William Aaron Seaver, Sr
1840 - 1926-
Name William Aaron Seaver, Sr Suffix Sr Born 16 Apr 1840 Lancaster Co., PA 
Gender Male Died 25 Apr 1926 Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS Person ID I252 Seaver-Bilyeu-Lowell Last Modified 19 Jan 2010
Father David Seaver, Sr, b. May 1810, Dickinson Twp, Cumberland Co., PA , d. 17 Jul 1891, Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS Mother Margret Ann Helm, b. 09 Feb 1811, Cumberland Co., PA , d. 23 Feb 1892, Scott Twp, Bourbon Co., KS Documents 
Map: Scott Twp, Bourbon Co., KS, 1878
A portion of Scott Township in Bourbon Co., KS, showing many of the Seaver farms. Hover the mouse over a name and click to go to those individual pages.
For reference, the eastern edge of Ft Scott is to the left, and old Highway 54 is the road running through the middle of Sections 29 - 25. The extreme right boundary is the Kansas-Missouri border.
The house marked Mrs P Eddleman in Section 27 is the former schoolhouse that W.A. Seaver taught at. It was in the SE corner of where Lath Branch Cemetery is now. After the new schoolhouse (School No.54) was built in 1871, the old building was sold to the Eddlemans for something like $60.
The P. Riley farm in Section 26 was bought by the Hamiltons; later Roy & Mettie (Hamilton) Seaver lived there.Family ID F085 Group Sheet
Family Francis Elnora Shannon, b. 1848, IL , d. 1 Jan 1935 Married 10 Apr 1864 Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS Children 1. William Aaron Seaver, Jr, b. 31 Dec 1864, Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS , d. 26 Apr 1870, Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS 2. Caroline (Carrie) Helen Seaver, b. 13 Jan 1867, d. 18 Sep 1868 > 3. Minnie Elnora Seaver, b. 19 May 1869, d. 12 May 1954 > 4. Sylvester F. Seaver, b. 27 Jun 1871, d. 1953 > 5. Oliver E. Seaver, b. 31 Jul 1873, d. 19 Jul 1917 > 6. Mary Margaret Seaver, b. 22 Sep 1875, d. 1958 > 7. Ira Wintford Seaver, b. 20 Dec 1877, KS , d. 2 Aug 1958, Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS > 8. Etta G Seaver, b. 10 Mar 1878, Scott Twp, Bourbon Co., KS , d. Feb 1944Last Modified 23 Aug 2010 Family ID F083 Group Sheet
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Born - 16 Apr 1840 - Lancaster Co., PA 
Married - 10 Apr 1864 - Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS Died - 25 Apr 1926 - Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS 
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William Aaron Seaver, Sr's obituary
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William Aaron Seaver's grave
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Notes - Around 1869, he hauled freight from Kansas City into Ft Scott before there was a railroad. Before there were public schools in KS, he ran a subscription school in a 1-room log schoolhouse where Lath Branch Cemetary is now located. After public schools, hewas one of the first teachers in Kansas to draw public school money. At one time, he owned a clothing store with his father-in-law on N. Main St in Ft Scott. He also had a grocery store on E. Wall St across the street west from the present YMCA.
(The following was copied from the original newspaper clipping in the possession of
Roy Seaver in 1970)
W. A. SEAVER DEAD
Resident of This County 71 years Died yesterday--
Funeral to be Tomorrow.
Will Seaver died at the family home six and one-half miles east of Fort Scott at 1:50
Sunday afternoon. He had long suffered with bronchial asthma and had been practically
bedfast for ten years,
Mr. Seaver or "Grandpa" as he was generally known, was born April 16, 1840 in Lancaster,
Pa.,and departed this life April 25, 1926, He was a pioneer of Kansas, having come to this
state with his parents, David and Margaret Seaver, in 1855. He settled in Bourbon county,
near where Stuart's dam is, and had lived here continuously since in the Lath Branch
neighborhood.
He was married to Fannie E. Shannon April 10, 1864, and to this union were born nine
children. He celebrated his 62nd wedding anniversary April 10, 1926,
He became a member of the M. E. church early in life but later affiliated with the
First Christian church. He was one of the first school teachers to draw a salary in the
State of Kansas. In an early day he conducted a store on the corner of First street and
Scott ave., known as Shannon & Seaver Mercantile Store.
He also freighted between Fort Leavenworth, Kansas City and Fort Scott for some time.
He served thirteen years as Scott township trustee.
He is survived by his widow, Fannie E. and the following children: Mrs. Minnie
Leppleman, S. F. Seaver, J. W. Seaver, Mrs. Margaret Fairman, Mrs. Etta Crosby, C.B. Seaver,
William A.Jr., and Carrie E,, deceased, died in infancy and O. E. Seaver died July 19,1917.
He is also survived by eighteen grand-children and eleven great grandchildren,
He also leaved three brothers, G. W. Seaver and D. H. Seaver of Fort Scott, and James
Seaver of Fresno, Calif., and one sister, Margaret Hulse of Stockton, Calif.
The funeral will be held from the family home Tuesday at 2 p.m., conducted by
Rev. J. R. Babb of the Christian church. Burial in Lath Branch cemetery,
- Around 1869, he hauled freight from Kansas City into Ft Scott before there was a railroad. Before there were public schools in KS, he ran a subscription school in a 1-room log schoolhouse where Lath Branch Cemetary is now located. After public schools, hewas one of the first teachers in Kansas to draw public school money. At one time, he owned a clothing store with his father-in-law on N. Main St in Ft Scott. He also had a grocery store on E. Wall St across the street west from the present YMCA.