Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Seamarks, James 1810 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

James Seamarks, farmer, P. O. Verona, is a native of England, born in the 
county of Kent February 15, 1810; was raised on a farm and educated in 
England, and came to the United States in 1839, landing at New York City. He 
came over in the sailing vessel Quebec. He first settled in Mahoning County, 
Ohio, where he lived for fifteen years, coming to Illinois in the spring of 
1854, where he had previously bought land in Vienna Township, Grundy County. 
He still lives upon the same farm, which consists of 240 acres of splendid 
farming land, including three dwelling houses, situated in Section 27, the 
residence being three-quarters of a mile northwest form the village of Verona. 
The land is valued at $50 per acre. Mr. Seamarks was married, in England, May 
22, 1835, to Miss Mary Ransley, of England, born September 4, 1814, and who 
died at their home in Vienna Township, December 21, 1881. They had a family of 
two children - Charlotte, born in England September 11, 1837; married, March 
31, 1856, to Richard Hughes of England, now living in Marseilles, Ill., and 
Fannie, born in England August 21, 1839, married March 31, 1856, to Mr. Levi 
Barner 0 she died April 10, 1874, in Livingston County, leaving a family of 
eight children, three of whom are with their grandfather, Mr. Seamarks; Anna, 
born March 6, 1864; Fannie, born October 19, 1868; Frank, born October 10, 
1870. Mr. S. also owns 240 acres in Livingston County, Ill., with two 
dwellings, also a dwelling house in Verona.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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