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James Everett Seaver
b.15 Oct 1787 Middleborough, Plymouth County, MA
d.25 Jan 1827 Darien, Genesee County, NY
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m. 2 Nov 1786
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m. 26 Sep 1809
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SOURCE: JMSeaver #315-i, #327, Lucile Slight "Gen. of Seaver, Beecher, Coons, McCall families", 1980, LDS film 1036982 Item 3. BIRTH: 15 Oct 1787 Middleboro MA (IGI) DEATH: 1827 (JMS) 25 Jan 1827 Darien NY (Slight) MARRIAGE: to Margaret McCall (JMS) 26 Sep 1809 Hebron NY by Rev. Walter Fullerton (Slight) BIOGRAPHY: Dr. James E. Seaver passed his boyhood days on the farm with his parents. Later he taught school and studied medicine with Dr. Jedediah Darrow of Hebron NY and was admitted to practice by a diploma issued by the state of Vermont medical society signed by Silas Gridley, President and John Cleveland secy dated Feb 9 1815. He emigrated to Darien NY and practiced until his death, but after 1818 his health prevented great physaical activity. He was finely adapted for literary pursuits, a poet of some reputation and author of the interesting life of Mary Jemison (a white woman captured when a child and adopted by Indians) that has passed through many editions and is still a popular work. In the 1820 United States Census, James Sever was a head of household residing in Pembroke town, Genesee County, New York. The household included one free white male under age 10, one free white male aged 10 to 16, one free white male aged 16 to 26, one free white male aged 26 to 45, two free white females under age 10, one free white female aged 10 to 16 and one free white female aged 26 to 45 (1820 United States Census, Genesee County, New York, Population Schedule, Pembroke, Page 218, FHL Microfilm 0,193,727). |