Daughter of Capt. Joshua Jennings Rowles and Harriet Donaldson. She was married to John Swan Seaton on Nov. 26, 1846 in Baltimore County, Maryland. She and John were the parents of William D. (b. 1848 in Maryland), Mary Ella (b. abt. 1852 in Maryland, she married a Mr. Mawson who died before 1880), Lizzie Bell (b. 1855 in Maryland), John Hamilton (b. abt. 1858 in NE), Charles F. (b. 1860 in NE), Allien "Lillie" (b. 1864 in NE), and Leonora "Norah" (b. abt. 1867 in NE).
In the mid 1850's a store called Seaton & Rowles was located on Main Street in Bellevue, Nebraska. An advertisement listed in the Bellevue Gazette on November 13, 1856 states that the store was "one of the largest, cheapest, and best selected stock of goods ever opened in the city." The store sold groceries, hardware, stoveware, clothing, and shoes among other things.
Omaha Daily Bee, February 2, 1916, Page 2:
Mrs. Mary E. Seaton, aged 88 years, a resident of Bellevue since 1854, died of old age at the home of her children, 4713 North Thirty-ninth street. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 9 o'clock this morning, with interment at Bellevue. She is survived by two sons, J. J. Sedlar of Omaha and Charles F. Sedlar of Washington, and two daughters, Lena Seaton of Omaha and Mrs. Alfred Smith of Fairmont. [Note: Sedlar may have been a misspelling by the newspaper.]
Omaha Daily Bee, February 2, 1916, Page 8:
SEATON - Mrs. Mary E., aged 88 years, widow of John S. Seaton, at the residence of her son, John H. Seaton, 4713 North Thirty-ninth street. Funeral from Brailey and Dorrance's chapel, Nineteenth and Cuming, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Friends invited. Omit flowers. Interment Bellevue, Neb.
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JOHN S. SEATON, merchant, was born September 12, 1823 at Union Town, Pa., and located here in 1855, coming from Baltimore, where he was engaged in the dry goods business for about thirteen years. He was one of the company of the firm of Slingluff, Devries & Co., wholesale dry goods merchants. In August, 1855, came to Bellevue, Nebraska and engaged in the saw mill business for about six months. Then opened up a store there of general merchandise, and after two years sold the business and went to farming in Sarpy County, until the war broke out, he then enlisted as a private in the summer of 1861 in the First Regiment of Nebraska Volunteers under Col. Thayer and Lieut. Col. Downs. Was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth and several skirmishes, and in 1864 was ordered by the War Department to the plains, and was stage guard for Benjamin Holliday's mail, and was engaged in many battles with the Indians, and was mustered out of service July 1, 1868. Then went into abstracting titles of land for the Western Land Company for a short time, and in the fall of 1866 was appointed trader for the Omaha Indians, and in February, 1869 sold out, and in 1873 was appointed land agent by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, was agent for about six years. He then went into the grocery business. Married November 26, 1846 to Mary E. Rowles in Baltimore, who was born there. They have five children, Lizzie Ella now married, Charles, John H., Allen and Nora. He is a member of Masonic Order, Adherence Lodge No. 88, Baltimore, as Royal Arch. Also Member of I. O. O. F., And K. of P.
Source: Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska
In the mid 1850's a store called Seaton & Rowles was located on Main Street in Bellevue, Nebraska. An advertisement listed in the Bellevue Gazette on November 13, 1856 states that the store was "one of the largest, cheapest, and best selected stock of goods ever opened in the city." The store sold groceries, hardware, stoveware, clothing, and shoes among other things.
Omaha Daily Bee, February 2, 1916, Page 2:
Mrs. Mary E. Seaton, aged 88 years, a resident of Bellevue since 1854, died of old age at the home of her children, 4713 North Thirty-ninth street. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 9 o'clock this morning, with interment at Bellevue. She is survived by two sons, J. J. Sedlar of Omaha and Charles F. Sedlar of Washington, and two daughters, Lena Seaton of Omaha and Mrs. Alfred Smith of Fairmont. [Note: Sedlar may have been a misspelling by the newspaper.]
Omaha Daily Bee, February 2, 1916, Page 8:
SEATON - Mrs. Mary E., aged 88 years, widow of John S. Seaton, at the residence of her son, John H. Seaton, 4713 North Thirty-ninth street. Funeral from Brailey and Dorrance's chapel, Nineteenth and Cuming, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Friends invited. Omit flowers. Interment Bellevue, Neb.
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JOHN S. SEATON, merchant, was born September 12, 1823 at Union Town, Pa., and located here in 1855, coming from Baltimore, where he was engaged in the dry goods business for about thirteen years. He was one of the company of the firm of Slingluff, Devries & Co., wholesale dry goods merchants. In August, 1855, came to Bellevue, Nebraska and engaged in the saw mill business for about six months. Then opened up a store there of general merchandise, and after two years sold the business and went to farming in Sarpy County, until the war broke out, he then enlisted as a private in the summer of 1861 in the First Regiment of Nebraska Volunteers under Col. Thayer and Lieut. Col. Downs. Was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth and several skirmishes, and in 1864 was ordered by the War Department to the plains, and was stage guard for Benjamin Holliday's mail, and was engaged in many battles with the Indians, and was mustered out of service July 1, 1868. Then went into abstracting titles of land for the Western Land Company for a short time, and in the fall of 1866 was appointed trader for the Omaha Indians, and in February, 1869 sold out, and in 1873 was appointed land agent by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, was agent for about six years. He then went into the grocery business. Married November 26, 1846 to Mary E. Rowles in Baltimore, who was born there. They have five children, Lizzie Ella now married, Charles, John H., Allen and Nora. He is a member of Masonic Order, Adherence Lodge No. 88, Baltimore, as Royal Arch. Also Member of I. O. O. F., And K. of P.
Source: Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska
Daughter of Capt. Joshua Jennings Rowles and Harriet Donaldson. She was married to John Swan Seaton on Nov. 26, 1846 in Baltimore County, Maryland. She and John were the parents of William D. (b. 1848 in Maryland), Mary Ella (b. abt. 1852 in Maryland, she married a Mr. Mawson who died before 1880), Lizzie Bell (b. 1855 in Maryland), John Hamilton (b. abt. 1858 in NE), Charles F. (b. 1860 in NE), Allien "Lillie" (b. 1864 in NE), and Leonora "Norah" (b. abt. 1867 in NE).
In the mid 1850's a store called Seaton & Rowles was located on Main Street in Bellevue, Nebraska. An advertisement listed in the Bellevue Gazette on November 13, 1856 states that the store was "one of the largest, cheapest, and best selected stock of goods ever opened in the city." The store sold groceries, hardware, stoveware, clothing, and shoes among other things.
Omaha Daily Bee, February 2, 1916, Page 2:
Mrs. Mary E. Seaton, aged 88 years, a resident of Bellevue since 1854, died of old age at the home of her children, 4713 North Thirty-ninth street. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 9 o'clock this morning, with interment at Bellevue. She is survived by two sons, J. J. Sedlar of Omaha and Charles F. Sedlar of Washington, and two daughters, Lena Seaton of Omaha and Mrs. Alfred Smith of Fairmont. [Note: Sedlar may have been a misspelling by the newspaper.]
Omaha Daily Bee, February 2, 1916, Page 8:
SEATON - Mrs. Mary E., aged 88 years, widow of John S. Seaton, at the residence of her son, John H. Seaton, 4713 North Thirty-ninth street. Funeral from Brailey and Dorrance's chapel, Nineteenth and Cuming, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Friends invited. Omit flowers. Interment Bellevue, Neb.
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Information about her husband:
JOHN S. SEATON, merchant, was born September 12, 1823 at Union Town, Pa., and located here in 1855, coming from Baltimore, where he was engaged in the dry goods business for about thirteen years. He was one of the company of the firm of Slingluff, Devries & Co., wholesale dry goods merchants. In August, 1855, came to Bellevue, Nebraska and engaged in the saw mill business for about six months. Then opened up a store there of general merchandise, and after two years sold the business and went to farming in Sarpy County, until the war broke out, he then enlisted as a private in the summer of 1861 in the First Regiment of Nebraska Volunteers under Col. Thayer and Lieut. Col. Downs. Was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth and several skirmishes, and in 1864 was ordered by the War Department to the plains, and was stage guard for Benjamin Holliday's mail, and was engaged in many battles with the Indians, and was mustered out of service July 1, 1868. Then went into abstracting titles of land for the Western Land Company for a short time, and in the fall of 1866 was appointed trader for the Omaha Indians, and in February, 1869 sold out, and in 1873 was appointed land agent by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, was agent for about six years. He then went into the grocery business. Married November 26, 1846 to Mary E. Rowles in Baltimore, who was born there. They have five children, Lizzie Ella now married, Charles, John H., Allen and Nora. He is a member of Masonic Order, Adherence Lodge No. 88, Baltimore, as Royal Arch. Also Member of I. O. O. F., And K. of P.
Source: Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska
In the mid 1850's a store called Seaton & Rowles was located on Main Street in Bellevue, Nebraska. An advertisement listed in the Bellevue Gazette on November 13, 1856 states that the store was "one of the largest, cheapest, and best selected stock of goods ever opened in the city." The store sold groceries, hardware, stoveware, clothing, and shoes among other things.
Omaha Daily Bee, February 2, 1916, Page 2:
Mrs. Mary E. Seaton, aged 88 years, a resident of Bellevue since 1854, died of old age at the home of her children, 4713 North Thirty-ninth street. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 9 o'clock this morning, with interment at Bellevue. She is survived by two sons, J. J. Sedlar of Omaha and Charles F. Sedlar of Washington, and two daughters, Lena Seaton of Omaha and Mrs. Alfred Smith of Fairmont. [Note: Sedlar may have been a misspelling by the newspaper.]
Omaha Daily Bee, February 2, 1916, Page 8:
SEATON - Mrs. Mary E., aged 88 years, widow of John S. Seaton, at the residence of her son, John H. Seaton, 4713 North Thirty-ninth street. Funeral from Brailey and Dorrance's chapel, Nineteenth and Cuming, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Friends invited. Omit flowers. Interment Bellevue, Neb.
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Information about her husband:
JOHN S. SEATON, merchant, was born September 12, 1823 at Union Town, Pa., and located here in 1855, coming from Baltimore, where he was engaged in the dry goods business for about thirteen years. He was one of the company of the firm of Slingluff, Devries & Co., wholesale dry goods merchants. In August, 1855, came to Bellevue, Nebraska and engaged in the saw mill business for about six months. Then opened up a store there of general merchandise, and after two years sold the business and went to farming in Sarpy County, until the war broke out, he then enlisted as a private in the summer of 1861 in the First Regiment of Nebraska Volunteers under Col. Thayer and Lieut. Col. Downs. Was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth and several skirmishes, and in 1864 was ordered by the War Department to the plains, and was stage guard for Benjamin Holliday's mail, and was engaged in many battles with the Indians, and was mustered out of service July 1, 1868. Then went into abstracting titles of land for the Western Land Company for a short time, and in the fall of 1866 was appointed trader for the Omaha Indians, and in February, 1869 sold out, and in 1873 was appointed land agent by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, was agent for about six years. He then went into the grocery business. Married November 26, 1846 to Mary E. Rowles in Baltimore, who was born there. They have five children, Lizzie Ella now married, Charles, John H., Allen and Nora. He is a member of Masonic Order, Adherence Lodge No. 88, Baltimore, as Royal Arch. Also Member of I. O. O. F., And K. of P.
Source: Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska
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