d/Samuel & Nancy Jackman Seaton
siblings: Margaret Ann Seaton Keller, buried in Spring Hill Cemetery Columbiana County, Ohio, Thomas Seaton/Seetin, Mary, Catherine and John
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth seetin takes from our midst one of our oldest settlers. Elizabeth Jane Seaton was born near Stubenville, Carroll County, Ohio, September 5, 1845, the youngest of the six children of Samuel and Nancy Seaton. She came to Kansas in November, 1869, from Missouri, where she had been visiting relatives and spent some time at the home of her uncle, Thomas Seetin, one of the pioneer settlers of Douglas County. On May 5, 1870, she was married to Samuel Seetin, son of Thomas Seetin, on a steamboat at Leavenworth, Kansas. Returning to Lawrence, they went to housekeeping on the Seetin homestead two and a half miles southeast of Lawrence, near Old Franklin. In November of that year they bought the Seetin homestead in Kanwaka township and on January 1, 1871, moved to that home, where she lived for almost fifty years. Here all her children were born and reared. Here experiencing all the hardships and struggles incident to life in Kansas during the grasshopper invasion, droughts and two wet years. Of her eight children two preceded in death. Mr. Seetin died December 18, 1899. The last six years she has spent at the homes of her children, most of the time with her yougest daughter, Mrs. Newt Hamlin in the Winter district. During the years of her residence here Mrs. Seetin was a member of various organizations. The Grange when it flourished here; the Farmers' Alliance; the Fraternal Aid; the L.B.A., of which she was a charter member, and the Ladies' Aid Society, of which she was a faithful member from the beginning until she gave up her home here. This community was always home to her, for she still owned the home place at the time of her death. She passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roslan Skinner, in the Belleview district, Friday, January 21, 1927, having gone there only a few weeks before. Death came as a result of a stroke of apoplexy. The day preceding Mrs. Seetin was seemingly in excellent health and spirits. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Rumsey funeral home, conducted by Rev. Testerman, of Lawrence. The six children who survive are Edward Seetin, of Kanwaka; Mrs. Roslan Skinner, of Belleview; Mrs. Homer Skinner, of No. 6; Mrs. Lou Richards and George Seetin, of Perry, and Mrs. Newt Hamlin, of the Winter district. Besides these are twenty three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The pallbearers were E.T. Emery, Ed Arnold, Guy Bigsby, George Carter, Thomas Hird and Mr. Leigh. Mrs. Seetin's body was laid to rest in the family lot in Oak Hill Cemetery.
siblings: Margaret Ann Seaton Keller, buried in Spring Hill Cemetery Columbiana County, Ohio, Thomas Seaton/Seetin, Mary, Catherine and John
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth seetin takes from our midst one of our oldest settlers. Elizabeth Jane Seaton was born near Stubenville, Carroll County, Ohio, September 5, 1845, the youngest of the six children of Samuel and Nancy Seaton. She came to Kansas in November, 1869, from Missouri, where she had been visiting relatives and spent some time at the home of her uncle, Thomas Seetin, one of the pioneer settlers of Douglas County. On May 5, 1870, she was married to Samuel Seetin, son of Thomas Seetin, on a steamboat at Leavenworth, Kansas. Returning to Lawrence, they went to housekeeping on the Seetin homestead two and a half miles southeast of Lawrence, near Old Franklin. In November of that year they bought the Seetin homestead in Kanwaka township and on January 1, 1871, moved to that home, where she lived for almost fifty years. Here all her children were born and reared. Here experiencing all the hardships and struggles incident to life in Kansas during the grasshopper invasion, droughts and two wet years. Of her eight children two preceded in death. Mr. Seetin died December 18, 1899. The last six years she has spent at the homes of her children, most of the time with her yougest daughter, Mrs. Newt Hamlin in the Winter district. During the years of her residence here Mrs. Seetin was a member of various organizations. The Grange when it flourished here; the Farmers' Alliance; the Fraternal Aid; the L.B.A., of which she was a charter member, and the Ladies' Aid Society, of which she was a faithful member from the beginning until she gave up her home here. This community was always home to her, for she still owned the home place at the time of her death. She passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roslan Skinner, in the Belleview district, Friday, January 21, 1927, having gone there only a few weeks before. Death came as a result of a stroke of apoplexy. The day preceding Mrs. Seetin was seemingly in excellent health and spirits. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Rumsey funeral home, conducted by Rev. Testerman, of Lawrence. The six children who survive are Edward Seetin, of Kanwaka; Mrs. Roslan Skinner, of Belleview; Mrs. Homer Skinner, of No. 6; Mrs. Lou Richards and George Seetin, of Perry, and Mrs. Newt Hamlin, of the Winter district. Besides these are twenty three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The pallbearers were E.T. Emery, Ed Arnold, Guy Bigsby, George Carter, Thomas Hird and Mr. Leigh. Mrs. Seetin's body was laid to rest in the family lot in Oak Hill Cemetery.
d/Samuel & Nancy Jackman Seaton
siblings: Margaret Ann Seaton Keller, buried in Spring Hill Cemetery Columbiana County, Ohio, Thomas Seaton/Seetin, Mary, Catherine and John
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth seetin takes from our midst one of our oldest settlers. Elizabeth Jane Seaton was born near Stubenville, Carroll County, Ohio, September 5, 1845, the youngest of the six children of Samuel and Nancy Seaton. She came to Kansas in November, 1869, from Missouri, where she had been visiting relatives and spent some time at the home of her uncle, Thomas Seetin, one of the pioneer settlers of Douglas County. On May 5, 1870, she was married to Samuel Seetin, son of Thomas Seetin, on a steamboat at Leavenworth, Kansas. Returning to Lawrence, they went to housekeeping on the Seetin homestead two and a half miles southeast of Lawrence, near Old Franklin. In November of that year they bought the Seetin homestead in Kanwaka township and on January 1, 1871, moved to that home, where she lived for almost fifty years. Here all her children were born and reared. Here experiencing all the hardships and struggles incident to life in Kansas during the grasshopper invasion, droughts and two wet years. Of her eight children two preceded in death. Mr. Seetin died December 18, 1899. The last six years she has spent at the homes of her children, most of the time with her yougest daughter, Mrs. Newt Hamlin in the Winter district. During the years of her residence here Mrs. Seetin was a member of various organizations. The Grange when it flourished here; the Farmers' Alliance; the Fraternal Aid; the L.B.A., of which she was a charter member, and the Ladies' Aid Society, of which she was a faithful member from the beginning until she gave up her home here. This community was always home to her, for she still owned the home place at the time of her death. She passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roslan Skinner, in the Belleview district, Friday, January 21, 1927, having gone there only a few weeks before. Death came as a result of a stroke of apoplexy. The day preceding Mrs. Seetin was seemingly in excellent health and spirits. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Rumsey funeral home, conducted by Rev. Testerman, of Lawrence. The six children who survive are Edward Seetin, of Kanwaka; Mrs. Roslan Skinner, of Belleview; Mrs. Homer Skinner, of No. 6; Mrs. Lou Richards and George Seetin, of Perry, and Mrs. Newt Hamlin, of the Winter district. Besides these are twenty three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The pallbearers were E.T. Emery, Ed Arnold, Guy Bigsby, George Carter, Thomas Hird and Mr. Leigh. Mrs. Seetin's body was laid to rest in the family lot in Oak Hill Cemetery.
siblings: Margaret Ann Seaton Keller, buried in Spring Hill Cemetery Columbiana County, Ohio, Thomas Seaton/Seetin, Mary, Catherine and John
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth seetin takes from our midst one of our oldest settlers. Elizabeth Jane Seaton was born near Stubenville, Carroll County, Ohio, September 5, 1845, the youngest of the six children of Samuel and Nancy Seaton. She came to Kansas in November, 1869, from Missouri, where she had been visiting relatives and spent some time at the home of her uncle, Thomas Seetin, one of the pioneer settlers of Douglas County. On May 5, 1870, she was married to Samuel Seetin, son of Thomas Seetin, on a steamboat at Leavenworth, Kansas. Returning to Lawrence, they went to housekeeping on the Seetin homestead two and a half miles southeast of Lawrence, near Old Franklin. In November of that year they bought the Seetin homestead in Kanwaka township and on January 1, 1871, moved to that home, where she lived for almost fifty years. Here all her children were born and reared. Here experiencing all the hardships and struggles incident to life in Kansas during the grasshopper invasion, droughts and two wet years. Of her eight children two preceded in death. Mr. Seetin died December 18, 1899. The last six years she has spent at the homes of her children, most of the time with her yougest daughter, Mrs. Newt Hamlin in the Winter district. During the years of her residence here Mrs. Seetin was a member of various organizations. The Grange when it flourished here; the Farmers' Alliance; the Fraternal Aid; the L.B.A., of which she was a charter member, and the Ladies' Aid Society, of which she was a faithful member from the beginning until she gave up her home here. This community was always home to her, for she still owned the home place at the time of her death. She passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roslan Skinner, in the Belleview district, Friday, January 21, 1927, having gone there only a few weeks before. Death came as a result of a stroke of apoplexy. The day preceding Mrs. Seetin was seemingly in excellent health and spirits. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Rumsey funeral home, conducted by Rev. Testerman, of Lawrence. The six children who survive are Edward Seetin, of Kanwaka; Mrs. Roslan Skinner, of Belleview; Mrs. Homer Skinner, of No. 6; Mrs. Lou Richards and George Seetin, of Perry, and Mrs. Newt Hamlin, of the Winter district. Besides these are twenty three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The pallbearers were E.T. Emery, Ed Arnold, Guy Bigsby, George Carter, Thomas Hird and Mr. Leigh. Mrs. Seetin's body was laid to rest in the family lot in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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