That wide brim hat, handle bar mustache and deep piercing blue eyes were indeed his unmistakable trademarks.
John Dennis Seaboalt was married twice and was the father of at least 11 children with these two wives. He married first Alice Cornelia Ard on July 17, 1880. They had eight children. Alice died August 01, 1905 and is buried in Maloney Cemetery. He then marrie Maggie Saylors Boyd, widow of John Boyd, who already had 6 children by him. Maggie and John Dennis Seaboalt had three more children together.
The following story was given to me in 1987 by John Edgar SEABOLT, grandson of John Dennis SEABOALT. He attributes the story to his "Aunt Evie", one of John Dennis's daughters and wife of Frank RAY:
"John Dennis, age 21, and some of his SEABOALT brothers went down to Palestine, Texas in July 1880 and in Aunt Evie's words 'kidnapped' 20 year old Alice Cornelius ARD of that city. They returned to Ellis County by way of Corsicana and Ennis, where John D. and Alice were married on 17th July 1880. Upon return to the family farm just west of Bardwell, their father W.R. Sr. told them that they were "too young" (to be married) and made the couple stay with him, living in separate quarters "until they grew up". The boys reportedly slept in the barn and the girls slept in the house. (It is interesting to note that their first child, William J. was not born until April 1882, at least a year and one-half after the marriage. So separating the couple may have worked!)."
"Alice ARD had a sister, Cally, and a brother, John. John reportedly came to Ennis looking for his sister Alice and asking directions to the SEABOALT farm. He was told by some of the locals that it would be best for him to just return home because the SEABOALT boys were somewhat "tough". In Aunt Evie's words "they (the SEABOALT boys) might shoot and kill someone but they were all good boys and not one was ever sent to the penitentiary"."
Now, the 1880 Ellis County census for Pct 1, ED 49, page 42 was taken on June 19, 1880. In household 350 we see Mary Ard, age 47, listed as the mother-in-law of John C. Lewis age 29 (or 24?) and his wife Caledonia, age 23. (Caledonia must have been Mary's daughter referred to as Cally above and Mary must have been a widow). Living with Mary Ard in the home of John Lewis was her son, Thomas J. Ard, age 28 (likely John Ard in the story above), and her daughter Alice Ard, age 19 (future wife of John Dennis Seaboalt).
J. D. Seaboalt was listed living at home with his father William Riley Seaboalt in household 355 (just 5 houses away from the Lewis/Ard house). Now, J. D. and Alice were married on July 17, 1880 just 28 days after this census was recorded. So, it seems that the part of the story about John Ard asking for directions to the Seaboalt place was not completely correct, since he was living only 5 houses away from the Seaboalt place in June 1880.
This seems to put into question that Alice's family was living in Palestine when she and J.D. got married unless, perhaps, Mary Ard moved with her children to Palestine, Texas shortly after the census was taken. The census record certainly tells us that J. D. and Alice were neighbors and sweethearts in Ellis County prior to Alice moving to Palistine.
John Dennis Seaboalt was married twice and was the father of at least 11 children with these two wives. He married first Alice Cornelia Ard on July 17, 1880. They had eight children. Alice died August 01, 1905 and is buried in Maloney Cemetery. He then marrie Maggie Saylors Boyd, widow of John Boyd, who already had 6 children by him. Maggie and John Dennis Seaboalt had three more children together.
The following story was given to me in 1987 by John Edgar SEABOLT, grandson of John Dennis SEABOALT. He attributes the story to his "Aunt Evie", one of John Dennis's daughters and wife of Frank RAY:
"John Dennis, age 21, and some of his SEABOALT brothers went down to Palestine, Texas in July 1880 and in Aunt Evie's words 'kidnapped' 20 year old Alice Cornelius ARD of that city. They returned to Ellis County by way of Corsicana and Ennis, where John D. and Alice were married on 17th July 1880. Upon return to the family farm just west of Bardwell, their father W.R. Sr. told them that they were "too young" (to be married) and made the couple stay with him, living in separate quarters "until they grew up". The boys reportedly slept in the barn and the girls slept in the house. (It is interesting to note that their first child, William J. was not born until April 1882, at least a year and one-half after the marriage. So separating the couple may have worked!)."
"Alice ARD had a sister, Cally, and a brother, John. John reportedly came to Ennis looking for his sister Alice and asking directions to the SEABOALT farm. He was told by some of the locals that it would be best for him to just return home because the SEABOALT boys were somewhat "tough". In Aunt Evie's words "they (the SEABOALT boys) might shoot and kill someone but they were all good boys and not one was ever sent to the penitentiary"."
Now, the 1880 Ellis County census for Pct 1, ED 49, page 42 was taken on June 19, 1880. In household 350 we see Mary Ard, age 47, listed as the mother-in-law of John C. Lewis age 29 (or 24?) and his wife Caledonia, age 23. (Caledonia must have been Mary's daughter referred to as Cally above and Mary must have been a widow). Living with Mary Ard in the home of John Lewis was her son, Thomas J. Ard, age 28 (likely John Ard in the story above), and her daughter Alice Ard, age 19 (future wife of John Dennis Seaboalt).
J. D. Seaboalt was listed living at home with his father William Riley Seaboalt in household 355 (just 5 houses away from the Lewis/Ard house). Now, J. D. and Alice were married on July 17, 1880 just 28 days after this census was recorded. So, it seems that the part of the story about John Ard asking for directions to the Seaboalt place was not completely correct, since he was living only 5 houses away from the Seaboalt place in June 1880.
This seems to put into question that Alice's family was living in Palestine when she and J.D. got married unless, perhaps, Mary Ard moved with her children to Palestine, Texas shortly after the census was taken. The census record certainly tells us that J. D. and Alice were neighbors and sweethearts in Ellis County prior to Alice moving to Palistine.
That wide brim hat, handle bar mustache and deep piercing blue eyes were indeed his unmistakable trademarks.
John Dennis Seaboalt was married twice and was the father of at least 11 children with these two wives. He married first Alice Cornelia Ard on July 17, 1880. They had eight children. Alice died August 01, 1905 and is buried in Maloney Cemetery. He then marrie Maggie Saylors Boyd, widow of John Boyd, who already had 6 children by him. Maggie and John Dennis Seaboalt had three more children together.
The following story was given to me in 1987 by John Edgar SEABOLT, grandson of John Dennis SEABOALT. He attributes the story to his "Aunt Evie", one of John Dennis's daughters and wife of Frank RAY:
"John Dennis, age 21, and some of his SEABOALT brothers went down to Palestine, Texas in July 1880 and in Aunt Evie's words 'kidnapped' 20 year old Alice Cornelius ARD of that city. They returned to Ellis County by way of Corsicana and Ennis, where John D. and Alice were married on 17th July 1880. Upon return to the family farm just west of Bardwell, their father W.R. Sr. told them that they were "too young" (to be married) and made the couple stay with him, living in separate quarters "until they grew up". The boys reportedly slept in the barn and the girls slept in the house. (It is interesting to note that their first child, William J. was not born until April 1882, at least a year and one-half after the marriage. So separating the couple may have worked!)."
"Alice ARD had a sister, Cally, and a brother, John. John reportedly came to Ennis looking for his sister Alice and asking directions to the SEABOALT farm. He was told by some of the locals that it would be best for him to just return home because the SEABOALT boys were somewhat "tough". In Aunt Evie's words "they (the SEABOALT boys) might shoot and kill someone but they were all good boys and not one was ever sent to the penitentiary"."
Now, the 1880 Ellis County census for Pct 1, ED 49, page 42 was taken on June 19, 1880. In household 350 we see Mary Ard, age 47, listed as the mother-in-law of John C. Lewis age 29 (or 24?) and his wife Caledonia, age 23. (Caledonia must have been Mary's daughter referred to as Cally above and Mary must have been a widow). Living with Mary Ard in the home of John Lewis was her son, Thomas J. Ard, age 28 (likely John Ard in the story above), and her daughter Alice Ard, age 19 (future wife of John Dennis Seaboalt).
J. D. Seaboalt was listed living at home with his father William Riley Seaboalt in household 355 (just 5 houses away from the Lewis/Ard house). Now, J. D. and Alice were married on July 17, 1880 just 28 days after this census was recorded. So, it seems that the part of the story about John Ard asking for directions to the Seaboalt place was not completely correct, since he was living only 5 houses away from the Seaboalt place in June 1880.
This seems to put into question that Alice's family was living in Palestine when she and J.D. got married unless, perhaps, Mary Ard moved with her children to Palestine, Texas shortly after the census was taken. The census record certainly tells us that J. D. and Alice were neighbors and sweethearts in Ellis County prior to Alice moving to Palistine.
John Dennis Seaboalt was married twice and was the father of at least 11 children with these two wives. He married first Alice Cornelia Ard on July 17, 1880. They had eight children. Alice died August 01, 1905 and is buried in Maloney Cemetery. He then marrie Maggie Saylors Boyd, widow of John Boyd, who already had 6 children by him. Maggie and John Dennis Seaboalt had three more children together.
The following story was given to me in 1987 by John Edgar SEABOLT, grandson of John Dennis SEABOALT. He attributes the story to his "Aunt Evie", one of John Dennis's daughters and wife of Frank RAY:
"John Dennis, age 21, and some of his SEABOALT brothers went down to Palestine, Texas in July 1880 and in Aunt Evie's words 'kidnapped' 20 year old Alice Cornelius ARD of that city. They returned to Ellis County by way of Corsicana and Ennis, where John D. and Alice were married on 17th July 1880. Upon return to the family farm just west of Bardwell, their father W.R. Sr. told them that they were "too young" (to be married) and made the couple stay with him, living in separate quarters "until they grew up". The boys reportedly slept in the barn and the girls slept in the house. (It is interesting to note that their first child, William J. was not born until April 1882, at least a year and one-half after the marriage. So separating the couple may have worked!)."
"Alice ARD had a sister, Cally, and a brother, John. John reportedly came to Ennis looking for his sister Alice and asking directions to the SEABOALT farm. He was told by some of the locals that it would be best for him to just return home because the SEABOALT boys were somewhat "tough". In Aunt Evie's words "they (the SEABOALT boys) might shoot and kill someone but they were all good boys and not one was ever sent to the penitentiary"."
Now, the 1880 Ellis County census for Pct 1, ED 49, page 42 was taken on June 19, 1880. In household 350 we see Mary Ard, age 47, listed as the mother-in-law of John C. Lewis age 29 (or 24?) and his wife Caledonia, age 23. (Caledonia must have been Mary's daughter referred to as Cally above and Mary must have been a widow). Living with Mary Ard in the home of John Lewis was her son, Thomas J. Ard, age 28 (likely John Ard in the story above), and her daughter Alice Ard, age 19 (future wife of John Dennis Seaboalt).
J. D. Seaboalt was listed living at home with his father William Riley Seaboalt in household 355 (just 5 houses away from the Lewis/Ard house). Now, J. D. and Alice were married on July 17, 1880 just 28 days after this census was recorded. So, it seems that the part of the story about John Ard asking for directions to the Seaboalt place was not completely correct, since he was living only 5 houses away from the Seaboalt place in June 1880.
This seems to put into question that Alice's family was living in Palestine when she and J.D. got married unless, perhaps, Mary Ard moved with her children to Palestine, Texas shortly after the census was taken. The census record certainly tells us that J. D. and Alice were neighbors and sweethearts in Ellis County prior to Alice moving to Palistine.
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