Person:Alvin Seaver (2)

Family data obtained from www.rootsweb.com WorldConnect Project, submitted by Gina Watchous, updated 15 May 2002 (planetgina@@aol.com).

Information about this family was received from Justin Sumner (justinsumner@@sbcglobal.net)via email on 23 March 2005. Justin Sumner is a great-grandson of Ida Belle Seaver (1900-1917) and a great-great-grandson of John Golden Seaver (1858-1935).

CENSUS:

In the 1870 US Census, this family resided in Prairie township, Keokuk County, Iowa. The household included Alvin Seever (age 53, male, white, farmer, $150 in personal property, born MA), Mary Seever (age 50, female, white, keeping house, born PA), John Seever (age 10, male, white, no birthplace, attended school), Jane Seaver (age 9, female, white, born IL, attended school) and Julia Seever (age 5, female, white, born IL, attended school) [National Archives Microfilm Series M593, Roll 402, Page 405, Lines 3-7].

In the 1880 US Census, the Alven Seaver family resided in Dallas, DeKalb county, Missouri. The family included Alven Seaver (self, married, male, white, age 63, born MA, farmer), Mary Seaver (wife, married, female, white, age 61, born PA, keeping house, father born RD, mother born VT), John Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 21, born OH, working on farm), Julia A. Seaver (daughter, single, female, white, age 15, born IL), Isac Egbert (son-in-law, married, male, white, age 23, born IN, farmer, father born PA, mother born IL), Elisa Y. Egbert (daughter, married, female, white, age 19, born IL, keeping house) and Mary A. Egbert (daughter, single, female, white, age 3 months, born KS, father born IN, mother born IL). [1880 US Census for Missouri on LDS CD-ROM].

1. ↑ Wilbraham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Births and marriages, 1806-1904; intentions of marriage, 1840-1904. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
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   Alvin Son of John and Susannah Severs Born in Palmer May 4th - 1818