Person:Joseph Seaver (34)

SOURCE: JMSeaver #617

BIRTH: 1831, perhaps in Taunton MA or Raynham MA, not in VR (Carla Self data)

DEATH: 12 Apr 1907 prob. Wareham MA (Carla Self private data)

MARRIAGES: (1) 22 Jan 1854 to Rebecca Frazier Hathaway of Wareham MA (JMS)

                      (2) 4 Nov 1883 to Betsy (Johnson) Westgate of Wareham (JMS)
                     (dates from Carla Self private data)

BIOGRAPHY: moved from Taunton MA to Wareham. Enlisted in Company K of 2nd Mass. Reg. for 9 months at first call for Civil War volunteers. Re-enlisted and served to the end of the war. Methodist Episcopal, as were those of his children who lived in Wareham. (Carla Self)

MILITARY:

Joseph N. Seaver, a nailer of Wareham, Massachusetts, enlisted as a Private in the Union Army on 30 April 1861 at the age of 30. He was in Company K, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts, and mustered out of that unit on 22 July 1861. He enlisted again as a Private on 1 October 1861 at age 30. He went missing on 30 August 1862 at 2nd Bull Run in Virginia. He was wounded on 7 November 1863 at Rappahannock Station in Virginia. He was mustered out of Company C, 18th Infantry Regiment of Massachusetts on 2 September 1864 [American Civil War Soldiers Database on www.ancestry.com].

CENSUS:

In the 1860 U.S. census, the Joseph N. Seaver family resided in Wareham, Plymouth county, MA. The household included Joseph N. Seaver (age 29, nailer, $100 in personal property, born MA), Rebecca (age 21, born MA), Marietta (age 6, born MA), Clarence L. (age 4, born MA), Almanza L. (age 1, born MA), and Betsey N. Seaver (age 50, tailoress, $500 in real property, born MA). [LDS microfilm 0,803,518, page 097-098, dwelling 1436, family 1709].

In the 1870 US census, the Joseph N. Sever family resided in Wareham, Plymouth County MA. The household included Joseph N. (age 39, nailer, $400 in real property, born MA), Rebecca F. (age 38, keeping house, born MA), Marietta E. (age 16, at home, born MA), Clarance L. (age 14, at home, born MA), Elmanzo L. (age 12, at home born MA), Rebecca N. (age 10, at home, born MA), Albert W. (age 8, at home, born MA), Alton W. (age 8, at home, born MA), Irving L. (age 4, at home, born MA) and Gladys C. (age 2, at home, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,138, page 55 of Wareham, family #467].

In the 1880 US Census, this family resided in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The household included Jos N. Seaver (self, married, male, white, age 49, born MA, a nailor, parents born MA), Rebecca F. Seaver (wife, married, female, white, age 41, born MA, keeping house, parents born MA), Albert N. Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 18, born MA, a nailor, parents born MA), Alton N. Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 18, born MA, a nailor, parents born MA), Irving L. Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 15, born MA, a nailor, parents born MA), Gladys Seaver (daughter, single, female, white, age 11, born MA, at school, parents born MA), Willette W. Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 9, born MA, at school, parents born MA), Betty Haskell (daughter, married, female, white, age 20, born MA, visiting, parents born MA) and Chesten L. Haskell (granddaughter, single, female, white, age 2, born MA, visiting, parents born MA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 0550, page 88C, available at www.familysearch.org].

In the 1900 US Census, this family resided in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The family included head Joseph N. Seaver (white, male, born May 1831, age 69, married 15 years, born MA, parents born MA, no occupation), wife Betsey S. Seaver (white, female, born Sep 1857, age 42, married 15 years, 10 children born, 7 living, born MA, parents born MA), daughter Marietta E. Seaver (white, female, born Aug 1884, age 15, single, born MA, parents born MA), daughter Hephzibah G. Seaver (white, female, born Sep 1886, age 13, single, born MA, parents born MA), son Joseph T. Seaver (white, male, born Oct 1888, single, born MA, parents born MA), son George T. Seaver (white, male, born Feb 1890, age 10, single, born MA, parents born MA) and step-son Frederick L. Westgate (white, male, born Jan 1877, age 23, single, born MA, parents born MA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 675, ED 449, Sheet 12, Line 1].