Biography of Frank Seaman - Conway Co, AR

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Submitted by: Cathy Barnes <bbarnes@cswnet.com>
        Date: 21 Jun 1998
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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas.
Goodspeed Publishers, 1891.

page 110

Frank Seaman, merchant and agent for the Singer Sewing Machine at
Morrilton, was born in New York, in 1851; was the youngest in a
family of four children born to J. M. and Susan (Seaman) Seaman;
parents natives of New York, where father died before the memory of
his son.

Our subject attended the schools of that locality till the age of 18
years, when he went to Wisconsin and engaged in farming; remained in
that State about four years, and then moved to Rockford, Ill., and
also followed farming. In 1875 came to Arkansas and settled at
Forrest City, St. Francis County, and worked at the carpenter's
trade.

In 1879, married Miss Susan Suratt, a native of Forrest City, and
daughter of an old settler in that county. Soon after marriage he
came to the western part of the State, and later, settled in Benton
County, where he also followed the work of carpenter, doing contract
work altogether; located at Rogers, and made that county his home
for over five years, and then, in 1885, came to Morrilton, where he
has since resided, He at once began work as a carpenter, which he
followed for some time.

In October, 1889, opened his present grocery store; has a good and
neat store and fair business. In the beginning of 1890, in
partnership with J. Poindexter, secured the agency for Conway and
Perry Counties for the Singer Sewing Machine. Mrs. Seaman started a
millinery store soon after her arrival here, and now does a good
business. Mr. Seaman owns the property where he does business and
resides.