Person:Levi Seaver (2)

SOURCE: Waitsfield VT book, p 447

BIRTH: 7 May 1845 Waitsfield VT

MARRIED: to Kate Hoffman 19 June 1870 Duxbury VT (?)

OCCUPATION: Mill operator

MILITARY RECORDS:

Levi W. Seaver, a resident of Waitsfield VT, enlisted as a Private in the Union Army on 25 August 1862 at the age of 17, and enlisted in Company B of the 13th Infantry Regiment of Vermont on 10 October 1862. He was absent and dangerously sick with measles at Wolf's Run Shoals VA in June 1862. He mustered out of Company B on 21 July 1863 at Brattleboro VT. He enlisted in the 96th Infantry Regiment of New York on 1 April 1865, and mustered out of that unit on 15 February 1866 ["Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers," Historical Data Systems, Provo UT, accessed at "American Civil War Soldiers" database on www.ancestry.com].

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1870 US census, the Levi Seaver family resided in Waitsfield, Washington county, VT. The household included Levi Seaver (age 25, farm laborer, $600 in personal property, born VT), Mary Seaver (age 57, keeping house, born VT), Josiah Seaver (age 22, farm laborer, born VT), and Mary M. Seaver (age 21, at home, born VT). [1870 US census for Vermont, LDS Microfilm 0,553,125, page 275, dwelling #163, family #162].

In the 1880 US census, the Levi Seaver (age 34, born VT, works in lumber mill, father and mother born VT) family resided in Waitsfield, Washington County, VT. The family included his wife Kate Seaver (age 31, born Ireland, keeping house, father and mother born Ireland), son Frank Seaver (age 5, born VT), and daughter Abby Seaver (age 2, born VT). [1880 US Census on CD-ROM, the full census record can be found in LDS FHL Microfilm 1,255,348, page 236C].

In the 1900 US Census, this family resided in Waitsfield township, Washington County, Vermont. The household included Levi H. Seaver (head of household, white, male, born May 1845, age 55, married 30 years, born VT, parents born VT, a laborer, works in sawmill, owns farm free of mortgage), Catherine Seaver (wife, white, female, born Jun 1848, age 51, married 30 years, 3 children born, 2 living, born Ireland, parents born Ireland), Clayton P. Seaver (son, white, male, born Mar 1883, age 17, single, born VT, father born VT, mother born Ireland) and Elizabeth Hoffman (mother-in-law, white, female, born Dec 1816, age 83, widowed, 8 children born, 7 living, born Ireland, parents born Ireland) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 1695, Page 80, ED 226, Sheet 7, Line 39].

In the 1910 US Census, Levi W. Seaver (head of household, white, age 64, first marriage, married 39 years, born VT, father born NY, mother born VT, dealer, lumber) and wife Katie Seaver (white, age 61, first marriage, married 39 years, born English Ireland, parents born English Ireland, 3 children born, 1 living) resided in Waitsfield township, Washington County, Vermont [NARA Microfilm T624, Roll 1617, ED 235, Sheet 2B, page 131, dwelling #35, family #39].

In the 1920 US Census, this family resided in Waitsfield, Washington County, Vermont. The family included Levi W. Seaver (head of household, male, white, age 74, married, born VT, father born NY, mother born VT, a mill owner, works on a saw mill, owns home free of mortgage), Cathrine Seaver (wife, female, white, age 71, married, born Ireland, parents born Ireland, naturalized citizen) and Margarette Z. Seaver (granddaughter, female, white, age 12, single, born VT, parents born VT) [National Archives Microfilm Series T625, Roll 1875, Page 243, ED 100, Sheet 5, Line 60-62].