Person:Charles Seaver (56)

MARRIAGE:

Charles M. Seaver (resident of Boston, age 64, no occupation, born Boston, son of Benjamin and Sarah, first marriage) married Helen S. Ball (resident Boston, age 54, no occupation, born Roxbury, daughter of Shubael G. and Susan G. Rogers, 2nd marriage) on 17 June 1893 in Boston. [MA VR 435.141].

OCCUPATION:

MILITARY:

Charles M. Seaver, of Roxbury MA, enlisted as a Sergeant in the Union Army (Boston Cadets Regiment of Massachusetts) on 26 May 1862 at the age of 30. He was mustered out of the same unit on 2 July 1862 at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor, MA ["Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers," Historical Data Systems, Provo UT, accessed at "American Civil War Soldiers" database on www.ancestry.com].

CENSUS:

In the 1860 U.S. census, C.M. Seaver (age 31, merchant, born MA) resided in the house of Wm. Blanchard in Roxbury 4th Ward, Norfolk County, MA. [LDS Microfilm 0,803,517, page 517, dwelling 361, family 433].

In the 1870 USD Census, Charles M. Seaver (age 38, male, no occupation, born MA) resided in the 15th Ward of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts with the William Blanchard family [National Archives Microfilm Series M593, Roll 649, Page 421, Dwelling #1639, Family #2804, Lines 25-31].

In the 1880 US Census, Charles M. Seaver resided in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts with the William Blanchard family. The household included Wm Blanchard (self, married, male, white, age 61, born MA, a merchant, parents born MA), Mary Blanchard (wife, married, female, white, age 54, born MA, keeping house, parents born MA), Harriet Blanchard (mother, widowed, female, white, age 86, born MA, parents born MA), Chas M. Seaver (brother, single, male, white, age 50, born MA, trustee for RE, parents born MA), Benj L. Blanchard (son, single, male, white, age 22, born MA, medical student, parents born MA) and Mary L. Blanchard (daughter, single, female, white, age 19, born MA, parents born MA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 0560, page 215A].

In the 1900 US Census, Charles M. Seaver (white, male, born Mar 1829, age 71, widowed, born MA, parents born MA, no occupation) was a lodger in the house of Proctor C. Welch at 506-520 Brighton Street in the 11th Ward of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 680, ED 1317, Sheet 12, Line 78].