Evaline Scovell1

b. 1855, d. 1942
Family
Birth*1855Evaline Scovell was born in 1855.1 
Marriage*7 April 1880She married, as his second wife, Milton Philip Funk, son of Nimrod Funk and Eve Leib, on 7 April 1880 in Champaign County, Illinois.2,1,3 
(Wife) Death19 July 1919Evaline became a widow when Milton Philip Funk died on 19 July 1919 at age 81.3 
Death*1942She died in 1942 at about age 86 or 871 
Burial* and was buried in Section 5, Lot 23G in Maplewood Cemetery, Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois.1 

Family

 Milton Philip Funk b. 24 Apr 1838, d. 19 Jul 1919

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Evaline (Scovell) Funk, Memorial# 54334879. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1681] Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920, online at www.ancestry.com, Milton P. Funk and Eva Scovell, Champaign County, 7 April 1880. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Milton Philip Funk, Memorial# 54334874.

Ada Van Ness Scranton1

b. 20 March 1881
Family
Father*Seth B. Scranton1,2 b. 1645
Mother*Mary J. Van Valkenburg1,2,3 b. Feb 1856
Birth*20 March 1881Ada Van Ness Scranton was born on 20 March 1881 in Washington.1 
(Granddaughter) Estate18 June 1900The disposition of the estate of her grandmother, Marcia A. McClure, following the filing of her will with the county clerk, was published on 18 June 1900 in the East Oregonian newspaper, Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon. The article named the following: her brother, Zephaniah W. Van Ness, her husband, J. R. McClure, her daughter, Mary Bailey, her granddaughter, Ada Van Ness Scranton, her second husband, James Downing, and E. D. Boyd, whom she named her executor. The newspaper also reported that after E. D. Boyd refused to act as executor, Mary Janette Bailey, her daughter, was named by Judge Bean as executrix.3 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Ada V (Scranton) Walden, Memorial# 131779061. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Janette “Nettie” (Van Valkenburg) Bailey, Memorial# 172559940.
  3. [S2998] Will and Estate of Marcia A. McClure (Mrs. J. R.) June 1900 Pendleton, Oregon, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, East Oregonian. (Pendleton, Oregon), Monday, June 18, 1900, Page 1, (Downloaded on March 25, 2026), under the titles, "Will of Mrs. McClure" and "Her Daughter Appointed the Executrix of the Instrument", reporting that the will of the late Marcia A. McClure had been filed with the county clerk making the following disposition of the property of the estate: Usual provision for payment of funeral expenses; Bequeathing to Zephaniah W. Van Ness, a brother, $100; to her husband, J. R. McClure, $1, "one pair of feather pillows, one hand-quilted quilt, and any one article of my clothing he may see fit to select"; to her daughter, Mary Bailey, $1; to her granddaughter, Ada Van Ness, $1, her enlarged picture, a glass plate and a diamond ring; the property else is to be sold by the executor, E. D. Boyd, named in the will, and devoted to the permanent caring for the graves of the testator and her second husband, James Downing; that in the event of her decease within 100 miles of the town of Dayton, Washington, her body was to be taken there to be interred besides that of James Downing; otherwise to be interred where she died; that the proceeds arising from the sale of property were to be retained by the executor, E. D. Boyd, the interest to be used in caring for the graves as aforesaid; that no further bequests were made in the will and no further order given regarding the disposition of the money realized from the sale of property, excepting for the expense for erecting of tombstones at the graves; that the estate was estimated at $1200 in the petition for the probating of the will; that E. D. Boyd, having refused to act as executor, Mary Jeannette Baily, her daughter, was named by Judge Bean as executrix. Hereinafter cited as Will and Estate of Marcia A. McClure (Mrs. J. R.) June 1900 Pendleton, Oregon.

Seth B. Scranton1

b. 1645
Family
Birth*1645Seth B. Scranton was born about 1645 in New York.1 
Marriage*He married, as her first husband, Mary J. Van Valkenburg, daughter of Alonzo Van Valkenburg and Marcia A. Van Ness.1,2 

Family

 Mary J. Van Valkenburg b. Feb 1856
Child 1.Ada Van Ness Scranton3,2 b. 20 Mar 1881

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Seth B. and Nettie Scranton, Year: 1880; Census Place: Walla Walla City, Walla Walla, Washington; Roll: 1398; Page: 172d; Enumeration District: 047. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Janette “Nettie” (Van Valkenburg) Bailey, Memorial# 172559940. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ada V (Scranton) Walden, Memorial# 131779061.

Margaret Scudder1,2

Family
Name VariationShe was called Margery.2 
Marriage*She married, as his second wife, John Johnson in England.1,2 
Burial*9 April 1655She was buried on 9 April 1655 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).3 

Family

 John Johnson b. s 1590, d. 30 Sep 1659

Citations

  1. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 421. Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.
  2. [S1371] Douglas Richardson, "The Heath Connection: English Origins of Isaac and William Heath of Roxbury, Massachusetts, John Johnson, Edward Morris, and Elizabeth (Morris) Cartwright", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 146, pages 261-278, (July 1992): pages 274-275. Hereinafter cited as "The Heath Connection: English Origins."
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Roxbury Deaths, Volume 2, page 563. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Esther Seaborn1,2

Family
Birth*Esther Seaborn was born in England.3 
Marriage*circa 1619/20She married John Hunting circa 1619/20 in England.3 

Family

 John Hunting b. c 1597, d. 12 Apr 1688
Child 1.Margaret Hunting+3 d. 26 Aug 1670

Citations

  1. [S1249] Miss Emma F. Ware, "Genealogy of Robert Ware of Dedham, Mass.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 41, pages 21-52, (January 1887): her surname written "Seaborn?". Hereinafter cited as "Robert Ware of Dedham."
  2. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 404, her surname written "Seaborn?". Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.
  3. [S1249] Miss Emma F. Ware, "Robert Ware of Dedham."

Elijah Seabury1

Family
Marriage Intention*4 June 1768An intention of marriage for Elijah Seabury and Margaret Everett was recorded on 4 June 17681 
Marriage and they married after that.1 

Family

 Margaret Everett b. 31 Dec 1738, d. 29 Dec 1817

Citations

  1. [S621] Edward Franklin Everett, Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Boston, Massachusetts: privately printed, 1902), Fourth Generation, page 51. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham.

Hannah Sealis1

b. 8 January 1614/15, d. 18 September 1697
Family
Father*Richard Sealis1
Baptism*8 January 1614/15Hannah Sealis was baptized on 8 January 1614/15 at Biddenden, Kent County, England.1 
Marriage*15 October 1638She married John Winchester, son of Richard Winchester, on 15 October 1638 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony.1 
(Wife) Death25 April 1694Hannah became a widow when John Winchester died on 25 April 1694.1 
Death*18 September 1697She died on 18 September 1697 in Muddy River District, Boston, at age 82.1 

Family

 John Winchester b. 19 May 1611, d. 25 Apr 1694
Child 1.Jonathan Winchester+1 d. 8 Mar 1678/79

Citations

  1. [S1354] Henry Winchester Cunningham, "John Winchester of New England and some of his Descendants", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volumes 78 and 79, (1924 and 1925): John Winchester, Volume 78, pages 7- 9. Hereinafter cited as "John Winchester of New England."

Richard Sealis1

Family
Residence*He lived in Biddenden, Kent County, England.1 

Family
Child 1.Hannah Sealis+1 b. 8 Jan 1614/15, d. 18 Sep 1697

Citations

  1. [S1354] Henry Winchester Cunningham, "John Winchester of New England and some of his Descendants", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volumes 78 and 79, (1924 and 1925): John Winchester, Volume 78, pages 7- 9. Hereinafter cited as "John Winchester of New England."

Catherine Seaman1

b. 1812
Family
Birth*1812Catherine Seaman was born about 1812 in Pennsylvania.1,2 
Marriage*1830She married Samuel Stein probably about 1830 in Pennsylvania.1,3,2 

Family

 Samuel Stein b. 1811
Child 1.Lydia Stein1 b. 1 Mar 1840, d. 5 Jun 1885

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Catherine (Seaman) Stein, Memorial# 14456943. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel and Catharine Stein, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Homer, Medina, Ohio; Roll: 709; Pages: 164a-164b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Samuel Stein, Memorial# 14456946.

Eleanor Seaman1

b. 16 September 1766, d. 9 August 1842
Family
Birth*16 September 1766Eleanor Seaman was born on 16 September 1766.2,3 
Marriage*1788She married William Buckles, son of James Buckles and Sarah Garrard, in 1788 in Berkeley County, Virginia.4,5 
Death*9 August 1842She died on 9 August 1842 at age 75.2,3 

Family

 William Buckles b. 30 Sep 1766, d. 29 Mar 1846
Children 1.John Buckles3 b. 6 Dec 1788
 2.Henry Buckles6 b. 2 Dec 1790, d. 8 Oct 1878
 3.David Buckles3 b. 2 Dec 1790, d. 28 Jun 1835
 4.James Buckles3 b. 29 May 1793, d. 29 Jul 1869
 5.Robert Buckles3 b. 19 Jan 1795, d. 28 Jan 1829
 6.William Buckles3 b. 30 Aug 1797
 7.Sarah Buckles3 b. 27 Mar 1800, d. 17 Feb 1832
 8.Abraham Buckles3 b. 9 Jun 1803
 9.Abner Buckles3 b. 10 Jan 1806, d. 24 Jan 1806
 10.Seaman Buckles3 b. 5 May 1807, d. 25 Jul 1846
 11.Gerard Buckles3 b. 15 Apr 1810, d. 20 Aug 1889

Citations

  1. [S1579] Carl M. Hale, "Descendants of Robert Buckles I", online at http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/l/Carl-M-Hale/…, Generation No. 2, citing: Shirley (Coy) Beeching, (E-mail:e-mail address). Hereinafter cited as Robert Buckles I.
  2. [S1578] Ronald J. Buckles, The Buckles Family : 250 Years in America, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Includes Brewster and related families. Robert Buckles (1702-1790) emigrated from England to Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), and married Ann Brown. Descendants lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere. (Harlingen, Texas: Berco Press, 1976), Chapter 4, pages 22-23. Hereinafter cited as The Buckles Family : 250 Years in America.
  3. [S1582] e-mail address, Buckles family vital records in "William Buckles Bible", listserve message to RootsWeb: BUCKLES-L. Coming into possession of this Bible was a truly thrilling experience for the author of this email. You can feel her excitement as you read her words. She provided the following information about herself and her research: Susan Marie Buckles Prince, daughter of Gail Gillette Buckles, son of Robert Emerson Buckles, son of John Walter Buckles, son of Aaron Buckles and Elizabeth Jane Lytle (certain to this point), we believe this Aaron to be the son of David G. Buckles and Hulda Gerard, and we believe David to be a son of William and Eleanor. We are trying to prove or disprove this. We know we are part of this Ohio family for sure. She then reported her email was changing as noted: Sue Prince, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer | Aionex, Incorporated | 615-851-4477 (w) |615-613-4035(c) | e-mail address. 9 June 2007. Hereinafter cited as "William Buckles Bible."
  4. [S1579] Robert Buckles I, online at http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/l/Carl-M-Hale/…, Generation No. 2, citing: Shirley (Coy) Beeching, (E-mail:e-mail address), noting the date of their marriage as 1789.
  5. [S1582] e-mail address, Buckles family vital records in "William Buckles Bible," listserve message 9 June 2007, recording that they "was joined in Marriage Contract in the year 1788."
  6. [S1578] Ronald J. Buckles, The Buckles Family : 250 Years in America, Chapter 9, page 32.

Henry Seaman1

Family
Marriage*1788He married Ann Buckles, daughter of James Buckles and Sarah Garrard, on 1788 in Berkeley County, Virginia.1 

Family

 Ann Buckles b. 15 Sep 1768, d. 21 Mar 1851

Citations

  1. [S1579] Carl M. Hale, "Descendants of Robert Buckles I", online at http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/l/Carl-M-Hale/…, Generation No. 2, citing: Shirley (Coy) Beeching, (E-mail:e-mail address). Hereinafter cited as Robert Buckles I.

Desire Sears1

b. 15 March 1742/43, d. 15 November 1800
Family
Father*Edward Sears2
Mother*Desire __?__2
Birth*15 March 1742/43Desire Sears was born on 15 March 1742/43 in Halifax, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2,1 
Marriage*29 April 1762She married Benjamin Washburn of Bridgewater, son of Benjamin Washburn and Martha Kingman, on 29 April 1762 in Halifax.3,4,1 
Death*15 November 1800She died on 15 November 1800 in Bridgewater at age 57.5,1 

Family

 Benjamin Washburn b. 6 Jul 1735, d. 5 Jan 1796

Citations

  1. [S894] George Ernest Bowman, "Benjamin Washburns of Bridgewater", Pilgrim Notes and Queries Volume V, No. 1 (January 1917), published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants: pages 1-3. The article's purpose was to explain and correct errors in the Washburn section of Mitchell's History of Bridgewater. Hereinafter cited as "Benjamin Washburns of Bridgewater."
  2. [S693] George Ernest Bowman, Vital records of the town of Halifax, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Includes indexes. (Boston, Massachusetts: Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1905), page 42. Hereinafter cited as Halifax vital records to 1849.
  3. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume II, Marriages, page 384. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  4. [S693] George Ernest Bowman, Halifax vital records to 1849, page 31.
  5. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850, Volume II, Deaths, page 570.

Edward Sears1

Family
Marriage*He married Desire __?__.1 

Family

 Desire __?__
Child 1.Desire Sears1 b. 15 Mar 1742/43, d. 15 Nov 1800

Citations

  1. [S693] George Ernest Bowman, Vital records of the town of Halifax, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Includes indexes. (Boston, Massachusetts: Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1905), page 42. Hereinafter cited as Halifax vital records to 1849.

John Seaton1

b. 10 December 1772, d. 16 September 1826
Family
Birth*10 December 1772John Seaton was born on 10 December 1772 in Tennessee.1 
Marriage*28 December 1793He married Sarah Bird on 28 December 1793.2,1 
(Husband) Death26 September 1825John became a widower when Sarah (Bird) Seaton died on 26 September 1825 at about age 53.2 
Death*16 September 1826He died one year after his wife on 16 September 1826 in Grantsburg, Crawford County, Indiana, at age 53.1 

Family

 Sarah Bird b. 1772, d. 26 Sep 1825
Child 1.Sarah Seaton1,3 b. 1812, d. b 1836

Citations

  1. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/… .Caution: This is a beautifully presented collection of "Person Pages" containing a variety of information about specific ancestors submitted by individual contributors -- often, unfortunately, with no sources. If the information we have chosen to pass along here is accurate, we are extremely grateful to the contributor(s) who have shared it. Without documentation, however, we researchers are always forced to question the validity of information. We hope what we have selected to include was originally obtained from family Bible records, or other reliable sources, and is accurate. Although, even when we have found contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information useful as possible clues as we research, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHKK-WVW. Hereinafter cited as Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog.
  2. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHKK-4ZV
  3. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCQ6-GCT

Sarah Seaton1

b. 1812, d. before 1836
Family
Father*John Seaton2,1 b. 10 Dec 1772, d. 16 Sep 1826
Mother*Sarah Bird3,1 b. 1772, d. 26 Sep 1825
Birth*1812Sarah Seaton was born about 1812 in Crawford County, Indiana.1 
Marriage*18 February 1831She married, as his first wife, Henry H. Enlow, son of Jesse E. Enlow and Anna L. Highfill, on 18 February 1831 in Crawford County, Indiana.1,4 
Death*before 1836She died before 1836, when her husband married a second time. Henry and Sarah had no children, and she would have been in her very early 20s when she died.5,6,4 

Family

 Henry H. Enlow b. 1808, d. 14 Mar 1862

Citations

  1. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/… .Caution: This is a beautifully presented collection of "Person Pages" containing a variety of information about specific ancestors submitted by individual contributors -- often, unfortunately, with no sources. If the information we have chosen to pass along here is accurate, we are extremely grateful to the contributor(s) who have shared it. Without documentation, however, we researchers are always forced to question the validity of information. We hope what we have selected to include was originally obtained from family Bible records, or other reliable sources, and is accurate. Although, even when we have found contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information useful as possible clues as we research, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCQ6-GCT. Hereinafter cited as Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog.
  2. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHKK-WVW
  3. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHKK-4ZV
  4. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCXH-J1V
  5. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 22 December 1911 in Patoka, Crawford, Indiana, USA, of Manerva Eastridge, age 73, Widow of Sam Eastridge, born 19 October 1838 to Henry Enlow and Nancy Enlow in Mississippi, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1911; Roll: 02. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
  6. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8RN-5HS

John W. Seaver1

Family
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Marriage*John W. Seaver of Boylston married Irinda Sanderson, daughter of Isaac Sanderson and Eunice Bolton.1 

Family

 Irinda Sanderson b. 6 Mar 1820, d. 1869

Citations

  1. [S484] Seth Chandler, History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts from its Early Settlement to A.D. 1882. The copy obtained from Google Books contains additional, handwritten notations and corrections dated 25 Sep 1883 on the William Bolton family on page 357. (Shirley, Massachusetts: Seth Chandler, 1883), pages 357-359. Hereinafter cited as Shirley Massachusetts History to 1882.

Luther Seaver1

Family

Family
Child 1.Roxy Seaver+1 d. Apr 1832

Citations

  1. [S2609] Grove L. Heaton, "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover", online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…; contains articles by Grove L. Heaton on the early history of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York published in the Fredonia Censor and Silver Creek News in 1884 and later. The articles were transcribed by Douglas Shepard who also wrote a substantial introduction. Copied and pasted into a Word document, so we could study it, the website page grew to 95 pages. Shepard's introduction follows:
    Grove L. Heaton (1820 – 1890) and his accounts of Early Hanover, New York By Douglas H. Shepard, 2014
    "In the last decade of his life, Grove L. Heaton wrote at least twenty stories about the pioneer days in early Hanover. Those stories are transcribed herein as FC 1 through FC 15, and as SCN1 through SCN5. Also included as FC16 is Heaton’s letter explaining his involvement in the Underground Railroad. The transcriptions are preceded by background information regarding Heaton, his family, and the various publications which featured his writings. In the transcriptions, most of Heaton’s spelling, punctuation, and syntax have been preserved. Where changes were required for clarity, they are noted by brackets. In many cases, paragraph separation has been added for readability"; FC6, The Fredonia Censor 19 March 1884, Early History of Hanover, Continued. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton.

Roxy Seaver1

d. April 1832
Family
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Luther Seaver2
Marriage*1 December 1818She married, as his first wife, Luther Heaton, son of William Heaton and Elizabeth McNeil, on 1 December 1818 in Onondaga County, New York. Grove Heaton wrote of his mother's father, that he was from "one of the old and highly respectable families formerly of the Mohawk Valley", and that her grandfather "was one of the first settlers of Montgomery county," New York.1,2 
Relocation*June 1824 In the spring of 1824, her husband sold his interest in the carriage business at Camillus to his partner, and the family moved from Onondaga County, reaching the town of Hanover, Chautauqua County, the first week of June 1824.1 
Occupation*June 1825 By June 1825, thinking he could be more prosperous as a merchant than in the wagon and carriage business, Roxy's husband opened the first grocery store in the town of Hanover. Its location was almost directly across the street from where the big black walnut tree, which had blown down in April 1822, lay upon the ground. The published writings of Luther's son, Grove L. Heaton, contained a fascinating story of the multiple lives of that famous black walnut tree. Transcriber, Douglas H. Shepard, in his 2014 "Background Information", noted that, "one of the notable aspects of Grove Heaton’s earlier writings was his formal style, always referring to himself with the editorial “we,” and when writing about his father, always referring to him distantly as “Mr. Heaton" or "Mr. H." We also note that in Grove's article about the tree, his father, Luther Heaton, has a starring role, and two of his father's older brothers, Nehemiah and Gilman, are also mentioned, although Gilman's name is spelled "Gilham". Nehemiah's brother-in-law, Asa Gage Jr., is also mentioned. Shepard's transcription of that portion of Grove's article about the famous tree follows:

"We must also diverge from our biography of Mr. Heaton and give a history of the Big Black Walnut Tree, which was without doubt by far the largest tree that has ever been found east of the Rocky Mountains. Young’s History of Chautauqua Co. underrates this tree as to size. A section of thirteen feet of this tree was cut off and after the bark was taken from it was measured with a cord or small rope and found to be 31 feet in circumference, and after all the decayed wood was hewn and cut away it left a shell of very uniform thickness of about four inches and it was over 10 feet in diameter. This tree grew partly in the highway, or rather when the highway was surveyed the line took in about one-half the tree, the other half standing on the Fayette mill property.

"When the administrators of Nehemiah Heaton’s estate and Mr. Thomas Kidder sold the Fayette mill property to Platt and Levi Rogers they reserved all their rights and interest in the big black walnut with the privilege of its standing or if it fell down remaining until they were ready to remove it. Very soon after Mr. Heaton got his grocery store under way, he conceived the idea of utilizing a portion of this tree as an annex to his grocery. Up to that time the tree lay just as it fell when blown down some three years previous. There had not been a move made to improve it or remove it as far as any one knew any talk about it. Luther Heaton obtained from Mr. Kidder and the administrators the right and privilege of cutting off a portion of it and using it as previously stated. If at any time they had an opportunity of disposing of it at a suitable price he was to surrender it by their paying him the expense of his improvements after deducting a reasonable compensation for rent [?]

"Mr. Heaton employed Mr. Hezekiah Fisk, the father of Mr. Russel Fisk, now residing in Forestville, to superintend the cutting of the tree and making all necessary improvements. When this section was cut off free from the roots and the other portion of the body, it required four yokes of oxen and the assistance of about a dozen oxen (?) to roll it out into the street where it could be conveniently worked around. It was after this was accomplished that the bark was taken off and the decayed wood was hewn and cut away. This required the services of three or four men 4 or 5 days and when completed Mr. Gilham Heaton, “another member of the brotherhood of Heatons” who just then rode up on horseback got off his horse and led the animal through the shell, then mounted the horse and rode him through by laying his head down along side the horse's neck. It was said the horse was quite a large one.

"The next operation was to cut a doorway through. This was done by sawing or cutting out a strip thirty inches wide and eight feet high. When the shell was up this door was hung with some strap hinges made by Asa Gage from large bar iron and firmly bolted with three-fourth inch bolts running through the wood. This shell was found to be knotty and curly, almost as hard as lignum vitae. When these improvements were complete the shell was rolled across the street to a spot that had been prepared for it alongside the grocery building and placed up on end with the door fronting the street. This again required the assistance of about the same number of men that it would to raise a large barn.

"After it was in position the next move was to put on a roof and put down a floor. Mr. Heaton also had a seat put inside commencing at one side of the door and running around to the other side which gave a seating capacity of the entire shell except the doorway. It has been stated that twenty full grown persons were comfortably seated in this shell at one time. Mr. H. had a round table made which was some four feet across the top and placed in the center of the shell. At that early period it was the custom for nearly all merchants and grocery keepers as well as taverns and inns to sell liquor and Mr. H. among the others practiced that, but during the time he was running this grocery an incident occurred which we shall speak of hereafter that caused him to become one of the most ultra total abstinence men of that or any other age.

"Mr. Heaton kept several bottles of liquor, a pitcher of water, crackers and cheese and other edibles on the round table. At that time there were large numbers daily of foot travelers, many times as high as twenty to twenty-five, also large numbers of teams, people moving west, nearly all of whom gave the big black walnut tree a call and took a drink or sat down and rested from their long walk. From this it acquired the title of a grocery being kept in a tree.

"Mr. H. had not had the tree in occupancy but a short time before it was whispered that others aspired to become its owners. It was also stated that the highway commissioners laid claim to it or a portion of it. Finally two people, one by the name of Roberts, residing near Fredonia, the other Stearns, residing in Hanover, purchased the interest of the town in the shell for a nominal sum and were about to take legal steps to gain possession of it when the other parties interested thought advisable to avoid a long and perhaps expensive litigation and disposed of their interest to the other parties. But Mr. Heaton was a loser in the operation of nearly the whole amount of the expense he had been at in fitting it up. Had not Mr. H. taken the matter in hand and had that portion of the tree cut off and fitted up it is probable that it would have remained where it lay until it was burned up to get it out the way as was done with a large portion of the remainder.

"Mr. Heaton gave the purchasers of the tree possession of it the first week of September 1825. They immediately set themselves to work to get it to Buffalo. They arranged with (one informant was not quite sure but felt positive) Walter Smith, a merchant of Dunkirk, who was the owner of a small schooner known as the Dunkirk Packet, to tow the shell to Buffalo. The size prohibited it from being taken on board any vessel on the lake at that time. The new owner employed Mr. Hezekiah Fisk to superintend taking the shell to the lake and launching it. Mr. Fisk had a sort of carriage of trucks constructed by sawing off the ends of the largest sugar maple logs he could find. These were eight or ten inches through. They were trimmed into truck wheels with axles long enough so the shell could lay between the wheels. This truck was complete and the shell loaded upon it ready to be started on a Saturday noon.

"The schooner in the meantime had come from Dunkirk and lay off the mouth of Silver Creek at anchor waiting. They hitched two strings of five yoke of oxen in each to the trucks and in the first start the reach gave way and the forward trucks pulled from under the load. This required rolling off the shell and repairing the trucks which took until late Saturday night. Very early on Sunday morning they made a new start and this time were more successful. They hauled it down through Main street of this village. The writer, although then a young boy of five years of age, remembers well of being called up early that Sunday morning to take a last look of the big black walnut, as it passed his father’s residence. They crossed Silver Creek at what is now known as Howard Street Crossing (that was long previous to the opening of Dunkirk street) then down through Newbury street to the lake where it was launched into Lake Erie and the vessel succeeded in making fast to it and got under way the same afternoon.

"They were fortunate in having good weather and reached Buffalo the next a.m. The proprietors had a rough board shanty erected near where Pratt & Co’s Hardware store is now situated, and as soon as they could do so they got their White Elephant (for such it proved to be to them) on shore and inside the shanty ready for exhibition. Up to this time their expenses had been far greater than they anticipated and it was said their funds ran short before their tree was taken on shore and they were compelled to borrow and pledge their property for security. It was not long after they were ready for exhibition before bad wet weather came on which continued nearly all that fall and their receipts did but little more than meet their daily expenses.

"Our informant was unable to state positively but was of the opinion that late in the fall the owners abandoned the tree and let it go into the hands of the parties from whom they borrowed money. This much is certain, the next Spring the tree had new owners who as soon as the canal opened made preparations to take it to New York. When they came to take measurement they found they would be unable to get it into an open canal boat even and have it pass under many of the bridges between Buffalo and Albany; they were compelled to resort to sawing it longitudinally into two parts and placing them into an open boat. On arrival at New York they were taken out and set up in a rough board shanty in the vicinity of where the City Hall now stands. The two parts were held together by strips of bar iron riveted or bolted through the timber. They were put together quite neatly so that a person that did not know would not imagine that they ever were separate parts.

"The proprietors had some other minor attractions but the tree itself drew immense crowds and the receipts in New York were as much greater than expected as they were less in Buffalo. It soon became the great attraction of the city and was visited by not only all the prominent officials of the city but by the Governor and other prominent men of the state. It was sold three times during its stay in New York. The proprietors of the museum paying $1,500 for it and in the winter or late in the fall of 1827 sold it for $2,000 to go to London. It was exhibited at four or five different points in London during the first three years it was there but was finally purchased by a museum company, who were compelled to take out a part of the wall or side of their building in order to get it inside and there it remained until the building with the tree in it was destroyed by fire some 20 or 25 years ago, which was the end of the Big Black Walnut from the town of Hanover."1,2 
Death*April 1832She died, probably of cholera, in April 1832 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.1 
Children*Her death left Luther with six young children, and with the exception of Grove and Nehemiah, we don't know their names. Their youngest son, only three weeks old when his mother died, and Nehemiah, who was about 8 years old, "survived their mother but a few months. Soon after this the cholera became epidemic in Buffalo."3 

Family

 Luther Heaton b. 7 Sep 1796, d. 15 Mar 1842
Children 1.Grove L. Heaton+1 b. 1820, d. 11 Sep 1890
 2.Nehemiah Heaton4 b. 1824, d. 8 Jul 1832

Citations

  1. [S2609] Grove L. Heaton, "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover", online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…; contains articles by Grove L. Heaton on the early history of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York published in the Fredonia Censor and Silver Creek News in 1884 and later. The articles were transcribed by Douglas Shepard who also wrote a substantial introduction. Copied and pasted into a Word document, so we could study it, the website page grew to 95 pages. Shepard's introduction follows:
    Grove L. Heaton (1820 – 1890) and his accounts of Early Hanover, New York By Douglas H. Shepard, 2014
    "In the last decade of his life, Grove L. Heaton wrote at least twenty stories about the pioneer days in early Hanover. Those stories are transcribed herein as FC 1 through FC 15, and as SCN1 through SCN5. Also included as FC16 is Heaton’s letter explaining his involvement in the Underground Railroad. The transcriptions are preceded by background information regarding Heaton, his family, and the various publications which featured his writings. In the transcriptions, most of Heaton’s spelling, punctuation, and syntax have been preserved. Where changes were required for clarity, they are noted by brackets. In many cases, paragraph separation has been added for readability"; Background Information by Douglas H. Shepard, 2014. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton.
  2. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, FC6, The Fredonia Censor 19 March 1884, Early History of Hanover, Continued.
  3. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, FC7, The Fredonia Censor 2 April 1884, Early History of Hanover, Continued.
  4. [S3042] New York, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current, online at www.ancestry.com, Buffalo Patriot and Commercial Advertiser, Buffalo, New York, Tuesday, July 10, 1832, Page 3, reporting the death of Nehemiah Heaton, aged about 9 years, son of Luther Heaton, on Sunday, July 8; that he had accidently fallen into the canal near the City Hotel in Buffalo. Hereinafter cited as New York, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current.

Nancy Seaves1

b. 1816
Family
Birth*1816Nancy Seaves was born about 1816 in Canada.2 
Marriage*She married Isaac Woodcock in Canada.1,3,2 

Family

 Isaac Woodcock b. 1804
Child 1.John Woodcock1,3,2 b. 8 Nov 1844, d. 24 Jun 1915

Citations

  1. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Sarah J Stickler, age 69, born on 23 April 1844 in Elkhart, Indiana, daughter of Andrew Shorb and Mary Phillips, and John Woodcock, age 69, born on 8 November 1844 in Canada, son of Isaac Woodcock and Nancy Seaves, married on 26 April 1913 in Indiana, United States, married by , citing page 99 and referencing FHL Film#. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  2. [S2576] 1861 Census of Canada, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaac and Nancy Woodcock, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1032. Hereinafter cited as 1861 Census of Canada.
  3. [S2580] Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 22 February 1866 in Prince Edward County, of John Woodcock of Marysburgh Township, age 23, born in Marysburgh Township, son of Isaac and Nancy Woodcock, and Nancy Metcalf of Marysburgh Township, age 22, born in Marysburgh Township, daughter of Thomas and Mary Metcalf, referencing Prince Edward County, Microfilm Roll# 1030064. Hereinafter cited as Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869.

William Secor1

Family
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Marriage*27 May 1841He married Mary Heaton, daughter of Jacob Bowen Heaton and Rachel Weaver, on 27 May 1841.1,2,3 

Family

 Mary Heaton b. 27 May 1824, d. 17 May 1848

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 7, page 261. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S1416] Gilbert Cope, Henry Fishwick and Joseph Lemuel Chester, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682 : together with some account of the English ancestry of the family, including the results of researches by Henry Fishwick, and the late Joseph Lemuel Chester, and a full report of the bi-centennial reunion of 1882, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. John Sharples (d.1685) married Jane Moor and, as Quakers, the family emigrated in 1682 from England to Chester County, Pennsylvania. Descendants (spelling the surname Sharpless) and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England to the 1200s A.D. Includes index. (Washington DC: Photoduplication Service, 1968 ( a microreproduction of the original published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the family, under the auspices of the Bi-centennial committee, in 1887), , page 610. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Sharpless Family.
  3. [S1272] Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and its Pioneer Families. A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (with surname index). (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, August 1993), page 294. Hereinafter cited as The Tenmile Country.

Elizabeth Sedgwick1

b. 24 February 1569
Family
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Francis Sedgwick2
Mother*Joan __?__2 d. 1611
Baptism*24 February 1569Elizabeth Sedgwick was baptized on 24 February 1569/70 at Riby, Lincolnshire, England.2 
Marriage*12 November 1592She married as her first husband William Heaton, son of Thomas Heaton and Elizabeth __?__, on 12 November 1592 at Habrough, Lincolnshire.2 
(Wife) Burial5 July 1616Elizabeth became a widow when William Heaton died at age 48. He was buried on 5 July 1616 at Limber Magna, Lincolnshire.2 
Marriage*23 May 1617The widow Elizabeth, aged 48 years, married second widower William Greene of Nettleton. They were married at St. Paul's in the Baile, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, by license dated 23 May 1617.2 
Burial*3 March 1649/50She was buried on 3 March 1649/50 at Limber Magna at age 81.2 

Family 1

 William Heaton b. 31 Jul 1567
Children 1.Avis Heaton+3 b. 3 Sep 1593
 2.Alexander Heaton3 b. 14 Jun 1595
 3.Agnes/Ann Heaton3 b. 26 Jun 1596
 4.Elizabeth Heaton3 b. 10 Feb 1598/99
 5.Thomas Heaton3 b. 17 Nov 1600
 6.Nathaniel Heaton+3 b. 22 Dec 1602, d. b 1650
 7.James Heaton+3 b. 7 Jul 1605
 8.Francis Heaton3 b. 19 Jan 1608/9, d. 1631

Family 2

 William Greene

Citations

  1. [S46] Dean Crawford Smith C.G. and Douglas Richardson, "English Ancestry of Nathaniel Heaton of Boston, Mass., and his Nephew, James Heaton of New Haven, Conn.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 152, pages 430-452, (October 1998): page 444. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton, Nathaniel and James Ancestry."
  2. [S46] Dean Crawford Smith C.G. and Douglas Richardson, "Heaton, Nathaniel and James Ancestry", pages 445-446.
  3. [S46] Dean Crawford Smith C.G. and Douglas Richardson, "Heaton, Nathaniel and James Ancestry", page 446.

Francis Sedgwick1

Family
Marriage*He married Joan __?__.1 
Residence*The Sedgwicks lived in Limber Magna, Lincolnshire.1 

Family

 Joan __?__ d. 1611
Child 1.Elizabeth Sedgwick+1 b. 24 Feb 1569

Citations

  1. [S46] Dean Crawford Smith C.G. and Douglas Richardson, "English Ancestry of Nathaniel Heaton of Boston, Mass., and his Nephew, James Heaton of New Haven, Conn.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 152, pages 430-452, (October 1998): pages 445-446. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton, Nathaniel and James Ancestry."

Austen Sedle1

Family
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Marriage*1631He married Elizabeth Heaton, daughter of William Heaton and Elizabeth Sedgwick, by 1631.1 
Children*1631 They had a daughter.1 

Family

 Elizabeth Heaton b. 10 Feb 1598/99

Citations

  1. [S46] Dean Crawford Smith C.G. and Douglas Richardson, "English Ancestry of Nathaniel Heaton of Boston, Mass., and his Nephew, James Heaton of New Haven, Conn.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 152, pages 430-452, (October 1998): page 446. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton, Nathaniel and James Ancestry."

Agnes C. Seely1,2

b. 15 August 1891, d. 17 June 1937
Family
Father*George Washington Seely3 b. 3 Oct 1858, d. 13 Oct 1932
Mother*Anna Konkel3 b. 29 Feb 1864, d. 15 Jul 1927
Birth*15 August 1891Agnes C. Seely was born on 15 August 1891 in Jasper, Jasper County, Missouri.1,2,3 
Name VariationHer full name was Clara Agnes Seely.3 
(Daughter) Census US 19001 June 1900Agnes was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 1 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Lincoln, Crawford County, Kansas. She was 8 years old.4 
(Daughter) Relocation1901When Agnes was about 10 years old, around 1901, she and her siblings moved with their parents from Kansas to Florence, Fremont County, Colorado.3 
Marriage*24 January 1909She married first Arthur Leininger, son of Richard Leininger and Harriet A. Strode, on 24 January 1909 in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Arthur was 21 years of age and Agnes was age 17.1,3 
Census US 1910*16 April 1910Agnes C. and Arthur B. Leininger were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 16 April 1910 in Precinct 4, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Arthur was 22 years of age and worked as a plumber for a shop, and Agnes was 19 years old. They had been married for one year, the first marriage for each, and Agnes had given birth to one child and she was enumerated with her parents in 1910. Their daughter, enumerated as "Margaret", was 6 months old.2 
(Daughter) Census US 191023 April 1910Agnes was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 23 April 1910 and 24 May 1910 in the household of her parents in Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Her family was split between two completely separate entries: the first with just her parents, dated 23 April 1910 on image# 13 of 20, and the children on a page of "Supplemental" entries, dated 24 May 1910 on image# 5 of 7. Agnes, who was enumerated on the Supplemental page, was 19 years old.5,6 
(Wife) Death21 July 1931Agnes became a widow when Arthur Byrant Leininger died on 21 July 1931 at age 43.7 
Marriage*1933She married second Horace William Sheene in 1933.3 
(Wife) Death16 March 1935Agnes became a widow for the second time when Horace William Sheene died on 16 March 1935 at age 74.8 
Death*17 June 1937She died on 17 June 1937 in Los Angeles County, California, at age 453,9 
Burial* and was buried in Graceland, Lot 1820, Space 3, of Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles County.3,9 

Family 1

 Arthur Leininger b. 20 Dec 1887, d. 21 Jul 1931
Children 1.Marguerite May Leininger2 b. 7 Nov 1909, d. 28 Dec 1914
 2.Althea Leota Leininger3 b. 12 Feb 1911
 3.Gertrude Fay Leininger3 b. 15 Apr 1913
 4.Fauster George Leininger3 b. 2 Jul 1915, d. 4 Jan 1919
 5.Arthur Richard Leininger3 b. 9 Oct 1919
 6.Harriet Anna Leininger3 b. 19 Oct 1922
 7.Baby Girl Leininger3 b. 24 Aug 1925, d. 24 Aug 1925
 8.Georgia Lee Leininger3 b. 22 Apr 1927

Family 2

 Horace William Sheene b. 13 Jun 1860, d. 16 Mar 1935

Citations

  1. [S2162] Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 24 January 1909 in Salida, Chaffee, Colorado, USA, of Arthur Leininger, age 21, born about 1888, and Agnes Seely, age 17, born about 1892, referencing FHL Film# 001690100. Hereinafter cited as Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006.
  2. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur B. and Agnes C. Leininger, Year: 1910; Census Place: Precinct 4, Rio Blanco, Colorado; Roll: T624_125; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1374138. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2163] Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel, online at www.ancestry.com, #12. Anna Konkel, pages 247-255, images 247-255 of 319. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Geo W. and Anna Seely, Year: 1900; Census Place: Lincoln, Crawford, Kansas; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 1240477. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George W. and Annie Seely, Year: 1910; Census Place: Precinct 4, Rio Blanco, Colorado; Roll: T624_125; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1374138, taken on 23 April 1910, image# 13 of 20.
  6. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, supplemental entries for the Annie and George W. Seely household, Year: 1910; Census Place: Precinct 9, Rio Blanco, Colorado; Roll: T624_125; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1374138, taken on 24 May 1910, image# 5 of 7.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Arthur Bryant Leininger, Memorial# 10517262. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  8. [S2163] Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel, online at www.ancestry.com, #12. Anna Konkel, pages 247-255, images 247-255 of 319, reporting his death on 19 June 1935.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Clara Agnes Sheene, Memorial# 137999753.

Andrew Seely1

b. 28 February 1886, d. January 1905
Family
Father*George Washington Seely1 b. 3 Oct 1858, d. 13 Oct 1932
Mother*Anna Konkel1 b. 29 Feb 1864, d. 15 Jul 1927
Birth*28 February 1886Andrew Seely was born on 28 February 1886 in Kansas.1,2 
(Son) Census US 19001 June 1900Andrew was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 1 June 1900 in the household of his parents in Lincoln, Crawford County, Kansas. He was 14 years old and worked as a farm laborer.2 
(Son) Relocation1901When Andrew was about 15 years old, around 1901, he and his siblings moved with their parents from Kansas to Florence, Fremont County, Colorado.1 
Death*January 1905He was accidently shot and died in January 1905 in Howard, Fremont County, Colorado, at age 181,3 
Burial* and was buried in B-1-38 of Howard Cemetery, Howard.3 

Citations

  1. [S2163] Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel, online at www.ancestry.com, #12. Anna Konkel, pages 247-255, images 247-255 of 319. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Geo W. and Anna Seely, Year: 1900; Census Place: Lincoln, Crawford, Kansas; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 1240477. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Andrue Seely, Memorial# 40371556. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

Edna Seely1

b. 30 July 1894, d. 30 July 1894
Family
Father*George Washington Seely1 b. 3 Oct 1858, d. 13 Oct 1932
Mother*Anna Konkel1 b. 29 Feb 1864, d. 15 Jul 1927
Death*30 July 1894 and died the same day on 30 July 1894.1 
Birth*30 July 1894Edna Seely was born on 30 July 1894 in Kansas.1 

Citations

  1. [S2163] Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel, online at www.ancestry.com, #12. Anna Konkel, pages 247-255, images 247-255 of 319. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel.

Effie Seely1

b. 8 September 1887, d. 1888
Family
Father*George Washington Seely1 b. 3 Oct 1858, d. 13 Oct 1932
Mother*Anna Konkel1 b. 29 Feb 1864, d. 15 Jul 1927
Birth*8 September 1887Effie Seely was born on 8 September 1887 in Kansas1 
Death*1888 and died in infancy.1 

Citations

  1. [S2163] Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel, online at www.ancestry.com, #12. Anna Konkel, pages 247-255, images 247-255 of 319. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel.

George Washington Seely1

b. 3 October 1858, d. 13 October 1932
Family
Birth*3 October 1858George Washington Seely was born on 3 October 1858 in Kentucky or Missouri.2,3,4 
Marriage*12 April 1885He married Anna Konkel on 12 April 1885 in Crawford County, Kansas.1 
Census US 1900*1 June 1900Anna and George W. Seely were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 1 June 1900 in Lincoln, Crawford County, Kansas. George was 41 years of age and worked as a section laborer, and Anna was a housekeeper. They rented home which was on a farm, had been married for 16 years and Anna had given birth to six children, four of whom were living and enumerated with their parents in 1900. Andrew was 14 years old and a farm laborer; and the younger children, Maude, Agnes and Lloyd were ages 10, 8 and 4, respectively. Everyone in the family, including little Lloyd, was recorded as being able to read, write and speak English, and no one in the family had attended school within the census year.5 
Relocation*1901 Around 1901, George and Anna moved with their children from Kansas to Florence, Fremont County, Colorado.1 
Census US 1910*23 April 1910Anna and George W. Seely were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 23 April 1910 and 24 May 1910 in Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Their family was split between two completely separate entries: the first with just George and Anna, dated 23 April 1910 on image# 13 of 20, and their children on a page of "Supplemental" entries, dated 24 May 1910 on image# 5 of 7. We've combined the information from the two separate entries in order to provide an accurate report of the family in 1910.

George was 49 years of age and no occupation was recorded for him, and Annie was 46 years of age. They rented their house, had been married for 27 years, the first marriage for each, and Annie had given birth to six children, four of whom were living and three of them were listed on the "Supplemental" page. Agnes was 19 years old; Olen was age 10 and had attended school within the census year; and Georgia was age 8 and had also attended school within the census year. The couple's daughter, Maud, had married about 1906 and was divorced by 1910 and living in Denver, Colorado.6,7 
Census US 1920*2 January 1920Anna and George W. Seely were enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 2 January 1920 at 832 Struthers Avenue, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado. George was recorded as 53 years of age, although he was actually about age 61, and worked as a laborer in a railroad depot, and Anna was 55 years of age. They owned their house with a mortgage, and only their two youngest children were enumerated with them in 1920. Olen was 19 years old; and Georgia was age 17 and had attended school within the census year.8 
(Husband) Death15 July 1927George became a widower when Anna (Konkel) Seely died on 15 July 1927 at age 63.1 
Death*13 October 1932He died on 13 October 1932 in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, at age 74.1 

Family

 Anna Konkel b. 29 Feb 1864, d. 15 Jul 1927
Children 1.Andrew Seely1 b. 28 Feb 1886, d. Jan 1905
 2.Effie Seely1 b. 8 Sep 1887, d. 1888
 3.Maude Seely+1 b. 9 Sep 1889, d. 3 Dec 1972
 4.Agnes C. Seely+1 b. 15 Aug 1891, d. 17 Jun 1937
 5.James Seely1 b. 19 Jun 1893, d. 20 Nov 1893
 6.Edna Seely1 b. 30 Jul 1894, d. 30 Jul 1894
 7.Lloyd Seely1 b. 21 Mar 1896, d. Jul 1906
 8.Olen George William Seely1 b. 10 Aug 1900
 9.Georgia Anna Seely1 b. 10 Nov 1902

Citations

  1. [S2163] Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel, online at www.ancestry.com, #12. Anna Konkel, pages 247-255, images 247-255 of 319. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel.
  2. [S2163] Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel, online at www.ancestry.com, #12. Anna Konkel, pages 247-255, images 247-255 of 319, reporting his place of birth as Louisville, Kentucky.
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Geo W. and Anna Seely, Year: 1900; Census Place: Lincoln, Crawford, Kansas; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 1240477, reporting his place of birth as Missouri. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George W. and Annie Seely, Year: 1910; Census Place: Precinct 4, Rio Blanco, Colorado; Roll: T624_125; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1374138, image# 13 of 20, George's place of birth reported as Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Geo W. and Anna Seely, Year: 1900; Census Place: Lincoln, Crawford, Kansas; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 1240477.
  6. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George W. and Annie Seely, Year: 1910; Census Place: Precinct 4, Rio Blanco, Colorado; Roll: T624_125; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1374138, taken on 23 April 1910, image# 13 of 20.
  7. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, supplemental entries for the Annie and George W. Seely household, Year: 1910; Census Place: Precinct 9, Rio Blanco, Colorado; Roll: T624_125; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1374138, taken on 24 May 1910, image# 5 of 7.
  8. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George W. and Anna Seely, Year: 1920; Census Place: Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado; Roll: T625_168; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 96. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.

Georgia Anna Seely1

b. 10 November 1902
Family
Father*George Washington Seely1 b. 3 Oct 1858, d. 13 Oct 1932
Mother*Anna Konkel1 b. 29 Feb 1864, d. 15 Jul 1927
Birth*10 November 1902Georgia Anna Seely was born on 10 November 1902 in Colorado.1,2 
(Daughter) Census US 191023 April 1910Georgia was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 23 April 1910 and 24 May 1910 in the household of her parents in Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Her family was split between two completely separate entries: the first with just her parents, dated 23 April 1910 on image# 13 of 20, and the children on a page of "Supplemental" entries, dated 24 May 1910 on image# 5 of 7. Georgia, who was enumerated on the Supplemental page, was 8 years old and had attended school within the census year.3,4 
(Daughter) Census US 19202 January 1920Georgia was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 2 January 1920 in the household of her parents in 832 Struthers Avenue, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado. She was 17 years old and had attended school within the census year.2 

Citations

  1. [S2163] Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel, online at www.ancestry.com, #12. Anna Konkel, pages 247-255, images 247-255 of 319. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel.
  2. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George W. and Anna Seely, Year: 1920; Census Place: Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado; Roll: T625_168; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 96. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George W. and Annie Seely, Year: 1910; Census Place: Precinct 4, Rio Blanco, Colorado; Roll: T624_125; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1374138, taken on 23 April 1910, image# 13 of 20. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, supplemental entries for the Annie and George W. Seely household, Year: 1910; Census Place: Precinct 9, Rio Blanco, Colorado; Roll: T624_125; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1374138, taken on 24 May 1910, image# 5 of 7.

James Seely1

b. 19 June 1893, d. 20 November 1893
Family
Father*George Washington Seely1 b. 3 Oct 1858, d. 13 Oct 1932
Mother*Anna Konkel1 b. 29 Feb 1864, d. 15 Jul 1927
Birth*19 June 1893James Seely was born on 19 June 1893 in Kansas1 
Death*20 November 1893 and died there on 20 November 1893 at the age of five months.1 

Citations

  1. [S2163] Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel, online at www.ancestry.com, #12. Anna Konkel, pages 247-255, images 247-255 of 319. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy and history of the descendants of William Konkel.