Person:Silas Seaver (7)

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Silas Stone Seaver
b.8 Jun 1838 Boylston, Worcester County, MA (VR, 43)
 
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  1. Silas Stone Seaver1838 -
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m. 7 Apr 1864
  1. Charles Silas Seaver1865 -
  2. Georgianna Seaver1867 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Silas Stone Seaver1838 -
  • W.  Emma Gee1857 -
m. 3 Jul 1873
  1. Arthur T. Seaver1874 - 1875
  2. Harry S. Seaver1875 - 1880
  3. Herbert Francis Seaver1878 - 1880
  4. George Albert Seaver1881 - 1898
  5. Lilian A. Seaver1883 -
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Facts and Events
Name Silas Stone Seaver
Gender Male
Birth? 8 Jun 1838 Boylston, Worcester County, MA (VR, 43)
Marriage 7 Apr 1864 Ashland, Worcester County, MA (MA VR 172.34)to Mary Sophia Eames Whittemore
Marriage 3 Jul 1873 Winchester, Middlesex County, MA (MA VR 254.321)to Emma Gee


The marriage record of Silas S. Seaver to Mary Whittemore notes that his parents are Silas and Ophelia.

The marriage record of Silas S. Seaver to Emma Gee in 1873 notes that his parents were Silas & Leafy Seaver.

The birth record of Silas Stone Seaver notes his parents as Relief Stone, so he was apparently born out of wedlock to Relief Stone, presumably by a Seaver male. The assignment of Silas Howe Seaver as his father is conjectural, but probable.

His occupation was listed as a coachman in the birth record of his son Harry Seaver in 1876 [MA VR 278.225].

MILITARY RECORDS:

Silas Seaver, a farmer of Ashland, Massachusetts, enlisted in Company H, 32nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts of the Union Army on 18 July 1862 at the age of 23. He received a disability discharge from the same unit on 24 January 1864 [American Civil War Soldiers Database, on www.ancestry.com].

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1850 US census, Silas Seavers (age 11) resided in Boylston, Worcester County, MA in the family of Leonard Brewer (1850 US census for Massachusetts, LDS Microfilm 443,562, page 295).

In the 1860 US census, Silas S. Stone (age 21, born MA) resided in Milford, Worcester County, MA in the house of Ruce (?) Cleveland. [1860 US Census for Massachusetts, LDS Microfilm 0,803,529, p. 037, house 203, family 298].

In the 1870 US census, the C.S.F. Seaver family resided in Waltham, Middlesex County, MA. The household included C.S.F. Seaver (age 33, farm laborer, $200 in personal property, born MA), Sophia Seaver (age 27, keeping house, born MA), Charles Seaver (age 5, born MA), Georgianna Seaver (age 2, born MA) and Edina Derhen (female, age 68, at home $4,000 in personal property, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,131, page 11 of Waltham, family #77].

In the 1880 US census soundex, the Silas S. Seaver (age 39, born MA) family resided in Woburn MA on Main Street. The family included his second wife Emma J. Seaver (age 30, born MA), son Harry G. Seaver (age 4, born MA) and son Hurbert F. Seaver (age 2, born MA). The full census record can be found in Volume 18, ED 423, sheet 11, line 34 [National Archives Microfilm T754-57].

In the 1900 US Census, this family resided at 10 Main Street in the 5th Ward of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The household included Silas S. Seaver (head, white, male, born Nov 1840, age 59, married 14 years, born MA, parents born MA, day laborer, rents home), Emma J. Seaver (wife, white, female, born May 1857, age 43, married 14 years, 5 children born, 1 living, born MA, parents born England) and Lilian A. Seaver (daughter, white, female, born Feb 1883, age 17, single, born MA, parents born MA, at school) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 677, Page 235, ED 1214, Sheet 10A, dwelling #102, family #180, lines 11-13].

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