Bio - Seaman, John W, Larimer County, Colorado Transcribed by Marta Norton January 24, 2000 The Berthoud Bulleton Newspaper Saturday, October 19, 1901 Republican Favorites Portraits and Biographical Sketches of the Candidates on the Republican County Ticket John W. Seaman There were times when it becomes a pleasure to write where the world can see, and, seeing, appreciate the history of a good man. The world loves a man whose actions can bear the closest inspections, whose deeds can undergo the closest scrutiny without discovering a flaw or blemish. In this brief account of John W. Seaman, there is made no effort at fulsome flattery, nor is there any attempt to make the subject appear one whit better than his intimate acquaintances know him to be. An election to the office he seeks, will make him no better man than he is now, nor will a defeat render him less a man and a true friend. When this government needed men-men strong in the right and men upon whom it rely-J.W. Seaman, then but a boy, but possessing a man’s courage, enlisted in the 96th Ohio, and went to the front. This was in ’62, but in ’63 at Vicksburg, he was honorably discharged for disability. Yet he could not remain passive at home, so in 1864 he again enlisted, this time in the 132d Ohio, and at the age of 19 years was mad second lieutenant. When the war closed he came to Colorado and located at Evans. Here, where the buffalo and antelope reamed freely upon the virgin prairie, sought only by their implacable foe, the Indian, he clerked in the general store owned by G.W. Krouskop for a half dozen years, and if any of the old timers in that locality could vote in Larimer County this fall, Mr. Seaman would receive their solid support. In June, ’77, Mr. Krouskop bought the store of Smith Brothers, located at what was then known as Old Saint Louis, and placed J.W. Seaman in charge, and in this community he has since resided. When the survey for the present railway was changed from its first lines, Mr. Krouskop moved his stock of goods at Evans and Old Saint Louis to Loveland proper, and still kept with him his right hand man, J.W. Seaman. In ’83, Mr. Seaman was appointed postmaster under Arthur and there was never a patron of the office who had cause to complain. He was courteous and obliging, equally kind and patient with the rich and poor; he made friends will all. He has twice been chosen town trustee, and his terms were marked with careful judgment and attention to detail. Since he left the position of postmaster he has been continually in the mercantile business and has an honorable record. Mr. Seaman is one of the most active of the Grand Army members, and is a fervent republican. Once, and once only, has he failed to vote a republican ticket, that was when sick and nigh unto death, he lay in one of the wards of a St. Louis hospital, and he must certainly have chafed under the restraint he then endured. No thought going republican, no enthusiastic Grand Army man, can now refuse to support for office J.W. Seaman. Mr. Seaman is well calculated to fill the position to which the people of this county should elect him. He is a judge of values, for his is a man of ability, and is conservative in all his acts. No taxpayer need feel ashamed to have J.W. Seaman chosen assessor, and he who votes for him will have done well. From all quarters come kind and pledges of support, and policies will be thrown aside in so many instances that his election is now practically positive. The old resident or the new comer can make no fatal error in their hearty support of John W. Seaman for county assessor. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.