Here is this week's edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.
This week's entry is from the Pensacola [Fla.] News Journal newspaper dated Thursday, 16 June 1964, page 6B, Column 1:
The transcription of the article is:
"SEAVER
"Mr. George Alton Seaver, 63, of 4550 Lillian Highway, died Monday in a local hospital.
"Mr Seaver was a native of Middleboro, Mass., and had resided in Pensacola for the past three years. He was retired from the U.S. Army and was a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the war in Vietnam. Mr. Seaver was also a member of the Myrtle Grove Masocic Lodge, No. 352, F&AM.
"Survivors include his widow, Jeanna Seaver of Pensacola; a stepson, James H. Webster of Pensacola; three sons, George A. Seaver, Jr. of Auburn, Ala., Bruce Seaver of Oak Harbor, Wash., and Christopher J. Seaver of Pensacola; two step-daughters, Jeanne Bader of Flushing, Mich., and Joanne Demlow of Palmyra, Mich.; a sister, Beatrice Germain of Gilman, Vt., and five grandchildren.
"Funeral services will be 10:15 a.m. Thursday in the Oak Lawn Funeral Home chapel with Chaplain Martindale officiating.
"Burial will be at Barrancos National Cemetery with military honors at graveside. Masonic services will also will be conducted at graveside."
The source citation is:
"Seaver," Pensacola [Fla.] News Journal newspaper, Thursday, 16 June 1977, page 6B, column 1, George Alton Seaver obituary, imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 11 March 2024).
This obituary provides only the name, age, home address, death day and place, birthplace and residences, occupation, military experiences, services, associations, burial, and the names of his wife, children, and a sibling; but no birth date, or parents names.
George Alton Seaver (1914-1977) was born 29 March 1914 in Wareham, Massachusetts, the son of Ozro Hudson and Florence Louise (Barnes) Seaver. He married Jeanne Elizabeth Frye (1917-1994) in 1945 in Orange, Massachusetts. They had three sons:
* George Alton Seaver (1948-????).
* Bruce Edward Seaver (1951-????), married 1983 Carol Anne Cupit (1945-????).
* Christopher Jonathan Seaver (1954-????), married 1995 Jeane Allison Meeks (1960-????).
George Alton Seaver (1914-1977) is probably a distant cousin of mine, but I don't know the parents of his 2nd great-grandfather Joseph T. Seaver (1805-????), who married Betsey N. Davis (1810-1868) in 1830 in Taunton, Massachusetts.
There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this is one of them. Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a man serves his country over a long period of time. I am glad that I can honor George Alton Seaver today.
You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.
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