Seavers in the News - Beverly A. Seaver Obituary

It's time for another edition of "Seavers in the News" - a semi-regular feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the Mount Sterling (Ky.) Advocate newspaper dated 30 March 1904:

The transcription of this article is:

"Former Kentuckian Dead

"We are in receipt of a delayed paper from Highland, Kan., announcing the death of Hon. B.A. Seaver.  He died on Monday, January 25, 1904 at his home near Highland, Kan.  Beverly A. Seaver was born in Castile, New York, in 1839.  He was 64 years old on the 7th of December.  In 1856 he moved to Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, where he taught school two years and then began the practice of law.  His law partner was Tom Turner, who was a member of Congress.  Here he married Miss Luckett Anderson, oldest daughter of Joseph Anderson, deceased, of Jeffersonville.  They came to Highland in 1872 and this place has been his residence ever since.  He has been a practicing attorney in this county constantly for 30 years.  His wife died in August 1899.  He was elected a member of the state legislature in 1887 and served two sessions.  He was on the Democratic ticket.  He was county attorney from 1883 to 1885.  He was twice a nominee for State Senate on the Democratic ticket.  In 1882 he made speeches favoring the adoption of the prohibitory amendment to state constitution.  He was a sound money Democrat and in 1896 voted for McKinley.  He was one of the Presidential electors in Kansas at the time of Cleveland's first election.  Mr. Seaver was one of the most honored and respected members of the bar in this judicial district.

"He was also considered one of the most capable and honest lawyers in this end of the State.  He leaves one son, Joseph M. Seaver, who lives on the family farm, south of Highland.  He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Ella E. Herrick and Mrs. Jessie Jennings, both of Kansas City.  These two sisters and Robert T. Herrick have been with Mr. Seaver for several weeks."

The source citation for this article is:

"Former Kentuckian Dead," Mt. Sterling [Ky.} Advocate newspaper, Wednesday, 30 March 1904, page 4, column 3, Beverly A.  Seaver obituary; digital image, Chronicling America : historic American Newspapers (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : accessed 8 March 2018).

I have this person in my RootsMagic family tree database, with his wife and son, and also with his two sisters.  Beverly A. Seaver is my 3rd cousin 5 time removed.  

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Seavers in the News - Laura Jewett Seaver Gets Married in 1915

It's time for another edition of "Seavers in the News" - a semi-regular feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the New York Sun newspaper dated 6 June 1915:

The transcription of this article is:

"Edric Brooks Smith of this city and Miss Laura Jewett Seaver will be married on Wednesday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gardner Seaver, in Flatbush.  Miss Seaver will be attended by her cousin, Miss Grace Milton Trippe, as maid of honor, and Mrs. Floyd Willard Fiske, her sister, as matron of honor.  Miss Evelyn Porter, niece of Mr. Smith, and the Misses Marion  Seaver Fiske and Marjorie Ray Seaver, nieces of Miss Seaver, will be the flower girls.

"Mr. Smith, who is assistant manager of the Rockefeller Institute,  will have Carlisle W. Burton for his best man, and the ushers will be Roger S. Hubbard of St. Louis and Henry Blanchard Seaver, brother of the bride."

The source citation for this record is:

"General Notes of Society," New York [N.Y.] Sun newspaper, Sunday, 6 June 1915, Third Section, page 3, column 5, Edric Smith and Laura Seaver wedding article; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingAmerica.loc.gov : accessed 15 February 2018).

The article provides lots of information about Laura Jewett Seaver's family - it names her father (Henry Gardner Seaver) and her sister (Mrs. Floyd Willard Fiske) and her brother (Henry Blanchard Seaver).  It doesn't name her mother, Cornelia R. (Latta) Seaver), or her sister's given name (Emma Latta Seaver).  It also names her cousin (Grace Milton Trippe), and her nieces (Marion Seaver Fiske and Marjorie Ray Seaver).  

Assuming the wedding occurred as planned, Laura Jewett Seaver married Edric Brooks Smith on Wednesday, 9 June 1915.  I didn't have that date in my database.  

Laura Jewett Seaver (1884-1944) was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Yonkers, New York, and is buried in Nelson, New Hampshire.  Edric Brooks Smith (1887-1959) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and died in Nelson, New Hampshire, and is buried there.  They had four children, Edric Brooks Smith (1917-1998), Benjamin Seaver Smith (1921-2014), Cornelius Latta Smith (1924-2001) and Prudence French Smith (1929-????).

Henry Gardner Seaver (1846-1931), Laura's father, was an avid genealogist who contributed contributed considerable material to the typescript "The Seaver Genealogy" by Jesse Montgomery Seaver, which he obtained through research, correspondence and personal interviews.

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Seavers in the News -- Reuben Seaver Shoots Frank Ellis in 1892

It's time for another edition of "Seavers in the News" - a semi-regular feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.
This week's entry is from the Aberdeen [Wash.] Herald newspaper dated 28 January 1892:

The transcription of this article is:

"Near Colfax Sunday evening Reuben Seaver shot Frank Ellis as the result of a quarrel over a girl named Amelia Peck.  Ellis followed him from church that night and attempted to shoot him.  Seaver fired too quick for him.  Seaver immediately rode to Colfax and gave himself up to the police."

The source citation for this article is:

"State," Aberdeen [Wash.] Herald newspaper, 9 April 1912, page 8, column 3, Reuben Seaver article; digital image, Chronicling America  (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 18 January 2018).

Another article about this incident was published by The Dalles [Oregon] Times-Mountaineer newspaper dated Saturday, 30 January 1892:

The transcription of this article is:

"Ellis is Not Dead

"Colfax, Wash., Jan. 26. -- Frank Ellis, the man reported killed in the Sunday night shooting affray, seven miles from this city, while dangerously wounded, is not yet dead.  Reuben Seaver, who shot him, came to town here last night, and was placed under arrest.  He stated that the trouble was of long standing between them, but they had not met since January 5, until at the church Sunday evening.  When he started home he found that Ellis, who had left the building before him, had untied his horse and had then ridden away with Petty.  By the help of friends, Seaver's horse was caught and and he and his brother proceeded towards home.  A short distance from the church the road forked and Seaver rode on toward his own house.  He had gone about three-quarters of a mile after leaving his brother.  When Petty and Ellis road up in front of him, and Ellis demanded that they have it out, at the same time dismounting.  Petty reined his horse in front of Seaver, so he could not pass, and Ellis went around to the other side, threatening him.  Seaver thought Ellis had a pistol, and drew one and fired, the shot taking effect in Ellis' left breast.  In the meantime, Petty had drawn his revolver and fired three times at Seaver, who, after shooting Ellis, fired at Petty, but missed him.  Seaver was placed under $2000 bonds, which was furnished, and he is now at liberty."

The source citation for this obituary is:

"Ellis is not Dead" The Dalles [Oregon] Times-Mountaineer newspaper, Saturday, 30 January 1892, page 2, column 7, Reuben Seaver article; digital image, Chronicling America  (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 25 January 2018).

This is an interesting story from the Old West.  Who was Reuben Seaver?

I don't know.  He is not in my Seaver database in my RootsMagic family tree.  I don't have enough information to determine who his parents, spouse and children are, let alone his birth, marriage and death records.

I searched on Ancestry, andthere are entries in the Ancestry Member Trees for a Reuben T. Seaver, born in 1863 in Missouri, married to Annie Ridgeway in 1882, and five children.  There is a 1900 U.S. Census record for this Reuben T. Seaver residing in San Francisco, who apparently came to California in or before 1892.  The census record was indexed initially as Leaver.  To me, it looks like Seaner.  A daughter's Social Security Application indexed the name as Leaner.  He is in the FamilySearch Family Tree as Reuben T. Leaner.

I always wonder how many persons are lost to history.  This guy may be someone other than Reuben T. Seaver/Leaver/Leaner that is in no other record.

This is just one of billions of stories in world history.  I wonder if Frank Ellis survived?

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Library of Congress, Digital Public Library of America to Form New Collaboration

I received this press release from the Library of Congress today:

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Library of Congress, Digital Public Library of America to form New Collaboration

The Library of Congress today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Digital Public Library of America to become a “content hub partner” and will ultimately share a significant portion of its rich digital resources with DPLA’s database of digital content records.

The first batch of records will include 5,000 items from three major Library of Congress maps collections—the Revolutionary War (https://www.loc.gov/collections/american-revolutionary-war-maps/about-this-collection/), Civil War (https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war-maps/about-this-collection/) and panoramic maps collections (https://www.loc.gov/collections/panoramic-maps/about-this-collection/).

“We are pleased to make the Digital Public Library of America a new door through which the public can access the digital riches of the Library of Congress,” said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. “We will be sharing some beautiful, one-of-a-kind historic maps that I think people will really love. They are available online and I hope even more people discover them through DPLA.”

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to collaborate closely with the Library of Congress, to work with them on the important mission of maximizing access to our nation’s shared cultural heritage,” said DPLA’s Executive Director Dan Cohen, “and we deeply appreciate not only the Library’s incredible collections, but also the great efforts of the Librarian and her staff.”

The Digital Public Library of America is a portal—effectively, a searchable catalog—that aggregates existing digitized content from major sources such as libraries, archives, museums and cultural institutions. It provides users with links back to the original content-provider site where the material can be viewed, read or, in some cases, downloaded.

The Digital Public Library of America, the product of a widely shared vision of a national digital library dating back to the 1990s, was launched with a planning process bringing together 40 leaders from libraries, foundations, academia and technology projects in October, 2010 followed by an intense community planning effort that culminated in 2013. Its aim was to supersede the silo effect many digitization efforts were subject to. Based in Boston, the board of directors includes leading public and research librarians, technologists, intellectual property scholars, and business experts from across the nation. Its goal is to create “an open, distributed network of comprehensive online resources that would draw on the nation’s living heritage from libraries, universities, archives, and museums in order to educate, inform, and empower everyone in current and future ­generations.”

The Library of Congress expects to add a significant portion of its digital items to the original trio of collections over time, covering other collections such as photos, maps and sheet music.

Library of Congress items already appear in the DPLA database. Earlier in this decade, the Library digitized more than 100,000 books in its collections as part of its membership in the Hathi Trust and the Biodiversity Heritage Library, both current partners with the DPLA. As a result, those books are already in the DPLA’s collections through those partners.

The Digital Public Library of America strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science. Since launching in April 2013, it has aggregated more than 14 million items from more than 2,000 institutions. The DPLA is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit.

The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States—and extensive materials from around the world—both on site and online. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov, access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov, and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov.

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More Online Information About the Squire William Sever House in Kingston, Mass.

I've been writing about the Squire William Sever house this week, and trying to find out more about the house and when it was built by perusing land and probate records.  Without any luck, so far!

Genea-Musings reader Jean tried to help me find out more about the house by referring me to a page on the Historic Map Works website - http://www.historicmapworks.com/Buildings/index.php?state=MA&city=Kingston&id=15806.

There are a number of historic photographs from the 1936 time frame that can be purchased as prints.
Further down the page are a number of Drawings which can be downloaded for free, including one showing the location of the house relative to Linden Street in Kingston, Massachusetts:

There is also a very detailed map of the grounds in the 1936 time frame.

There are also house floor plans available here:

Another source for the 1936 era photographs of the exterior and interior of the William Sever house can be found on the Library of Congress website - see here.  One exterior view of the front of the house is:

My thanks to Jean for finding these websites and sharing them with me so that I can share them with you.

Do you have a historic home in your ancestral families?  If so, have you been able to find treasure troves like this?

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