Person:Robert Seaver (30)

MILITARY:

Robert A. Seaver, a resident of Manchester NH, enlisted as a Sergeant 1st Class in the Union Army on 19 August 1861 at age 34. He enlisted in Company C, 4th Infantry Regiment of New Hampshire on 18 September 1861. He was transferred from Company C to Company E on 13 November 1862. He was promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 13 November 1862. He resigned from Company C on 24 June 1863 ["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, the Robert A. Seaver household resided in Lawrence, Essex County, MA. The household included Robert A. Seaver (age 33, born CT, operative), Abby B. (age 25, born Canada East, housekeeper), and Emma L. (age 2, born MA. [MA 1860 census LDS microfilm 0,803,498, page 046, dwelling 249, family 329].

In the 1880 US Census, Robert R. Seaver (other, married, male, white, age 52, born MA, works at a cotton mill, parents born unknown) and Ellen Seaver (other, married, female, white, age 31, born NH, at home, father born NH, mother born ME) resided with Albert Story (age 42, born NH) and his wife Alma Story (age 40, born NY) in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire [National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 0763, page 171A].

In the 1910 US Census, Robert A. Seaver (head, white, age 83, second marriage, married 37 years, born MA, father born NH, mother born CT, retired) lived with his wife Ellen Seaver (white, age 62, first marriage, married 37 years, born NH, parents born NH, 0 children born) in the Second Ward of Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire [NARA Microfilm T624, Roll 862, ED 124, sheet 5A, page 5, dwelling #105, family #109].