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 Oregonian [Portland, Ore.] newspaper dated Friday, 25 May 1979, Page D13, Column 1:
The transcription of the article is:
"Charles Seaver
"Graveside service for Charles Wesley Seaver will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday in Willamette National Cemetery.
"Mr. Seaver died Tuesday in a Portland nursing home. He was 78.
"A native of Churchill, Tenn., he had been a Portland resident for 45 years. He was a retired Chrysler Corp. salesman.
"Survivors include his wife, Grace of Beaverton; son, James of Beaverton; daughters, Betty Henderson of Troutdale and Jean Johnson and Mary Broult, both of Portland; sister, Mrs. W. Kinkead of Churchill, Tenn.; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren."
The source citation is:
"Charles Seaver," Oregonian [Portland, Ore.] newspaper, Friday, 25 May 1979, page D13, column 1, Charles Seaver obituary; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 18 August 2025).
Charles Wesley Seaver was born 22 September 1900 in Tennessee, the son of Wylie Winton and Martha (Jane (Dotson) Seaver. He died 22 May 1979 in Portland, Oregon. He married Grace M. Cassell (1902-1981) in 1920 in Kentucky. They had five children:
* Charles Wesley Seaver Jr. (1921-1967).
* James Rodney Seaver (1923-1980), married (1) 1947 Mary Janqueline Wright (1927-2006), (2) 1963 Roberta Lee Green (1932-1997).
* Eule Jean Seaver (1924-1998), married 1945 Eldon Sherman Johnson (1917-????).
* Betty Cassell Seaver (1926-1998), married 1952 James Florien Henderson (1925-2002).
* Peggy A. Seaver (1932-1973), married 1947 Paul Duane Bankston (1922-2000).
I am not related to Charles Wesley Seaver (1900-1979). He is descended from Henry and Elizabeth (--?--) Seaver from Germany who settled in Virginia before 1770.
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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