Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
NameJohn Jones SEAMAN 
, M
, MBirth1839
Death1921
BurialSouthlawn Cemetery, Seymour, Wayne County, Iowa
Misc. Notes
John J. Seaman
... Seymore (IOWA) Herald Newspaper, pub. 2 JUNE 1921
JOHN JONES SEAMAN was born at New Market, Montgomery, Indiana, October 1, 1839 & Passed to the great beyond, May 30, 1921 at his home at Seymour, Iowa. His early life was spent in & around his boyhood home but when the stirring days of the Civil War came, the old home could hold him no longer.
In November of 1861 he enlisted in the Union Army & was assigned to the 40th Regiment of the IND. Infantry. For two & a half years he valiently fought in defense of his country, being wounded twice, once at the battle of Mission Ridge & again in another hard engagement. Disability coming from the effect of these wounds cause his Honorable Discharge from active service, may 3, 1864, but not until he had covered himself with glory & he had attained the rank of Corporal.
In 1865 he was married to CLARISSA ARMSTRONG, & to this union were born four childern of whom two are now living.
In 1871, feeling the west offered new advantages for the young man, he & his family came to Iowa & settled near Redfield, where they lived 32 years until 1903.
His wife died in 1874, & in 1877, on November 11, Mr. Seaman married MARY E. SHILLITO, & to this marriage six childern were born, five of whom are living.
In 1903 the family removed to Kansas, returning to Iowa in 1907 & locating near Seymour. They moved to Seymour to make their home in 1914 & have resided here ever since.
Early in his life Mr. Seaman united with the Church of Christ & remained a true & faithful member until his death & the Church & his work meant much to him. Time after time when the Church was in need he came to its rescue, not only with his means, but with his services as well. He had been a member of the official board of the Church for some years past & was still one of our trustees at the time of his death.
Besides his Church relationships which were always a pleasant topic with him, he was a member of the Wm. Kellogg Post No. 186 GAR. of their work concerening the relationship with his brethren there he was always fond of speaking. Only a few days before his death he talked of Decoration Day & the plans being made for the celebration of the day. No more will he participate in these occassions but his spirit will march on as former years. No more fitting day could have been chosen for his passing than May 30, the day he loved so well & it is indeed a strange coincidence that only two or three hours before the time reveille was wont to sound on the field he heard of the bugle call from heaven and went home.
He leaves to mourn his passing; his wife, Mary E. Seaman, seven children; Thomas H. of Minneapolis, MN., Lucretia POWELL of Glidden, Ia., Jason Seaman, Nichols, IA., Grace HALL, Ft. Scott, KS., McKinley of Seymour, IA., sister Louisa JAMES of Wash. D.C. Nineteen grandchildern; Murial & Will HOAGLAND, Clara Seaman, Muzelle & Arthur HERDENRICH of Irving, Charles I. & Afton E. POWELL, Carol & Wayne FRAKES, Iva Juanita, Phillis, Odam, Ruth, Ruth Seaman, John, Donald, Louise, Luella & Mariam Hall & one great grandchild & host of sorrowing friends & brethren who mourn with these loved ones. Funeral services were held from the Christian Church Wednesday afternoon, June 1, 1921 at 3 o'clock. Internment at South Lawn.
... Seymore (IOWA) Herald Newspaper, pub. 2 JUNE 1921
JOHN JONES SEAMAN was born at New Market, Montgomery, Indiana, October 1, 1839 & Passed to the great beyond, May 30, 1921 at his home at Seymour, Iowa. His early life was spent in & around his boyhood home but when the stirring days of the Civil War came, the old home could hold him no longer.
In November of 1861 he enlisted in the Union Army & was assigned to the 40th Regiment of the IND. Infantry. For two & a half years he valiently fought in defense of his country, being wounded twice, once at the battle of Mission Ridge & again in another hard engagement. Disability coming from the effect of these wounds cause his Honorable Discharge from active service, may 3, 1864, but not until he had covered himself with glory & he had attained the rank of Corporal.
In 1865 he was married to CLARISSA ARMSTRONG, & to this union were born four childern of whom two are now living.
In 1871, feeling the west offered new advantages for the young man, he & his family came to Iowa & settled near Redfield, where they lived 32 years until 1903.
His wife died in 1874, & in 1877, on November 11, Mr. Seaman married MARY E. SHILLITO, & to this marriage six childern were born, five of whom are living.
In 1903 the family removed to Kansas, returning to Iowa in 1907 & locating near Seymour. They moved to Seymour to make their home in 1914 & have resided here ever since.
Early in his life Mr. Seaman united with the Church of Christ & remained a true & faithful member until his death & the Church & his work meant much to him. Time after time when the Church was in need he came to its rescue, not only with his means, but with his services as well. He had been a member of the official board of the Church for some years past & was still one of our trustees at the time of his death.
Besides his Church relationships which were always a pleasant topic with him, he was a member of the Wm. Kellogg Post No. 186 GAR. of their work concerening the relationship with his brethren there he was always fond of speaking. Only a few days before his death he talked of Decoration Day & the plans being made for the celebration of the day. No more will he participate in these occassions but his spirit will march on as former years. No more fitting day could have been chosen for his passing than May 30, the day he loved so well & it is indeed a strange coincidence that only two or three hours before the time reveille was wont to sound on the field he heard of the bugle call from heaven and went home.
He leaves to mourn his passing; his wife, Mary E. Seaman, seven children; Thomas H. of Minneapolis, MN., Lucretia POWELL of Glidden, Ia., Jason Seaman, Nichols, IA., Grace HALL, Ft. Scott, KS., McKinley of Seymour, IA., sister Louisa JAMES of Wash. D.C. Nineteen grandchildern; Murial & Will HOAGLAND, Clara Seaman, Muzelle & Arthur HERDENRICH of Irving, Charles I. & Afton E. POWELL, Carol & Wayne FRAKES, Iva Juanita, Phillis, Odam, Ruth, Ruth Seaman, John, Donald, Louise, Luella & Mariam Hall & one great grandchild & host of sorrowing friends & brethren who mourn with these loved ones. Funeral services were held from the Christian Church Wednesday afternoon, June 1, 1921 at 3 o'clock. Internment at South Lawn.
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