Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Sedivy, Frank 1860 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

FRANK SEDIVY.

    Frank Sedivy, one of the well-known and successful farmers and stockmen of
Blue Rapids City township, Marshall county, where he is the owner of two hundred
and ten acres of splendid land in section 2, was born in Bohemia on December 13,
1860, and is the son of Frank and Anna (Machacek) Sedivy.

    Frank and Anna Sedivy were also natives of Bohemia and there they received
their education in the schools of that country, grew up and were later married.
They established their home in their native land and continued to live there
until 1870, when they decided to come to America, where they might better have
an opportunity to make a home for themselves and those dependent upon them. On
their arrival in the United States they at once proceeded to Iowa, where they
resided for a year, after which they came to Kansas, and here they settled in
Marshall county, near the Riley county line. A home was made on the homestead of
eighty acres, where the father engaged in general farming and stock raising
until the time of his death in 1885, at the age of fifty-five years. His wife,
who was born in 1835, died in 1908. During their residence in the county, where
they led worthy lives, they made many friends, who held them in much regard and
esteem. They were the parents of the following children: Frank, Louis, Anna and
William. Louis is a resident of Cottage Hill township, Marshall county, where he
is the owner of two farms and he is successfully engaged in general farming and
stock raising. Anna is the widow of L. Swacha and is living in Grant county,
Oklahoma. William is a well-known farmer of Blue Rapids township.

    Frank Sedivy resided in the land of his birth until he was ten years of age,
when he came to this country with his parents and with them settled in Marshall
county. Here he received his education in the common schools and grew to manhood
on the home farm, where as a lad he assisted his father with the farm work and
became impressed with the dignity and independence of the life of a farmer. In
1891 he purchased a farm of eighty acres four miles south of the town of Blue
Rapids. The farm at that time was for the most part undeveloped and unimproved.
Mr. Sedivy at once entered into the task of making development of the place, and
in addition to the building of a good house and barn, he made many other
valuable improvements that added much to the beauty and the value of the place.
In 1904 he traded the farm for his present place in Blue Rapids City township.
Here he has erected several buildings and made many valuable improvements. Today
he is known as one of the substantial and successful men of the township and the
county. He is a stockholder of the Farmers' Elevator Company and of the Fair
Association of Blue Rapids.

    Politically, Mr. Sedivy is identified with the Republican party and has
always taken an active interest in local affairs, and for many years has been a
member of the local school board. He is a progressive citizen and takes the
keenest interest in the development of the schools of the township, and has had
much to do with the growth and prosperity of the county in general.

    On March 31, 1891, Frank Sedivy was united in marriage to Antonia Pishny,
who was born in Moravia, on February 7, 1865, and is the daughter of Ignatz and
Antonia (Roman) Pishny. Her parents were also natives of Moravia and there they
received their education in the schools of that country and grew to maturity and
were married. They were the parents of five boys and two daughters, and when the
daughter Antonia was thirteen years of age, in 1878, the parents decided to come
to America. Here they located in Cottage Hill township, Marshall county, Kansas,
where they still reside. Mr. Pishny is eighty-five years old and has retired
from farm work. Each of his sons are living on their own farms in the same
township.

    To Frank and Antonia Sedivy have been born five children, as follow:
Richard, Bessie, Helen, George and Mila. Richard, a graduate of the animal
husbandry course of the Kansas State Agricultural College, is employed at
Tremonton, Utah. Miss Bessie is a graduate of the short course of Kansas State
Agricultural College. Helen is a graduate of the Blue Rapids high school and is
now one of the successful teachers of Marshall county, and Georgia is a student
in the Blue Rapids high school and is completing her senior year.

    Mr. and Mrs. Sedivy endured many of the hardships of life, before they
succeeded. Now they have many friends in their community and are held in the
highest regard by all.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)



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