Person:Roswell Seaver (2)

BIRTH: 13 Aug 1845 Holden MA (VR)

Roswell R. Seaver was a farmer according to the birth record of his daughter, Cora Seaver, in 1876 [MA VR 279.303].

MILITARY:

Roswell R. Seaver, a farmer of Holden, Massachusetts, enlisted as a Private in the Union Army on 2 January 1864 at age 18. He enlisted in Company A, 57th Infantry Regiment of Massachusetts on 4 January 1864. He went missing on 6 May 1864 at Wilderness in Virginia. He received a disability discharge from Company A, 57th Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts on 13 July 1864. He enlisted in Company C, 25th Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts on 11 January 1865. He mustered out of Company C, 25th Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts on 13 July 1865 [American Civil War Soldiers Database on www.ancestry.com].

CENSUS:

In the 1880 US census soundex, the Roswell R. Seaver (age 33, born MA) family resided in Holden MA. The family included his wife Jessie Seaver (age 22, born Scotland), daughter Cora B. Seaver (age 4, born MA), son Albert F. Seaver (age 1, born MA), and father-in-law David Orr (age 68, born Scotland). The full census record can be found in Volume 33, ED 811, sheet 29, line 49 [National Archives Microfilm T754-57].

In the 1900 US Census, the remnant of this family resided in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The family included head Jessie Seaver (white, female, born Sep 1857, age 42, widowed, 3 children born, 3 living, born Scotland, parents born Scotland, no occupation), daughter Cora B. Seaver (white, female, born Jan 1876, age 24, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born Scotland) and daughter Ethelyn O. Seaver (white, female, born Jan 1886, age 14, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born Scotland) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 692, ED 1637, Sheet 17, Line 68].

In the 1910 US Census, the remnant of this family resided at 18 Bluff Street in the 9th Ward of Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The family included head Jeannette Seaver (female, white, widowed, 3 children born, 3 living, born Scotland, parents born Scotland, immigrated in 1861), son Albert E. Seaver (male, white, age 30, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born Scotland, a clerk, works in dry goods store) and daughter Ethel J. Seaver (female, white, age 24, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born Scotland, a stenographer, works in a shop) [NARA Microfilm Series T624, Roll 633, ED 1914, Sheet 1B, page 95, dwelling #10, family #14].

In the 1920 US Census, the remnant of this family resided at 18 Bluff Street in the 9th Ward of Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The family included Jeannette Seaver (head of household, female, white, age 62, widow, born Scotland, parents born Scotland), Albert C. Seaver (son, male, white, age 41, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born Scotland), Cora B. Head (daughter, female, white, age 43, widow, born MA, father born MA, mother born Scotland), Lillian B. Head (granddaughter, female, white, age 15, single, born MA, parents born MA), Hazel E. Head (granddaughter, female, white, age 12, single, born MA, parents born MA) and Willis R. Head (grandson, male, white, age 9-7/12, single, born MA, parents born MA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T625, Roll 752, Page 242, ED 318, Sheet 6, Line 31].