Susannah Keeler Sell, of near Newville, Cumberland County, PA. He married (1) Frances Marie Rice in 1838. He attended Gettysburg College 1845-1849. He graduated from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in 1851.From that time on he served Pennsylvania Lutheran churches in Rossville (1851-1853), Berryville (1853-1860), Lock Haven (1860-1862), Aaronsburg (1862-1865), Pine Grove Mills 1865-1869), Loysville 1869-1872), Dillsburg 1872-1873), New Kingston (1873-1875), New Chester (1875-1879) and East Berlin (1879-1888). He preached 8,760 sermons. He married (2) Mrs. Caroline Williams in 1874. He married (3) Sarah Diehl. Daniel and Frances had five children: Martha Jane Sell Seibert, John Alexander Sell, Edward Henry Sell, Infant Sell and Anna Maria Riggs. [Source: The Sell Families of Adams and York Counties, PA by Kenneth Sell, Chapter 8, pp. 525-526].
He was the son of John and Susannah Keeler Sell, of near Newville, Cumberland County, PA. He married (1) Frances Marie Rice in 1838. He attended Gettysburg College 1845-1849. He graduated from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in 1851.From that time on he served Pennsylvania Lutheran churches in Rossville (1851-1853), Berryville (1853-1860), Lock Haven (1860-1862), Aaronsburg (1862-1865), Pine Grove Mills 1865-1869), Loysville 1869-1872), Dillsburg 1872-1873), New Kingston (1873-1875), New Chester (1875-1879) and East Berlin (1879-1888). He preached 8,760 sermons. He married (2) Mrs. Caroline Williams in 1874. He married (3) Sarah Diehl. Daniel and Frances had five children: Martha Jane Sell Seibert, John Alexander Sell, Edward Henry Sell, Infant Sell and Anna Maria Riggs. [Source: The Sell Families of Adams and York Counties, PA by Kenneth Sell, Chapter 8, pp. 525-526].
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While his tombstone gives his birth year as 1820, he was baptized in November 1819 in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Newville, PA. A biographical sketch in the History of Gettysburg Seminary also states that he was born in 1819.
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