Name: eacrab -- Seward

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1. Title:   History of Butler County
2. Title:   "Obadiah Seward of Long Island, New York and his Descendants"
Page:   p. 286
Author:   Frederick Whittlesey Seward, Jr.
Publication:   Press of the Independent Republican, Goshen NY, 1948
3. Title:   Cemeteries of Butler Co., Kansas Vol. 4
Page:   p. 36
Author:   Corrine Afton
Publication:   P. O. Box 103, Benton, KS 67017, 1989
4. Title:   "Mrs. Seward Dies; Victim of Tornado"
Publication:   El Dorado, KS: "Walnut Valley Times," Thursday, May 31, 1917, p. 2,Volume XXXL, Number 11474.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Title:   Marriages Records Book C 1881-1885 Butler County, Kansas
Page:   p. 37
Author:   Mrs. Bruce Logan, Mrs. M. J. Long, Miss Edith Chesney

Notes
a. Note:   in 1880, the Kansas census lists her birthplace in Illinois. Moreresearch needs to be done on this.
Note:   In 1870, the Illinois census lists Anna's birthplace as Indiana. But
b. Note:   headling "Summary of Cyclone Disaster Staggering" on the front page.Among those listed dead near Sedgwick was "Mrs. Markes, 40, residing amile and a half east of Sedgwick, neck broken."
  Then on Monday, May 28, 1917 the following was found on p. 3 of the"Walnut Valley Times," Volume XXXL, Number 11472.
  "Leon Contributes Victims to Tornado
  Mrs. J. W. Markes, who was killed in the Andale tornado Fridayafternoon, was a sister of Freeman W. Seward, who lives in Glencoetownship northeast of Keighley.
  Mrs. S. E. Seward who was seriously injured and now is in a Newtonhospital was Mr. Seward's mother. It is reported Mr. Markes also wasseriously injured and is in the hospital. The Markes family formerlylived a short distance east of Leon and moved to within one and a halfmiles of Sedgwick about six weeks ago.
  The body of Mrs. Markes will arrive in Leon Monday evening. Thefuneral will be held in Leon Tuesday and burial will be in Leoncemetery."
Note:   On Saturday, May 26, 1917, the "Walnut Valley Times" reported the
c. Note:   a Newton hospital a few days after Anna died. According to the"Walnut Valley Times" edition on Thursday, May 31, 1917, "the burialof Mrs. Markes was delayed so that a double funeral might be held."The funeral of Anna and her mother took place Thursday afternoon at2:30 at the Christian church at Leon.
 
Note:   Anna's mother, Rebecca Seward, died from injuries from the tornado in
d. Note:   Anna and DeWitt were married by G. W. Churchill.

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