Before the War, Ferdinand and Sarah had three children. Virginia was the oldest and she was born in 1853 in Louisiana. She went by the name "Jenny." Charles was the second child, having been born in 1857. He was called Charlie. Then they had a third some that was named after his father, Ferdinand born in 1859. He went by Ferdi. Next they had another daughter named Minnie who was born in June 1861. That must have been very hard for Sarah to have a child born at the beginning of the Civil War. But that didn't stop her as she had Gardner in 1863 and a son named Lee in 1865. Lee didn't live long though and he died in 1868 of Cerebral Meningitis. Before Lee passed away, Sarah had a daughter born in 1867 which they named Secissia. But this girl also died in January 3 1868 of Cholera at 6 months old. What a sad time this must have been for the family. And it is also telling of the severe economic times that good food and necessities were hard to come by. But still the trials were not over for this dear family. In 1871 on June 25, Sarah gave birth to a stillborn child. The sex is not known. The war certainly took its toll on the Cellos family.
It appears that from here things got better. In 1870, Ferdinand continued to be a steamboat Captain. Sarah was at home with her five children and she had a person staying with her to help her out named Hattie Cara. It seemed life was slowly getting back to normal. Two more children were born during this decade. Mae V. Cellos was born in May 1873 and Henry (Harry) (Gloria Alice's grandfather) was born 18 April 1878.
Henry Brown Cellos
Sally (Sarah Colma Cellos) Malrose's Father
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