Person:Frederick Seaver (4)

SOURCE: JMSeaver #352-viii

BIRTH: 14 Mar 1877 Webster Co IA (JMSeaver)

BIOGRAPHY:

Protestant. In charge of the Research Dept, Botanical Garden, New York City. In Feb 1923 he went ot Puerto Rico, at the request of the Puerto Rico govt, to make an extensive study of the fungi of the island from an economic aspect, returning to the States in April. The Journal of the NY Botanical Garden, Vol 24, 99-101, May 1923, printed his report on "Mycological Work in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands". A biography appeared in the Journal of NY Botanical Garden, Oct 1916, pg 268:

"SEAVER, Fred Jay, NY Bot. Garden, 1877 Webster Co Iowa, Chicago Univ, summer 1901, Morningside Coll, Iowa 1902, scholar, State Univ Iowa 1902-03, Special asst to Dr. Arthur Purdue Univ. Agric. Exper. Station, spring 1904. M.S. 1904. PhD 1912. expl. expd. N. Mexico. State Univ Iowa spring 06. fellow, Columbia Univ 1906-07, and NY Bot. Garden 1906-07. Instructor, botany, State Univ Iowa summer 1903-04, asst. bot. 1904-05 Iowa Wesleyan Univ 1905-06, prof. biol 1906, asst. prof. set. N. Dakota Agric. College and Mycologist agric. exp. station 1907-08. Dir. of Lab. NY Bot Gardens 1908-11. Curator, 19--. Mrs. William Larrabee research prize, Torrey botany club, Bot. Soc. Am, Columbia Univ. Biochemical Assoc, Sigma Xi; assoc editor Mycologia 1909-??, Editor NY Bot. Garden Journal 1911-12. Mycology, phytopathology, taxonymy, morphology and physiology of "zoozydates". Between 1904 and 1915 Mr Seaver published 30 papers on subjects named above. When approached on the subject of the Seaver 'Family Tree' he said: "I have always been very much interested in trees, but the one you refer to is a kind which has received verey little of my attention. In fact, I have been so busy looking after my posterity that I have had little time to even think of my ancestors". (JMSeaver)

RESIDENCE: in 1923, living in White Plains NY (JMSeaver)

CENSUS:

In the 1910 US Census, this family resided in the 43rd Precinct of the 32nd AD in Bronx, New York County, New York. The family included head Fred J. Seaver (male, white, age 33, first marriage, married 5 years, born IA, parents born VT, a botanist, works at botanical garden, rents a house), wife Hortense A. Seave (female, white, age 32, first marriage, married 5 years, 2 children born, 2 living, born IA, father born OH, mother born Germany), daughter Bernice Seaver (female, white, age 4, single, born IA, parents born IA) and daughter Hortense Seaver (female, white, age 1, single, born NY, parents born IA) [National Achives Microfilm Series T624, Roll 998, page 87, ED 1478, Sheet 9A, Line 15].

In the 1920 US Census, this family resided at 2642 Marion Avenue in the Bronx, Bronx County, New York. The family included head Fred J. Seaver (male, white, age 43, married, born IA, parents born VT, a botanist, works in botanical gardens, rents), wife Hortense Seaver (female, wife, age 43, married, born IA, father born OH, mother born Germany), daughter Bernice Seaver (female, white, age 13, single, born IA, parents born IA) and daughter Hortense (female, white, age 11, single, born NY, parents born NY) [National Archives Microfilm Series T625, Roll 1142, page 262, ED 446, Sheet 31A, Line 44].

In the 1930 US Census, this family resided in the Bronx, Bronx County, New York. The family included head Fred J. Seaver (male, white, age 53, first marriage, married at age 28, born IA, father born VT, mother born NY, a curator, rents home for $75/month), wife Hortense A. Seaver (female, white, age 52, first marriage, married at age 27, born IA, father born Ohio, mother born Germany), dghter Bernice Seaver (female, white, age 24, single, born IA, parents born IA) and daughter Hortense E. Seaver (female, white, age 21, single, born NY, parents born IA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T626, Roll 1489, ED 667, Page 7A, dwelling #42, family #133].