John married Martha Frances 'Patsy' Whitehead on July 16, 1852 in Jasper County, Missouri. They homesteaded 160 acres at the location that has the current address 8453 Kafir Road.
John would have been at an appropriate age to be involved in the Civil War. A grandson of John's stated that several from Jasper County were on their way to Springfield to enlist and were talking about the danger for their families living in Jasper County. They decided that someone should take the families out of the county and drew straws to choose someone. John was selected and took his family and others to Fort Scott, Kansas. He and John Whitehead returned to Jasper County to butcher a hog and help the Bannister Hickey family move out. The Hickey family decided to stay but suggested that the men take a wagon load of apples to Fort Scott. They were stopped on the way, lost their wagon and oxen, each given a blanket, and walked to Fort Scott. John later took his family to Nodaway County, Missouri. When they returned to Jasper County they found that their cabin had burned.
John married Martha Frances 'Patsy' Whitehead on July 16, 1852 in Jasper County, Missouri. They homesteaded 160 acres at the location that has the current address 8453 Kafir Road.
John would have been at an appropriate age to be involved in the Civil War. A grandson of John's stated that several from Jasper County were on their way to Springfield to enlist and were talking about the danger for their families living in Jasper County. They decided that someone should take the families out of the county and drew straws to choose someone. John was selected and took his family and others to Fort Scott, Kansas. He and John Whitehead returned to Jasper County to butcher a hog and help the Bannister Hickey family move out. The Hickey family decided to stay but suggested that the men take a wagon load of apples to Fort Scott. They were stopped on the way, lost their wagon and oxen, each given a blanket, and walked to Fort Scott. John later took his family to Nodaway County, Missouri. When they returned to Jasper County they found that their cabin had burned.
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William F Seela
1853–1927
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Nancy R. Seela Hull
1855–1894
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Rebecca Jane Seela Burnett
1857–1944
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Infant Son Seela
1859–1859
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Isaac Newton Seela
1860–1940
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John Shadrach Seela
1863–1949
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Martha A Seela Williams
1864–1956
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Rhoda Elvira Seela Holdeman
1867–1962
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Clarinda S. Seela
1870–1871
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George Lafayette Seela
1872–1953
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