The Seaward Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

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The progenitor of the Seaward family of Bradford, Pennsylvania, was Amos Seaward, a farmer at Almond, Allegany county, New York, where he died about 1848, aged seventy-five years. He married Sarah Stevens, born 1777, died 1852, near Corning, New York. They were both members of the Presbyterian church. Children, all born near Corning:

  1. Owen Seaward, married Jane Pond; children:
    1. Carrie Seaward.
    2. Alvira Seaward, married Hiram Jewett.
    3. Almira Seaward, twin of Alvira.
    4. Eli Seaward.
  2. Enos Seaward, went west where he married.
  3. Amos Seaward, died at Alfred, New York.
  4. Joseph Stevens Seaward, of whom further.
  5. Nioma Seaward, died in the west.
  6. Sarah Seaward, married Clement Curtis, both died in Almond, New York, leaving a daughter
    1. Emma Curtis, now residing in Almond.

(II) Joseph Stevens Seaward

Joseph Stevens, son of Amos Seaward, was born in Corning, Steuben county, New York, August 7, 1818, died at Tarport, Pennsylvania, August 6, 1906. He was educated in the public schools of Almond, New York, where he grew to manhood. After completing his studies he taught school in Tuna Valley, Pennsylvania, and in February, 1843, settled on a farm at Tarport, McKean county, Pennsylvania. He was a Whig in politics, later a Republican, and served many years as assessor at Tarport, and for several terms as tax collector. He married Daphana Dorleski Farr, born March 24, 1824, died in Bradford, February 13, 1878, daughter of Isaac and Pantha (Clark) Farr. Isaac Farr, born in 1781, was a farmer of New Hampshire, but came to Pennsylvania and took up land near Bradford, on which he lived until his death in 1852. He married Pantha Clark, who was well versed in medicine and practiced locally. Children of Joseph Stevens Seaward:

  1. Levi Seaward, of whom further.
  2. Adaline Amelia Seaward, born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, August 5, 1844; married Absalom Boyd, born June 20, 1846; the family live in Bradford; Mr. Boyd enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Second New York Infantry Volunteers during the civil war; he is now engaged in oil operations in Missouri; children:
    1. Steven Boyd, born October 6, 1867, died September 13, 1868.
    2. Clinton Boyd, born July 20, 1869; married Blanche Payne.
    3. Ann Boyd, born March 17, 1871; married John Machale.
    4. Leward Boyd, born December 11, 1872.
    5. Frank Boyd, born March 28, 1874.
    6. John Boyd, born September 20, 1876.
    7. Clement Boyd, born January 1, 1878.
  3. William H. Seaward, born in Bradford, September 1, 1846; married Anna Martin, a native of Sweden; children:
    1. Leonard Seaward lives in Kingsburg, Fresno county, California.
    2. Sophia Seaward, lives in Los Angeles, California; married Joseph Rocus; no children.
    3. Gail Seaward, living in Kingsburg, California.
    4. Lizzie Seaward, living in Kingsburg, California.
  4. Melvin Seaward, born in Bradford, December 25, 1848, now deceased; married Philena Whittaker, of Limestone, New York; children:
    1. Olive Seaward.
    2. Myrtle Seaward.
    3. Clementine Seaward.
    4. Edna Seaward.
  5. Clementina Seaward, born in Bradford township, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1850; married, July 15, 1885, Herbert Eugene Allen, born in Napoli, Cattaraugus county, New York, December 4, 1856; he is engaged in the real estate business in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
  6. Martha Jane Seaward, born in Bradford, September, 1852, died 1865.
  7. Alice Eveline Seaward, born in Bradford, April 19, 1854, died January 16, 1905; married (first) Nelson H. Hastings, of Neceda, Wisconsin; she married (second) Jerome Hodges, of McKean county, Pennsylvania; now resides in Bradford; no children. Child by first marriage:
    1. Guy Hastings, born 1880, died March 22, 1909.
  8. Sydney W. Seaward, born August 20, 1856, in Bradford; now an oil operator there; married Augusta Conklin, born October 28, 1854, of Damascus, Wayne county, Pennsylvania; children:
    1. Clarence Wheaton Seaward, born October 7, 1885.
    2. Boyd Absalom Seaward, April 18, 1888.
    3. Daphana Seaward, February 2, 1890.
    4. Ethel Seaward, March 1, 1895.
  9. Albert Jerome Seaward, born in Bradford, June 1, 1860, died February 15, 1909; he was engaged in mercantile life, and a member of the Asbury Methodist Church, at Bradford.
  10. Freemont Seaward, born in Bradford, November 12, 1862, died February 14, 1895; married, at Bradford, Susan Bigler, who now resides in Clarksburg, West Virginia; children:
    1. Evaline Amelia Seaward, born August 25, 1890.
    2. Albert Jerome Seaward, September 26, 1891.
    3. Madaline Seaward, December 9, 1892.
    4. Pearl R. Seaward, September 29, 1894, died April 13, 1896.
  11. Lincoln Seaward, died in infancy.
  12. Mildred Seaward, died in infancy.

(III) Levi Seaward

Levi, son of Joseph Stevens Seaward, was born in Almond, Allegany county, New York, December 16, 1842. When he was but a few weeks old his parents moved to Tarport, McKean county, Pennsylvania, now a part of the city of Bradford. He was educated in the public schools, and when but nineteen years of age enlisted as a private in Company B, under Captain Leghorn Wooster, Thirteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves. He saw hard service with the continuously fighting Army of the Potomac, and participated in many of the historic battles of the civil war. He was engaged in the seven days’ fight before Richmond, under General McClellan, and in the battles of the Wilderness, Chancellorsville, around Pittsburgh and at Weldon railroad. Upon the expiration of the first term of his enlistment he reenlisted February 1, 1864, and was honorably discharged December 30, 1864. After returning from the war he cultivated his farm, and for a time was employed by the Erie Railroad Company in clearing its right of way through McKean county. He is a Republican, and served as tax collector one term, was a member of the election board for two years, and of the common council of the borough of Kendall. His farm at Tarport is that purchased by his father on coming to Pennsylvania, in 1843. He recently sold about one hundred acres of the old homestead farm reserving the mineral and oil rights. He now resides in the old home with about five acres of land, living practically a retired life.

Levi Seaward married, December 12, 1867, Mary Jane Cole, born in Damascus, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1842, daughter of Moses Cole (see Cole III). Children, all born in Tarport, Pennsylvania:

  1. Martha Zeruba Seaward, born September 20, 1869, died April 12, 1874.
  2. George Algernon Seaward, born March 15, 1871; now a resident of Bradford, engaged in the oil business; married Jane Rider, of North Baltimore, Ohio; children:
    1. Alton Leroy Seaward, born September 1, 1892.
    2. Nina Vera Seaward, May 2, 1894.
    3. Earl Forrest Seaward, July 31, 1896.
    4. Leland Kenneth Seaward, July 25, 1898.
    5. Garrett Donald Seaward, May 30, 1902.
    6. Mildred Freda Seaward, November 14, 1904.
    7. Chester Devon Seaward, May 25, 1906.
    8. Wayne Seaward, November 15, 1911.
  3. Levina Amelia Seaward, born August 8, 1872, died November 22, 1876.
  4. Fred Terry Seaward, born March 2, 1874; now an employee of the Erie Railroad Company, and resides in Buffalo, New York; married Emma B. Grant, of Tarport, born October 8, 1873; child:
    1. Gladys Seaward, born January 19, 1904.
  5. Joseph Redman Seaward, born November 15, 1875, died February 22, 1877.
  6. Alma Jeannette Seaward, born September 3, 1877; married Arthur P. Blair, of Kendall, now a telegraph operator of Bradford, Pennsylvania; child:
    1. Robert Arthur Blair, died May 31, 1908.
  7. Beulah Elmira Seaward, born April 12, 1879; married Morris A. Caverly, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, now a pressman at Bradford; child:
    1. Dorothy Ruth Caverly, born November 1, 1910.
  8. Paul Levan Seaward, born December 1, 1884; now a bookkeeper in Bradford; unmarried.

The Cole Line

Moses Cole, father of Mrs. Mary Jane (Cole) Seaward, was the son of John Cole, who died near Philadelphia, as did his wife Sally Ball. Through this marriage the Coles became heirs to the famous Ball property, on which a part of the city of Philadelphia now stands. Children, all deceased:

  1. Phoebe Cole, married John Francisco, of Beaver Kill, Sullivan county, New York, where both died; children:
    1. John Francisco, deceased.
    2. Lorenzo Francisco, deceased.
  2. Paulina Cole, married Daniel Cook; children:
    1. John Chester Cook, deceased.
    2. Delinda Cook, deceased.
    3. Hannan Cook, deceased.
    4. Prudence Cook, who lives in Sullivan county, New York.
  3. Barbara Cole, married Moses Hendricks, and left a son:
    1. Moses (2) Hendricks.
  4. Delinda Cole, who married a Mr. Davis.
  5. Sarah Cole, married Henry Gardiner.
  6. Moses Cole, of whom further.
  7. William Cole, who died lacking only four months of reaching the age of a century; married Sarah Grippen; children:
    1. John Cole.
    2. Alonzo Cole.
    3. Theron Cole.
    4. Roswell Cole.
    5. Miranda Cole.
    6. Levanda Cole.
    7. Polly Cole.
    8. George Cole.
    9. James Cole.
    10. William Cole.

(II) Moses Cole

Moses Cole, born at Bristol, Pennsylvania, 1793, died in Tarport, January 25, 1873, was a lumberman and farmer. He married Susanna Evaline Price, born in eastern Pennsylvania, in 1802, died at Tarport, March 5, 1870, whose family came from England. Children, born in Damascus, Pennsylvania:

  1. John Ball Cole, died at Whitney’s Point, New York; married Mary French, of Owego, New York; children:
    1. Leslie Cole, of Whitney’s Point.
    2. Charles Cole, of Shenango Forks, New York.
    3. Willis Cole, deceased.
  2. William Cole, a lumberman; resides at Farmers Valley, Pennsylvania; married Susan Andrews, of Owego, New York; children:
    1. Charles Cole, living in Michigan.
    2. Daniel Cole.
    3. Elizabeth Cole.
    4. Susan Cole, deceased.
    5. Mary Cole, deceased.
  3. Lavinia Cole, died at Owego, New York; married William Lawrence, and left a son:
    1. Lester Lawrence, who resides at Forestville, New York.
  4. Hiram Cole, died September 25, 1857, at Tarport; a lumberman and a veteran of the civil war, serving in Company B, One Hundred and Ninth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry; his widow survives him at Turtle River, Minnesota, with a daughter:
    1. Susan Cole.
  5. Moses Cole, born 1835; now a carpenter and builder at Deposit, New York; married Mary Busby, deceased; children:
    1. Minnie Cole.
    2. Clinton Cole.
    3. George Cole.
    4. Emma Cole.
    5. Harry Cole.
  6. Mary Jane Cole, of whom further.
  7. George Washington Cole, born 1844; enlisted in Company K, Fifth Regiment New York Cavalry; died September 24, 1864, of fever while serving in the army during the civil war; unmarried.
  8. Albert P. Cole, born 1845, died in Tarport, April, 1902; married Phoebe Briggs, also deceased, without issue.
  9. Sally Cole, who died aged eight years.

(III) Mary Jane Cole

Mary Jane, daughter of Moses Cole, born December 24, 1842, in Damascus, Wayne county, Pennsylvania; married Levi Seaward (see Seaward III).

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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