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Below is a family biography included in History of Union County, Iowa published by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., in 1908. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Frank Seeley was born in Dodge township, Union county, Iowa, on March 11, 1870. His father, Ira Seeley, was a native of Pennsylvania and with his parents settled in Platte township in 1856, where he was married to Martha A. Anderson in July, 1859. They purchased the farm north of Afton in 1868 and added to it from time to time until at present it consists of six hundred acres.
With the exception of the year 1876, during which they lived in Afton, they spent the remainder of their lives upon this farm, which has been the home of Frank Seeley throughout his entire life save for a period of one year spent in Afton and two years spent in the high school of Creston, from which he was graduated with the class of 1890. After his graduation he taught school in Union and Adair counties in the winter seasons and worked on the farm in the summer months until 1895, when he formed a partnership with his father, and upon the death of the latter on the 7th of January, 1904, he assumed the management of the estate. The death of his mother occurred July 28, 1907, and the estate at the present time is in process of settlement under his supervision as executor.
Our subject is a past noble grand of Afton Lodge, No. 130, I. O. O. F., and also a past chief patriarch of Afton Encampment, No. 61, I. O. O. F.
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This family biography is one of 247 biographies included in The History of Union County, Iowa published in 1908. For the complete description, click here: Union County, Iowa History and Genealogy
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