John Silas Seaton (1827 - 1910)

Born 8 Sep 1827 in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Jun 1910 at age 82 in Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States

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Biography

John Silas Seaton was born on 8 September 1827, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. His father was Richard Seaton, and his mother, Eleanor (Mundell) Seaton. He married Sarah Jane Vickers on 1 May 1856, in Adams, Illinois, United States. ^[1] They were the parents of 1 son and 1 daughter. John's wife passes away after just 9 years of marriage, then 5 years following, he married Melissa Lavinia Bull on 26 October 1865, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. ^{[2] [3]} They were the parents of 2 sons and 2 daughters, the second dying in infancy. He lived in Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States for about 50 years. He died on 7 June 1910, at the age of 82, ^[4] and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States. ^[5]

Published Obituary

Camp Point, Ill., June 8---

John Silas Seaton, a pioneer citizen of Camp Point, passed away at the family home last evening at 6 o'clock, his death being due to cancer, which developed on the side of his head some two years ago. He had sustained one operation, which gave him temporary relief, but his condition has grown steadily worsen, until death gave him merciful release. Mr. Seaton was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, Sept. 8th, 1827, the son of Richard and Eleanor (Mundell) Seaton. His parents emigrated from there to Illinois, coming here Oct. 11th, 1835, their family then consisting of Kenner, John, and James, Margaret and Rebecca, and the children's aged grandmother, Jane Seaton, who died the following year, and whose burial was the first to take place in what is now Pleasant View churchyard. The youngest child Richard was born in December following the families arrival. The first home was a substantial log cabin built without nails, and not quite completed when the family arrived. in 1853, the brothers, John and James journey across the plains by ox teams and saddled horses to the Pacific coast. Returning by way of he Isthmus of Panama, Gulf of Mexico, then up the Mississippi River. The trip was undertaken for the benefit of James health. James contacted Panama fever, from the effects of which he died the following year. On may 1st 1856, John Seaton was married to Sarah Jane Vickers, whose only surviving brother Howard Vickers is now a resident of Burton township. to this union two children were born, a daughter, now Mrs. A.L. Horner, and a son James M., who lives on a farm adjoining, his fathers. Mrs. Seaton died Nov. 24th 1860. On Oct 25, 1865, Mr. Seaton was married to Melissa L. Bull of Cleveland, Ohio. whose father , the late Norman A. Bull, was a cousin to Lorenzo and C.H. Bull of Quincy. Two children were born to this marriage. a son, Alfred., of Camp Point, and a daughter who died in infancy a few months after her mother's death which occurred on March 11th, 1870. Besides the daughter and two sons there survives four grand children. Mrs. Henry L. Myers of Fowler; Mrs. Warren H. Hoke of Denver, Col., and Miss Kathryn L. Horner and John S. Seaton Jr. of Camp Point.

Excerpts, The Quincy Daily Journal, Wednesday, June 08, 1910

Source: Mickey DOWNING ^[5]

Residence

• "United States Census, 1860" ^[6]
• "United States Census, 1870" ^[7]
• "United States Census, 1880," ^[8]
• "United States Census, 1880," ^[9]
• "United States Census, 1900", ^[10]
• "United States Census, 1910," ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2TJ-8H4 : 19 February 2021), John S Seaton and Sarah Jane Vickers, 1856; citing Adams, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,870,158.
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X859-3XP : 29 September 2021), John S. Seaton and Melissa Bull, 1865.
3. ↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDF2-7WG : 25 March 2020), John S. Seaton, 1865.
4. ↑ "Illinois, Adams County, Card Index to Deaths, 1877-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQL-LNL1 : 16 March 2018), John Silas Seaton, 07 Jun 1910; citing Death, Adams, Illinois, United States, Adams County Courthouse, Quincy; FHL microfilm 1,838,685.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31892889/john-silas-seaton: accessed 06 October 2022), memorial page for John Silas Seaton (8 Sep 1827–7 Jun 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31892889, citing Pleasant View Cemetery, Clayton Township, Adams County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Shirley Gaunt Lindley (contributor 46910862) .
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4L-F2M : 18 February 2021), John Seaton, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64W-Q9X : 29 May 2021), John S Seaton, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXF1-JDN : 13 January 2022), John S. Seaton, Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXF1-VN4 : 13 January 2022), Leed Seaton in household of John S. Seaton, Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS91-BHY : 12 January 2022), John S Seaton in entry for Albert L Horner, 1900.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4T-YJN : accessed 7 October 2022), John S Seaton in household of Albert L Harner, Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "Family Tree," database; data and images:" entry for, John Silas Seaton, (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9Q48-Q7W), Accessed 2022. Contributed by various users.