(Special to the Eagle)
Poughkeepsie N. Y., September 5
Funeral services for the late Rufus A.
Seeley were held at tho Vassar Brothers
Heme for Old Men, yesterday afternoon,
by the local G. A. R Post, of
which he was a member. Interment
was in the Rural Cemetery Mr. Seeley
died at tho Vassar Home last
Wednesday, rollowing a visit to Brooklyn,
where he met his wife and children.
He was the second of thirteen
children. He enlisted In Company A,
150th Regiment, New York, in 1863, but
was discharged the next year for disability.
Later he conducted a photographlc
studio in this city.
Besides his widow, two sons—John
Seeley of Poughkeepsie, and Lincoln
Seeley of Brooklyn, survive, as does a
daughter, Mrs. Edward Pelham, also
of Brooklyn. Mr. Seeley was an author,
having written a "Tribute to the
Memory of Abraham Lincoln," "An
Apostrophe to the Stars and Stripes"
and other articles of merit.
THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 1914
Mother: Sarah "Sally" Anson
(Special to the Eagle)
Poughkeepsie N. Y., September 5
Funeral services for the late Rufus A.
Seeley were held at tho Vassar Brothers
Heme for Old Men, yesterday afternoon,
by the local G. A. R Post, of
which he was a member. Interment
was in the Rural Cemetery Mr. Seeley
died at tho Vassar Home last
Wednesday, rollowing a visit to Brooklyn,
where he met his wife and children.
He was the second of thirteen
children. He enlisted In Company A,
150th Regiment, New York, in 1863, but
was discharged the next year for disability.
Later he conducted a photographlc
studio in this city.
Besides his widow, two sons—John
Seeley of Poughkeepsie, and Lincoln
Seeley of Brooklyn, survive, as does a
daughter, Mrs. Edward Pelham, also
of Brooklyn. Mr. Seeley was an author,
having written a "Tribute to the
Memory of Abraham Lincoln," "An
Apostrophe to the Stars and Stripes"
and other articles of merit.
THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 1914
Mother: Sarah "Sally" Anson
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