The Family of Jonathan and Mary Ann (MILLER) SEAMAN
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I found a narrative by Nathaniel C. HUNTER on the internet.  It appears, based on the content and what I already
know, to be genuine.  The information with an * in front is taken from that narrative.  Where it disagrees with
what I already have, I have either kept both pieces of information and indicated Nathaniel's with an * or I
verified the information, cited the source and kept only the correct information.

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26__Jonathan SEAMAN
     b.  22 Jan 1799, Darkesville, Berkeley Co, VA (now WV)        
     child of:  Jonah & Catherine (SHEETS) SEAMAN
     d.  13 Jan 1868, Greenville, Bond Co, IL
     Buried:  Hazel Dell Cemetery, Greenville, Bond Co, IL
                  Go to Tombstones
     NOTE:  Courthouse on right is the Greenville Courthouse as it appeared in 
                   1984.  It dates from the time when Jonathan lived in Greenville and would     
                    have conducted business in this building.

     m2.  20 Sep 1849, Champaign Co, OH by Michael MARLEY, Minister of M.E. Church

27__Mary Ann MILLER
     b.  27 Sep 1821, New Moorefield, Clark Co, OH
     child of:  Thomas & Jane (HUNTER) MILLER
     d.  30 Sep 1872, Greenville, Bond Co, IL
     Buried:  Hazel Dell Cemetery, Greenville, Bond Co, IL    Go to Tombstones

Other Marriages:
Jonathan m1. 17 Sep 1822, Xenia, Greene Co, OH by John Sale, VDM  (p.30, Xenia OH Marriages)
26s1__Sarah Parker SMITH
     b.  18 Sep 1804
     child of:  Solomon & ? (?) SMITH
     d.  26 Jan 1847, Bellefontaine, Logan Co OH
     Buried:

Children: (9 with Sarah)
26.1  Francis Ann SEAMAN     b.  10 Mar 1853, OH    d.  Sep 1883, Bond Co, IL    
26.2  George Washington SEAMAN     b.  30 Nov 1825, Xenia, Greene Co, OH     b.  17 Nov 1897
         m.  Sarah J. GORDON
26.3  Lewis Sheets SEAMAN     b.  21 Apr 1828     d.  Oct 1903
26.4  Sarah Eliza SEAMAN     b.  29 Nov 1830
26.5  James Francis SEAMAN     b.  26 Feb 1834     d.  24 Feb 1853    Go to Tombstones
26.6  Albert SEAMAN     b.  22 Oct 1836     d.  20 Apr 1906
26.7  Francis May SEAMAN     b.  11 May 1840     d.  1842
26.8  Mary Louise SEAMAN     b.  17 Jun 1842     d.  20 Oct 1870
26.9  Joseph Oliver SEAMAN     b.  24 Jun 1844     d.  9 Sep 1918  
         Resided Shelbyville, IL 1918

Children: (5 with Mary Ann)
26.10  Frances Ann SEAMAN     b. 10 Mar 1850     d.  9 Dec 1883, Greenville, Bond Co, IL
           Buried:  Hazel Dell Cemetery, Greenville, Bond Co, IL (2 1/2 m. N. of Greenville)
           m.  17 Sep 1873, Louis S. HUBBARD (*Hobert)    b.  Jan 1844, Bond Co, IL        Resided Greenville, Bond Co, IL  1879
                 child of:  Thomas (1815-1850) & Ann (1821-1850) (?) HUBBARD
           Louis S. HUBBARD may have remarried (Francis was only 33 when she died).  No grave
           was found for Louis in Hazel Dell Cemetery.    Go to Tombstones
           *Children:  Earl S. HUBBARD (*HOBART)     b.  1875, Bond Co, IL
                             m. *Greenville, Bond Co, IL  ? (?)
                             Children:  *1
26.11  Jonathan SEAMAN     b.  5 Oct 1851, Greenville, Bond Co, IL     d.  14 Sep 1917, Greenville, Bond Co, IL
26.12  Catharine SEAMAN     b.  16 Nov 1854, Greenville, Bond Co, IL     d.  14 Feb 1914, Wellington, Sumner Co, KS 
           m.  14 Jan 1875, Bond Co, IL      Henry *Clay ARMSTRONG     b.  17 Sep 1858    d.  Wellington, Sumner Co, KS             
           Children:  Edgar ARMSTRONG
                          Charles ARMSTRONG
26.13  Anna Jane SEAMAN     b.  26 May 1857 (*24 May 1860)     d.  18 Oct 1929 (See #12/13)
26.14  Elvira SEAMAN     b.  24 May 1860, IL     d.  28 Nov 1883, Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co, KS     
           m.  28 Nov 1883      Gideon E. FINLEY     b.  12 Apr 1857, PA   d.  1924, Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co, KS  
           Children:  Edgar Hugh FINLEY     b.  1884, Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co, KS     d.  1931, Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co, KS
                           Buried:  Prairie Grove Cemetery, Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co, KS
                           m.  Blanche Elizabeth WEST    b.  6 Nov 1883    d.  1 Mar 1979, Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co, KS
                                 Buried:  Prairie Grove Cemetery, Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co, KS
                                 child of:  Asahel McGee (1847-1923) & Ann Amelia (1851-1919) (TALBOT) WEST
                           Children:  Edgar S. FINLEY    b.  7 Sep 1913    d.  4 Nov 1993, Seattle, King Co, WA   Buried:  Edmonds Memorial Cemetery, Snohomish Co, WA
                                          m.  Elizabeth M. ?    b.  4 Oct 1913    d.  5 Oct 1999   Buried:  Edmonds Memorial Cemetery, Snohomish Co, WA
                                          Harold West FINLEY    b.  22 Apr 1915, KS    d.  7 Oct 1997  
                                          Buried:  Mt. Angeles Memorial Park, Port Angeles, Clallam Co, WA (Plot:  Garden of John)
                                          m.  Helen B. BUENNNING    b.  25 Oct 1916, KS    d.  3 Jun 1986, Port Angeles, Clallam Co, WA
                                                Buried:  Mt. Angeles Memorial Park, Port Angeles, Clallam Co, WA  (Plot:  Garden of John) 
                                                child of:  Lorenz Henry (1886-1961) & Eva (193-1986) (MOHLER) BUENNING
                                          Margaret Eileen FINLEY    b.  25 Jun 1920, Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co, KS   d.  17 Sep 1999, Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS
                                          Ruth A. FINLEY    b.  c1925
                          Eula R. FINLEY    b.  Jan 1886, KS
                          Ruby M. FINLEY    b.  Mar 1895, KS

Synopsis: 

• 1984, Deb & Dale MORROW located graves in Greenville, IL

• Xenia, Greene Co, OH Court records show Jonathan Seaman involved in a riot.

• Crichton Book says Jonathan and Mary Ann moved from Bellefontaine, OH to Greenville, IL in 1851

• History of Clinton Co, 1882, p. 371:  Allen TRIMBLE was elected Governor over John W. CAMPBELL; Isaiah MORRIS was beaten for Congress by William RUSSELL, in the Clinton District; Samuel H. HALE, of Wilmington, was elected tot he State Senate, the opposing candidates being Isaac COLLETT, John ALEXANDER and Jonathan SEAMANS. (1828 elections)

• Illustriana Kansas by Sara Mullin BALDWIN and Robert Morton BALDWIN, 1933, p. 42.  ARMSTRONG, Henry Clay.  Henry Clay ARMSTRONG, president of the Southern Kansas Mutual Insurance Company, was born in Troy, Ohio, September 17, 1848, and for 54 years has resided in Kansas.  His father, John Snider ARMSTRONG, who was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, June 30, 1806, died in Greenville, Illinois, June 20, 1880.  his wife, Priscilla DYE, was born in Troy, Ohio, July 12, 1818, and died in Greenville, Illinois, March 31, 1879.  Henry Clay ARMSTRONG was a student two years at the State Normal School at Normal, Illinois.  After leaving school, for a period of about 25 years, Mr. ARMSTRONG engaged in farming.  Since that time he has been in the fire and wind insurance business, and for the past three years has held his present position.  On January 14, 1875, he was married to Catherine SEAMAN at Greenville.  She was born there on November 16, 1854, and died at Wellington, March 14, 1914.  To Mr. and Mrs. ARMSTRONG the following children were born, Nellie, March 23, 1876, who died the same day; H. Edgar, December 30, 1877, who married Ette JORDAN, who died at Crescent, Oklahoma, March 11, 1918; he later married Annie WILLIAMS; and Charles W., born August 7, 1887, who married Annie G. RUTHERFORD.  Edgar is a mechanic at Wellington, and Charles W. a truck line operator in Wellington.  There are five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.  Mr. ARMSTRONG is a Republican.  At the present time he is a member of the official board of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Wellington.  His club is the Wellington Horseshoe Club.  Residence:  Wellington.

Source:  Seamans in America; Dale and Deborah Morrow

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JONATHAN AND MARY ANN (MILLER) SEAMAN RESEARCH RECORD

BIRTH/BAPTISM/PARENTS/CHILDREN RECORDS

DEATH/OBITUARY/CEMETERY RECORDS

MARRIAGE/DIVORCE RECORDS

FAMILY BIBLE/RELIGION AFFILIATIONS RECORDS

EMPLOYMENT/MILITARY/ORGANIZATIONS RECORDS

WILL/ESTATE/DEEDS/COURT RECORDS

CENSUS/CITY DIRECTORIES/TAX LIST RECORDS

MIGRATION/CHRONOLOGY/MAP REFERENCE RECORDS

INTERVIEW/ARTIFACTS RECORDS

WRITINGS/HISTORIES/NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINE RECORDS

END OF RESEARCH RECORD

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26.9__Joseph Oliver SEAMAN     
     b.  24 Jun 1844     
     child of:  Jonathan & Sarah Parker (SMITH) SEAMAN
     d.  9 Sep 1918, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IL
     Buried:  Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IL

     m.

26.9s__Sarah Francis DURBAN
     b.  29 May 1850
     child of:
     d.  5 May 1922
     Buried:  ?  (Grave not located with Joseph - may have remarried)

Other Marriages:

Children:

Synopsis:

Source:  Seamans in America; Dale and Deborah Morrow

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26.11__Jonathan SEAMAN     
     b.  5 Oct 1851, *Greenville, Bond Co, IL     
     child of:  Jonathan & Mary Ann (MILLER) SEAMAN
     d.  14 Sep 1917
     Buried:  Mount Rose Cemetery, Greenville, Bond Co, IL    
                  Go to Tombstones

     m.  *15 Dec 1874

26.11s__*Marie B. (Mary E?) OWENS   
     b.  30 Dec 1850, Wilmot, Kenosha Co, WI
     child of:  E.J. & C. (?) OWENS
     d.  22 Sep 1880, Greenville, Bond Co, IL
     Buried:  Mount Rose Cemetery, Greenville, Bond Co, IL  Go to Tombstones

Other Marriages:
Jonathan m. 2d  15 Feb 1883 (*1887)
26.11s2__Jennie HULL 
     b.  9 Aug 1854
     child of:
     d.  31 Mar 1917
     Buried:  Mount Rose Cemetery, Greenville, Bond Co, IL   Go to Tombstones

Children (with Marie):
26.11a  *Albert Owen SEAMAN     b.  7 Feb 1878
Children (with Jennie):
26.11b  *J. Ralph SEAMAN     b.  23 May 1893

Synopsis: 

• *In 1905, Albert was a First Lieutenant in the 15th Infantry, U.S. Army

NOTE:  House on the right is Jonathan's house in Greenville, IL, 1984

Street below is the street in Greenville, 1984, where Jonathan's hardware store was located.

Source:  Seamans in America; Dale and Deborah Morrow; IL Marriage Records On-Line at http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html

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26.12__Catharine SEAMAN    
     b.  16 Nov 1854, Greenville, Bond Co, IL    
     child of:  Jonathan & Mary Ann (MILLER) SEAMAN
     d.  14 Feb 1914, Wellington, Sumner Co, KS 
     Buried:

     m.  14 Jan 1875, Greenville, Bond Co, IL     

26.12s__Henry *Clay ARMSTRONG    
     b.  17 Sep 1848, Troy, Miami Co, OH
     child of:  John Snider (1806-1880) & Priscilla (1818-1879) (DYE) ARMSTRONG
     d.  Wellington, Sumner Co, KS
     Buried:

Other Marriages:

Children:
26.12a  Nellie ARMSTRONG     b.  23 Mar 1876     d.  23 Mar 1876 
26.12b  H. Edgar ARMSTRONG     b. 30 Dec 1877
             m1.  Ette JORDAN     b.      d. 11 Mar 1918, Crescent, Logan Co, OK
             m2.  Annie WILLIAMS
26.12b  Charles W. ARMSTRONG    b.  7 Aug 1887
             m.  Annie G. RUTHERFORD

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