Name: eacrab -- Seward

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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Anna "A" SEWARD: Birth: DEC 1862 in IL or IN. Death: 25 MAY 1917 in near Sedgwick, KS

  2. Amy "E" SEWARD: Birth: 17 DEC 1864 in IN. Death: unknown

  3. Florida "M" SEWARD: Birth: 22 NOV 1866 in IN. Death: 20 DEC 1932

  4. Ida SEWARD: Birth: 19 MAY 1869 in IL. Death: AFT 1948

  5. Freeman Watson SEWARD: Birth: 14 MAR 1872 in Milford, Iroquois Co., IL. Death: 10 OCT 1948 in Glencoe Township, Butler Co., KS

  6. Elmer Hix SEWARD: Birth: 19 FEB 1875 in IL. Death: 20 JUN 1884 in Leon, Butler Co., KS

  7. Peter Watson SEWARD: Birth: 5 JUL 1878 in KS. Death: AFT 1948


Sources
1. Title:   Cemeteries of Butler Co., Kansas Vol. 4
Page:   p. 36
Author:   Corrine Afton
Publication:   P. O. Box 103, Benton, KS 67017, 1989
2. Title:   "Mrs. Seward Dies; Victim of Tornado"
Publication:   El Dorado, KS: "Walnut Valley Times," Thursday, May 31, 1917, p. 2,Volume XXXL, Number 11474.
3. Title:   1880 U.S. Census, Ford Co., KS (Wheatland Township), ED381, sheet 3,family 23, lines 16-24 (family of W. C. Seward), National ArchivesMicrofilm Roll 381.
4. Title:   1870 U.S. Census, Iroquois Co., IL (Milford Township), p. 10, dwelling71, family 70, lines 16-23, (family of W. C. Seward), NationalArchives Microfilm Roll 231.
5. Title:   1900 U.S. Census, Harvey Co., KS ( Sedgwick Township), sheet 12, ED92, dwelling 284, family 284, lines 77-80 (family of Rebecca Seward),National Archives Microfilm Roll 371.

Notes
a. Note:   Afton, 1992, p. 36.
Note:   Birthdate Source: Cemeteries of Butler Co., Kansas Vol. 4, by Corrine
b. Note:   "Mrs. Seward Dies; Victim of Tornado Wichita, Kan., May 31.--Mrs. Rebecca Seward, another victim of lastweek's storm, died at the Axtell hospital, Newton, at 7 o'clockyesterday evening.
  She was the mother of Mrs. Markes who was killed instantly in thetornado. The funeral of Mrs. Seward and Mrs. Markes, will take placeat 2:30 Thursday afternoon at the Christian church at Leon. Theburial will be in Quito cemetery.
  On account of the hopeless nature of Mrs. Seward's injuries, theburial of Mrs. Markes was delayed so that a double funeral might beheld. Mrs. Seward was 76 years of age." (Source: El Dorado, KS,"Walnut Valley Times," Thursday, May 31, 1917, p. 2, Volume XXXL,Number 11474.)
 
c. Note:   Sedgwick Township of Harvey County, KS. Rebecca is 59, born Feb 1841in Illinois, and she is renting a house. Edward and Ida Stricklandand their son are living with Rebecca. Ida is Rebecca and Watson'sdaughter, but in the relationship column Rebecca lists all three ofher relatives as boarders. Ida is 31, born May 1869 in IL, and themother of 1 child. Ida has been married 8 years to Edward Strickland,who is 31, born May 1869 in IL, and lists his occupation as a laborerin a lumber yard. Paul W. is their three-year old son born Aug 1896in Kansas.
 
Note:   In 1900, Rebecca is divorced from Watson Clark and is living in

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