Person:Solon Seaver (1)

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1860 US census, the Solon Seaver family resided in Darien township, Walworth County, Wisconsin. The household included Solon (age 30, farmer, born NY), Amanda (age 24, born IL), Frank (age 4, born CA), Mary (age 3, born CA) and Warren (age 62, farmer, $3,700 in real property, $600 in personal property, born NY). [FHL Microfilm 0,805,434, page 138, house #757, family #740].

In the 1870 US census, the Solon Seaver family resided in Albion township, Butler County, Iowa. The household included Solon (age 40, laborer, $600 in real property, $200 in personal property, born NY), Amanda (age 35, keeping house, born IL), Frank (age 14, at home, born CA), Mary (age 13, at school, born CA), Jessie (age 9, at school, born WI), and Ada (age 5, at school, born WI). [1870 US Census for Iowa, LDS Microfilm 0,545,878, page 618, dwelling #218, family #225].

In the 1880 US census, this family resided in Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa. The household included Amanda Seaver (age 45, born IL, housekeeping, father born KY, mother born IL), daughter Jessie (age 18, born WI, father born NY, mother born IL), daughter Adda (age 14, born WI), daughter Julia (age 8, born IA) and son Fred (age 4, born IA). [1880 United States census on CD-ROM, full census record on LDS Microfilm 1,254,329, page 93D].

In the 1900 US Census, Solon L. Seaver (indexed as "Solm L. Slaver" on HQO, head, white, male, born Feb 1830, age 70, married 45 years, born NY, parents born NY, no occupation, owns home free of mortgage) and Amanda A. Seaver (wife, white, female, born Feb 1837, age 63, married 45 years, 6 children born, 6 living, born IL, parents born IL) resided in West Bend township, Palo Alto County, Iowa [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 452, Page 149, ED 159, Sheet 3B, dwelling #56, family #58, lines 91-92].

In the 1910 US Census, the remnant of this family resided in West Bend township in Palo Alto County, New York. The family included head N. J. McFarland (male, white, age 41, first marriage, married 18 years, born IA, father born NY, mother born WI, an agent), wife Julia Mae McFarland (female, white, age 38, first marriage, married 18 years, 5 children born, 4 living, born IA, father born NY, mother born IL), son Hugh M. McFarland (male, white, age 17, single, born IA, parents born IA), son Richard Everett Seaver (male, white, age 8, single, born IA, parents born IA), son Julian Severt McFarland (male, white, age 5, single, born IA, parents born IA) and son Vincent McFarland (male, white, age 2, single, born IA, parents born IA) and mother-in-law Amanda Alice Seaver (female, white, age 74, widowed, 6 children born, 6 living, born IL, parents born KY) [National Archives Microfilm Series T624, Roll 417, page 155, ED ???, Sheet 7, Line 21].

Solon Long Seaver (born 9 Feb 1830, died 7 Feb 1901) and Amanda A. Seaver (born 12 Feb 1836, died 13 Jun 1912) are interred at West Bend Cemetery in Palo Alto County, Iowa.