Person:Edwin Seaver (6)

MARRIAGE: to Margaret Wiley Cushing, 10 Sep 1872 Cambridge MA. Edwin Seaver age 24, resident Cambridge MA, professor H.U., born Northborough, son of Samuel and Julia Seaver, 1st marriage, by W. Newell, clergyman. (Mass VRs v245, p141).

BIOGRAPHY: from "Who's Who in America":

SEAVER, Edwin Pliny, son of Samuel and Julia, born Northborough 2/24/1838; A.B. Harvard 1864; A.M. 1867; L.L.B. 1870; never practiced law; m. Margaret Wiley Cushing of Cambridge Mass. 9/10/1872; Teacher, French Academy New Bedford Mass 1857-60, 1864-5; Tutor and assistant prof. ???? Harvard 1865-74; Headmaster English High School, Boston, 1874-80; Superintendent, Public Schools, Boston 1880-1904; Now retired. Member, Board of Overseers, Harvard 1877-1906, except 1890-1. Fellow, American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member NEA, Mass. Hist. Society. Unitarian. Author, numerous books on Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry, Math. Address: New Bedford Mass. Margaret is a daughter of William Cushing of Cambridge. Edwin P. is reported to have owned considerable real estate in Waban."

Edwin P. Seaver was a teacher according to the birth record of his daughter, Margaret Seaver, in 1877 [MA VR 288.110].

CENSUS:

In the 1870 US census, Edwin P. Seaver (age 32, college tutor, born MA) resided in Cambridge Ward One with other tutors. [LDS Microfilm 0,552,222, page 174 of Ward One].

In the 1880 US Census soundex, the Edwin P. Seaver (age 42, born MA) family resided in Newton MA on Woodward Street. The family included wife Margaret W. (age 35, born Wisconsin), son Robert (age 7), son Oscar S. (age 4), daughter Margaret C. (age 2) and son Henry C. (age 1), all children born in MA. The full census record can be found in Volume 21, ED 477, sheet 41, line 26 [National Archives Microfilm T9-57].

In the 1900 US Census, this family resided on Woodward Street in the 5th Ward of Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The family included head Edwin P. Seaver (white, male, born Feb 1838, age 62, married 28 years, born MA, parents born MA, superintendent of schools), wife Margaret W. Seaver (white, female, born Jun 1844, age 55, married 28 years, 7 children born, 6 living, born MN, parents born MA), daughter Margaret C. Seaver (white, female, born Sep 1877, age 22, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MN, at school), son Henry C. Seaver (white, male, born Oct 1878, age 21, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MN, a clerk), son Edwin P. Seaver Jr (white, male, born Sep 1880, age 19, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MN, at school), and son Samuel Seaver (white, male, born Sep 1881, age 18, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MN, at school) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 664, ED 906, Sheet 4, Line 84].

In the 1910 US census, the Edwin P. Seaver family resided at 179 Elm Street in the Fourth Ward of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included head Edwin P. Seaver (white, age 72, first marriage, married 37 years, born MA, parents born MA, own income), wife Margaret C. Seaver (white, age 66, first marriage, married 37 years, born MA, parents born MA, 7 children born, 6 living) and son Edwin P. Seaver Jr. (white, age 28, single, born MA, parents born MA, physician, in general practice) [NARA Microfilm T624, Roll 579, ED 198, Sheet 3A, page 18, dwelling #54, family #55].