Person:George Seaver (62)

MILITARY:

George A. Seaver, a shoemaker of South Reading MA, enlisted as a Private in the Union Army on 16 August 1864 at the age of 37. He enlisted in Company K of the 4th Heavy Artillery Regiment, Massachusetts on 18 August 1864. He mustered out of the same unit on 17 June 1865 in Washington DC ["Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers," Historical Data Systems, Provo UT, accessed at "American Civil War Soldiers" database on www.ancestry.com].

CENSUS:

In the 1850 US census, the George A. Seaver family resided in South Reading, Middlesex County, MA. The household included George A. Seaver (age 22, shoemaker, born MA), Susan W. Seaver (age 19, born MA), Howard (age 21, born MA), Amelia Seaver (age 56, born MA), Mary Seaver (age 29, born MA), and A.J. Seaver (female, age 5 months, born MA). [LFHL Microfilm 0,443,543, page 259, family #160].

In the 1860 US Census, the George A. Seaver family resided in South Reading, Middlesex County, MA. The household included George A. Seaver (age 34, cordwainer, born MA, $300 in personal property), Susan W. Seaver (age 29, born MA), Amelia J. Seaver (age 10, born MA), Howell Seaver (age 32, cordwainer, born MA), Mary A. Boardman (age 35, seamstress, born MA), Mary A. Seaver (age 30, gentlewoman, born MA), Abby J. Austin (age 28, nurse, born ME), Ina T. Austin (age 6, born MA) and Amelia Seaver (age 66, housework, born MA). [FHL Microfilm 0,803,509, p. 134, house #942]. Note that Amelia Seaver (age 66) is George's mother, and Howell and Mary Seaver are his siblings.

In the 1870 US census, the George A. Seaver family resided in Wakefield, Middlesex County, MA. The household included George A. Seaver (age 43, works in a shoe shop, real estate of $400, personal estate of $300, born MA), Susan W. Seaver (age 38, keeping house, born MA), Amelia J. Seaver (age 20, works in shoe store, born MA) and Emily C. Seaver (age 3, born MA). [FHL Microfilm 0,552,131, page 29 of Wakefield, family #260].

In the 1880 US Census, this family resided in Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The household included George A. Seaver (self, married, male, white, age 52, born MA, works in shoe factory, parents born MA), Susan W. Seaver (wife, married, female, white, age 48, keeping house, father born MA, mother born ME), Amelia J. Hopkins (daughter, divorced, female, white, age 30, born MA, saleswoman in store, parents born MA) and Emily E. Seaver (daughter, single, female, white, age 13, born MA, at school, parents born MA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 0542, page 400D].

In the 1900 US census, the George A. Seaver family resided at 80 Church St. in Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The family included George A. Seaver (white, male, born Mar 1827, age 73, married 50 years. born MA, father born NH, mother born MA, a cemetery superintendent), wife Susan W. Seaver (white, female, born Sep 1830, age 69, married 50 years, 2 children born, 2 living, born MA, father born MA, mother born ME), daughter Amelia J. Shepherd (white, female, born Mar 1850, age 50, married 15 years, 0 children born, born MA, parents born MA), daughter Emily E. Tyzner (white, female, born Oct 1866, age 33, married 14 years, 3 children born, 3 living, born MA, parents born MA), granddaughter Marion Tyzner (white, female, born Dec 1886, age 13, single, born MA, parents born MA), grandson Robert N. Tyzner (white, male, born Jun 1888, age 11, born MA, parents born MA), granddaughter Margaret G. Tyzner (white, female, born Oct 1894, age 5, single, born MA, parents born MA), sister-in-law Mary I. Bowman (white, female, born Sep 1825, age 74, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born ME), sister-in-law Ada E. Cowdrey (white, female, born Oct 1826, age 73, widowed, 1 child born, 0 living, born MA, father born MA, mother born ME), niece Hattie R. Jones (white, female, born Oct 1866, age 33, single, born MA, parents born MA, a bookkeeper) and son-in-law Charles H. Shepherd (white, male, born Jun 1827, age 72, married 15 years, born MA, parents born MA, retired) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 667, ED 971, Sheet 7, Line 80].

In the 1910 US Census, the remnant of this family resided at 42 Church Street in Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The family included head of household Susan W. Seaver (female, white, age 79, widowed, 1 child born, 1 living, born MA, father born MA, mother born ME), daughter Amelia J. Sheppard (female, white, age 60, widowed, 0 children born, born MA, parents born MA) and grand-daughter Marion J. Turner (female, white, age 23, single, born MA, parents born MA, nurse, in a hospital) [NARA Microfilm T624, Roll 606, ED 1034, Sheet 8B, page 139, dwelling #123, family #163].