Person:George Seaver (55)

BIOGRAPHY:

A brief biography of George Francis Seaver was printed in the book "Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England," Third Edition, by Almon D. Hodges, Jr., published by Frank H. Hodges, Boston, 1896, page 265. The biography reads:

"George Francis Seaver enlisted at the first call for troops in 1861, and served for three months with the Marine Artillery Co. of Providence, R.I. In the same year he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Co. C, 3rd R.I. Artillery. He was engaged at the capture of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, in April 1862, and at the siege and reduction of Fort Wagner, in Charleston harbor, June to September, 1863. In the autumn of 1863 he resigned. He was City Marshall of Taunton in 1877 and 1878, and was then appointed to a position on the Mass. State Police. He was a member of the Taunton Common Council in 1870, and Alderman in 1871 and 1872."

CENSUS:

In the 1880 US Census soundex, the George F. Seaver (age 43) family resided in Taunton MA. The family included wife Jennie (age 39), daughter Emma L. (age 12) and daughter Bessy M. (age 8), all born in MA. The full census record can be found in Volume 5, ED 122, sheet 33, line 29 [National Archives Microfilm T754-57].

In the 1900 US Census, the remnant of this family resided at 134 Winthrop Street in the 1st Ward of Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The family included head Jane Seaver (white, female, age 59, born Sep 1840, widowed, 2 children born, 2 living, born MA, parents born MA), daughter Elizabeth Briggs (white, female, age 28, born Apr 1872, married 3 years, 2 children born, 2 living, born MA, parents born MA), son-in-law Clarence A. Briggs (white, male, age 28, born Aug 1871, married 3 years, born MA, parents born MA, occupation unreadable), granddaughter Jeannette Briggs (white, female, age 9 months, born Aug 1899, born MA, parents born MA) and daughter Natalie Briggs (white, female, age 9 months, born Aug 1899, born MA, parents born MA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 639, ED 217, Sheet 1B, line 84].

In the 1910 US Census, the remnant of this family resided at 134 Winthrop Street in First Ward of Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household included head Jane M. Seaver (white, age 69, widowed, born MA, parents born MA, 2 children born, 2 living), daughter Elizabeth N. Briggs (white, age 38, first marriage, married 12 years, born MA, parents born MA, 2 children born, 2 living), son-in-law Clarence Briggs (white, age 39, first marriage, married 12 years, foreman, in a machine shop), granddaughter Jeannette Briggs (white, age 10, single, born MA, parents born MA) and granddaughter Natalie Biggs (white, age 10, single, born MA, parents born MA) [NARA Microfilm T624, Roll 580, ED 228, Sheet 4A, page 4, dwelling #66, family #97].

DEATH: 31 Dec 1895 in Taunton, MA, age 59-5-3, from heart disease, born Taunton, son of Samuel and Lepha Miranda (Hodges) Seaver, in the State District Police. (MA VR 454.350]