Person:Alexander Seaver (5)

BIRTH: 16 Nov 1841 Holden MA (VR p 79)

MILITARY RECORDS:

Alexander H. Seaver, a silversmith residing in Worcester, Massachusetts, enlisted as a Private in the Union Army on 2 August 1862 at the age of 21. He enlisted in Company F, 25th Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts, and mustered out of that unit on 20 October 1864 [American Civil War Soldiers Database, on www.ancestry.com].

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1870 US census, the Alex H. Seaver family resided in Charlestown, Middlesex County, MA. The household included Alex H. (age 28, salesman, born MA), Ellen F. (age 26, keeps house, born MA) and Alice (age 3 months, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,124, page 82 of Charlestown First ward, family #690].

In the 1880 US Census, it appears that Alexander and Ellen Seaver resided in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts with Ellen's sister's family. The household included Lyman Haskell (self, married, male, white, age 48, born MA, a silver engraver, father born NH, mother born ME), O.A. Haskell (wife, married, female, white, age 36, born NH, keeps house, parents born NH), Alta Haskell (daughter, single, female, white, age 11, born MA, at school, father born MA, mother born NH), L. George Haskell (son, single, male, white, age 8, born NH, at school, father born MA, mother born NH), Alex H. Seaver (son(?), single(?), male, white, age 8(?), born MA, a salesman in a store, father born MA, mother born NH), Ellen F. Seaver (wife, married, female, white, age 37, born MA, keeping house, father born MA, mother born NH), Martha K. Drury (mother-in-law, widow, female, white, age 64, born MA, at home, father born MA, mother born NH) and Jennie E. Drury (sister-in-law, single, female, white, age 24, born MA, at home, father born MA, mother born NH) [National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 0553, page 147D, available at www.familysearch.org].

Alexander H. Seaver resided in Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts in the 1890 United States Veterans Census. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War (private, Company F, 25th Massachusetts Regiment I, enlisted 2 August 1862, mustered out 20 October 1864, served 2 years, 2 months, 18 days) (Roll 12, Page 21, ED 442, viewed at www.ancestry.com).

In the 1900 US Census, Alexander H. Seaver (head, white, male, born Nov 1841, age 58, married 36 years, born MA, father born MA, mother born RI, a real estate agent) and his wife Helen F. Seaver (white, female, born Nov 1842, age 57, married 36 years, 2 children born, 0 living, born MA, parents born MA) resided at 824 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 655, ED 657, Sheet 8, line 79].

In the 1910 US Census, this family resided in Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The household included Alexander H. Seaver (indexed as Seaves on HeritageQuestOnline, head, male, w2hite, age 68, first marriage, married 48 years, born MA, parents born MA, has own income, owns home free of mortgage), Ellen F. Seaver (wife, female, white, age 67, first marriage, married 48 years, 2 children born, 0 living, born MA, parents born MA) and Jennie Larchman (?) (sister-in-law, female, white, age 52, widowed, born MA, parents born MA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T624, Roll5949, Page 57, ED 427, Sheet 32B, Lines 92-94].