Person:Heber Seaver (1)

MILITARY:

Heber W. Seaver, a resident of Hartford CT, enlisted as a Captain in the Union Army on 1 August 1862, and accepted a Commission in Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment of Connecticut on 24 August 1862. He resigned his unit on 28 December 1862 ["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 1870 US census, the Heber W. Seaver family resided in the First District of Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. The household included Heber W. Seaver (age 33, stair builder, born ME), Julia Seaver (age 32, born NY), Fred Seaver (age 7, born CT), Cora Seaver (age 5, born IL) and Wm Seaver (age 3, born CT). [FHL Microfilm 0,545,579, page 319, dwelling #33, family #36].

In the 1880 US census, the remnant of this family resided in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. The family included Julia A. Seaver (age 42, born NY, seamstress, father born NY, mother born CT), son Frederick a. Seaver (age 16, born CT, works in leather belting, father born ME, mother born NY), daughter Cora A. Seaver (age 14, at school, born IL) and son William A. Seaver (age 13, born CT, at school). The full census record is on FHL Microfilm 1,254,098, page 340D [1880 US Census for Connecticut on LDS CD-ROM].

In the 1900 US census, the remnant of this family resided at 206 Laurel in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. The family included Julia A. Seaver (head, white, female, born May 1838, age 62, widowed, 3 children born, 3 living, born CT, father born NY, mother born CT, rents a house), son Frederick A. Seaver (white, male, born Oct 1863, age 36, single, born CT, father born ME, mother born CT, a dye ???), daughter Cora J. Seaver (white, female, born Jul 1865, age 34, single, born CT, father born ME, mother born CT, a school teacher) and William A. Seaver (white, male, born Apr 1867, age 33, single, born CT, father born ME, mother born CT, a house carpenter) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 138, Page 282, ED 192, Sheet 5, Line 48].

In the 1910 US census, the remnant of this family resided in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. The household included head William A. Seaver (white, age 43, single, born CT, father born ME, mother born NY, machinist), brother Frederick A. Seaver (white, age 47, single, born CT, father born ME, mother born NY, oil worker), mother Julia A. Seaver (white, age 72, widowed, born NY, father born NY, mother born CT, 5 children born, 4 living) and sister Cora J. Seaver (white, age 45, single, born IL, father born ME, mother born NY, teacher) [NARA Microfilm T624, Roll 132, page 187, dwelling #157, family #166].