Ira D. Seaton, the youngest son of Daniel and Aurilla, was born at Campton, Kane county, Illinois, February 15, 1850, and died at Sandwich, in the same State, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Harriet Louise Freeland, January 31, 1895. Up to the time of the Civil War he lived on the farm where he was bom. During the progress of the war he enlisted as a drummer-boy in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois Infantry. After serving about a year he was honorably discharged, and returned home broken in health. Ira was a musical genius, and was an invalid for some years before he died. His funeral was held at his late residence, and the body was interred at Lawn Ridge Cemetery. He had no family, but was a man whom every one liked and respected. (from Oren Andrew Seaton, The Seaton Family, 1906: 147-148)
Note: Pratt's Oaklawn Cemetery, aka Pratt's Cemetery, Oaklawn Cemetery, and Lawnridge Cemetery (see web reference at dekalb.ilgenweb.net/Cemetery2.html#Sandwich Township:)
Note: Pratt's Oaklawn Cemetery, aka Pratt's Cemetery, Oaklawn Cemetery, and Lawnridge Cemetery (see web reference at dekalb.ilgenweb.net/Cemetery2.html#Sandwich Township:)
Ira D. Seaton, the youngest son of Daniel and Aurilla, was born at Campton, Kane county, Illinois, February 15, 1850, and died at Sandwich, in the same State, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Harriet Louise Freeland, January 31, 1895. Up to the time of the Civil War he lived on the farm where he was bom. During the progress of the war he enlisted as a drummer-boy in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois Infantry. After serving about a year he was honorably discharged, and returned home broken in health. Ira was a musical genius, and was an invalid for some years before he died. His funeral was held at his late residence, and the body was interred at Lawn Ridge Cemetery. He had no family, but was a man whom every one liked and respected. (from Oren Andrew Seaton, The Seaton Family, 1906: 147-148)
Note: Pratt's Oaklawn Cemetery, aka Pratt's Cemetery, Oaklawn Cemetery, and Lawnridge Cemetery (see web reference at dekalb.ilgenweb.net/Cemetery2.html#Sandwich Township:)
Note: Pratt's Oaklawn Cemetery, aka Pratt's Cemetery, Oaklawn Cemetery, and Lawnridge Cemetery (see web reference at dekalb.ilgenweb.net/Cemetery2.html#Sandwich Township:)
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