Excerpts from a letter by Zed T. Seal a son of Henry A. Seal. (dated March 3, 1959) Henry A. Seal, Uncle Josiah Seal and Uncle John Cunningham moved from Missouri to Kansas in the fall of 1854 and homesteaded on what is known as Muddy Creek, ten miles north east of Topeka, Kansas - two miles west of Meriden, Kansas on the Santa Fe Railroad. The three homesteads were two miles apart, among the Kaw Indians, which was a peaceable tribe.
Henry A. Seal lived on this farm until his death in 1898. Five of his children were born in the house which still stands and is in good repair, also the stone milk house at the well. The School house across (called the Seal Schoolhouse) was in plain sight of the Milk house where Zed and Dave had to churn until the school bell rang, which they thought was mighty tough. Zed remembers, the Teachers in these days used the rod, as high as 60 pupils were in one room and were quiet and orderly. Henry Seal's mother and his wife's mother (Grandmother Cunningham) both spent their last days in the Henry Seal home - both lived to be over 80 years old. (The house has since been destroyed by a tornado in 1959.)
Henry A. Seal lived on this farm until his death in 1898. Five of his children were born in the house which still stands and is in good repair, also the stone milk house at the well. The School house across (called the Seal Schoolhouse) was in plain sight of the Milk house where Zed and Dave had to churn until the school bell rang, which they thought was mighty tough. Zed remembers, the Teachers in these days used the rod, as high as 60 pupils were in one room and were quiet and orderly. Henry Seal's mother and his wife's mother (Grandmother Cunningham) both spent their last days in the Henry Seal home - both lived to be over 80 years old. (The house has since been destroyed by a tornado in 1959.)
Excerpts from a letter by Zed T. Seal a son of Henry A. Seal. (dated March 3, 1959) Henry A. Seal, Uncle Josiah Seal and Uncle John Cunningham moved from Missouri to Kansas in the fall of 1854 and homesteaded on what is known as Muddy Creek, ten miles north east of Topeka, Kansas - two miles west of Meriden, Kansas on the Santa Fe Railroad. The three homesteads were two miles apart, among the Kaw Indians, which was a peaceable tribe.
Henry A. Seal lived on this farm until his death in 1898. Five of his children were born in the house which still stands and is in good repair, also the stone milk house at the well. The School house across (called the Seal Schoolhouse) was in plain sight of the Milk house where Zed and Dave had to churn until the school bell rang, which they thought was mighty tough. Zed remembers, the Teachers in these days used the rod, as high as 60 pupils were in one room and were quiet and orderly. Henry Seal's mother and his wife's mother (Grandmother Cunningham) both spent their last days in the Henry Seal home - both lived to be over 80 years old. (The house has since been destroyed by a tornado in 1959.)
Henry A. Seal lived on this farm until his death in 1898. Five of his children were born in the house which still stands and is in good repair, also the stone milk house at the well. The School house across (called the Seal Schoolhouse) was in plain sight of the Milk house where Zed and Dave had to churn until the school bell rang, which they thought was mighty tough. Zed remembers, the Teachers in these days used the rod, as high as 60 pupils were in one room and were quiet and orderly. Henry Seal's mother and his wife's mother (Grandmother Cunningham) both spent their last days in the Henry Seal home - both lived to be over 80 years old. (The house has since been destroyed by a tornado in 1959.)
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