Person:George Seaver (61)

MILITARY RECORDS:

George A. Seaver, a farmer residing in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, enlisted as a Private in the Union Army on 30 August 1862 at the age of 18. He served in Company K, 6th Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts, enlisting on 31 August 1862, and was mustered out of the unit on 3 June 1863 in Lowell, Massachusetts [American Civil War Soldiers Database, on www.ancestry.com].

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1870 US Census, this family resided in the 2nd Ward of Cincinnati in Hamilton County, Ohio. The household included George A. Seaver (age 26, male, white, a popcorn manufacturer, $1500 in personal property, born MA), Addie Seaver (age 24, female, white, keeping house, born NH), George W. Seaver (age 5, male, white, at home, born MA), and Alice M. Seaver (age 5 months, female, white, at home, born OH) [National Archives Microfilm Series M593, Roll 1217, page 780, Line 38].

In the 1880 US Census, this family resided in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio [National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 1024, page 99B]. The family included George A. Seaver (self, married, male, white, age 35, born MA, a porter to a shoe factory, parents born NY), Addie N. Seaver (wife, married, female, white, age 35, born NH, housekeeping, father born NH, mother born ME), George W. Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 15, born MA, burnisher, father born MA, mother born NH), Bertram H. Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 7, born OH, father born MA, mother born NH), and Lewie (?) Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 5, born OH, father born MA, mother born NH).

In the 1900 US Census, the remnant of this family resided at 276 Carral (?) Street in the 1st Ward of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. The household included Adeline Seaver (head, white, female, born Aug 1845, age 54, widowed, 4 children born, 3 living, born NH, father born NH, mother born ME, owns home with a mortgage), Betram Seaver (son, white, male, born Jun 1873, age 26, married 5 years, born OH, father born NH, mother born MA, telephone clerk), Louis T. Seaver (son, white, male, born Nov 1874, age 25, single, born OH, father born NH, mother born MA, clerk asbestos) and Gertrude J. Seaver (daughter-in-law, white, female, born Oct 1871, age 28, married 5 years, 2 children born, 0 living, born OH, parents born OH) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 1274, Page 109, ED 9, Sheet 15A, dwelling #228, family #283, lines 35-38].