Person:Benjamin Seaver (10)

MILITARY:

Benjamin Franklin Seaver, age 42, registered for the World War I draft on 12 September 1918 in Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He resided in Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He was born 8 March 1876, was white, and a native born US citizen. He was employed as a salesman by Meskins (?) Richard & Wheat located at 357 Main Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. His nearest relative was Mrs. Grace Mary Seaver of the same address. He was medium height, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair, with no disqualifying disabilities [World War I Draft Registrations, Database on www.ancestry.com, extracted from LDS Microfilm 1,684,521].

CENSUS:

In the 1910 US Census, Benjamin F. Seaver (head of household, white, age 33, first marriage, married 7 years, clerk, in furniture store, born MA, parents born MA) and his wife Grace M. Seaver (white, age 29, first marriage, married 7 years, 0 children born, born CT, father born CT, mother born RI) resided on Suffield Street in Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts [NARA Microfilm Series T624, Roll 589, ED 525, Sheet 10A, Page 38, dwelling #204, family #226].

In the 1920 US Census, Benjamin F. Seaver (head of household, male, white, age 43, married, born MA, parents born MA, a salesman, rents home) and Grace M. Seaver (wife, female, white, age 38, married, born CT, parents born CT) resided on Suffield Street in Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts [National Archives Microfilm Series T625, Roll 699, Page 47, ED 3, Sheet 11, Line 5].

In the 1930 US Census, this family resided at 50 Elm Street in Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts. The household included Benjamin F. Seaver (head, male, white, age 54, married, first at age 26, born MA, parents born MA, a furniture salesman, owns home worth $10,000), Grace M. Seaver (wife, female, white, age 49, married, first at age 22, born CT, father born RI, mother born CT) and Frederick L. Seaver (brother, male, white, age 55, single, born MA, parents born MA, a real estate broker) [National Archives Microfilm Series T626, Roll 905, ED 99, Page 10B, Dwelling #227, Family #246].