Person:Rodney Seaver (2)

Some data on this family was obtained from the book "Descendants of John Dean (1650-1727) of Dedham, Mass." compiled by Marion Deane Cooper, published 1957, page 128. The book notes:

"987. Myra Adeline [Deane] b. Petersham, Mass., July 27, 1845; m. Mar. 22, 1866 Rodney Seaver s. Lyman and Sarah Seaver, and lived at Darien, wis. Myra taught school at Darien at age 17. Rodney served in the Civil War, was postmaster at Darien for several years, d. Darien in Feb, 1923.

" a Julia Seaver m ----- Tubbs, res Clinton, wis. No ch.

  b  Frank Seaver  not m."

MILITARY RECORDS:

Rodney Seaver served in the Union Army in the Civil War. He enlisted as a Private on 11 November 1863 in Company K, 2nd Cavalry Regiment of Wisconsin. He mustered out on 15 November 1865 in Austin, TX. ("Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers," compiled by Historical Data Systems, online database viewed at www.ancestry.com).

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1870 US census, the Rodney Seaver family resided in Darien township, Walworth County, Wisconsin. The household included Rodney (age 34, farmer, $5,000 in real property, $1,000 in personal property, born WI), Myra (age 26, keeping house, born MA), Julia (age 3, born WI), and Sally (age 76, born NY). [FHL Microfilm 0,553,240, page 024, house #181, family #160].

In the 1880 US census, the Rodney Seaver family resided in Darien township, Walworth County, Wisconsin. The household included Rodney Seaver (married, age 40, born WI), wife Myra Seaver (married, age 35, born MA), daughter Julia Seaver (age 13, born WI) and Frank Seaver (age 7, born WI) [LDS CD-ROM for 1880 US Census, full record on FHL Microfilm 1,255,449, page 30B].

In the 1900 US Census, the Rodney Seaver family resided in Darien township, Walworth County, Wisconsin. The family included head Rodney Seaver (white, male, born Jul 1840, age 59, married 33 years, born WI, parents born NY, a grocer, owns a house with a mortgage), wife Myra A. Seaver (white, female, born Jul 1845, age 54, married 33 years, 2 children born, 2 living, born MA, father born MA, mother born VT) and son Frank R. Seaver (white, male, born Jan 1873, age 27, single, born WI, father born WI, mother born MA, a painter) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 1820, page 82, ED 84, Sheet 4, Line 9].

In the 1910 US Census, this family resided in Darien township, Walworth County, Wisconsin. The family included Rodney Seaver (head, male, white, age 69, first marriage, married 44 years, born WI, father born VT, mother born NY, a merchant, works in grocery, owns home with a mortgage), Myra A. Seaver (wife, female, white, age 64, first marriage, married 44 years, 2 children born, 2 living), and Frank R. Seaver (son, male, white, age 38, single, born WI, father born WI, mother born NY, a painter, works general jobs) [National Archives Microfilm Series T624, Roll 1739, Page 274, ED 134, Sheet 2A, Line 24].

In the 1930 US Census, the remnant of this family resided in Darien, Walworth County, Wisconsin (address unreadable). The household included Myra A. Seaver (head, female, white, age 84, widow, married first at age 20, born MA, father born MA, mother born VT, owns home worth $1,600) and Frank R. Seaver (son, male, white, age 57, single, born WI, father born WI, mother born MA, a house painter) [National Archives Microfilm Series T626, Roll 2615, ED 2, Page 2A, Dwelling #41, Family #41].