Maj. Frederick Seip, Rapides Parish, La
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker

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Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

MAJ. FREDERICK SEIP, planter, was born in Rapides Parish, August 5, 1840,
and is the son of Dr. John and Eliza (Martin) Seip, the father a native of
Natchez, Miss., born in 1815.  The latter, after graduating at the
University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, in 1837, returned to Natchez,
Miss.  In 1838 he removed to Rapides Parish, La., and purchased a
plantation on Bayou Rapides, where Maj. Seip now resides.  The father died
in 1855 leaving four children-three daughters and one son.  The mother was
born in Nashville, Tenn., patriot, having been compelled to leave his
native land on account of his connection with the revolution of 1798.  The
mother is still living and makes her home with her son, Maj. Seip.  The
paternal grandfather of our subject, Dr. Frederick Seip, was  a very
prominent man in his profession, and for many years his name was a
household word in the city of Natchez.  Maj. Frederick Seip received his
preparatory education in Louisiana and New Jersey, and graduated form the
College of New Jersey at Princeton, in the class of 1860.  Returning home
in the fall of 1860 he remained there until his enlistment in the
Confederate Army, and his first service was a private in the Alexandria
Rifles, Crescent Regiment.  He was afterward made lieutenant of his
company, and operated with his regiment in Tennessee and adjoining states.
Afterward he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department and served
on the staff of Gens. Taylor and Buckner, and later on as adjutant and
inspector general on the staff of Gen. J. L. Brent with the rank of major,
which position he held until the close of hostilities.  He was at
Alexandria at the time of the surrender.  After the war he devoted his time
to the plantation, and in 1865 was married to Miss Adelia, daughter of
Hubbard and Adelia (Thomas) flint.  Mr. Flint was a very prominent citizen
and planter of Rapides Parish.  Mrs. Seip died in 1878, and in 1882 Maj.
Seip married Miss Emeline, daughter of James and Susan (Martin) Flint.  The
result of this union was the birth of three children.  Maj. Seip has long
been recognized as one of the leading citizens of Rapides Parish.  He is a
man of broad intelligence and liberal views, but is not one to push himself
into public notice.  His strong, good sense and his fine abilities became
recognized, however, and in 1877 he was appointed police juror from his
ward, serving ten consecutive years as its president.  In 1888 the Major
was elected to the state Senate, and has proven himself worthy of the trust
reposed in him by his constituents, having been identified with the leading
measures brought before the Legislature in both sessions.  On the lottery
measure, which greatly agitated the people during the last session of the
Legislature, Maj. Seip took a very decided stand against the lottery.  The
Eighteenth Senatorial District may well be proud of the gentleman who so
ably and conscientiously represented them.  Although fifty years of age
Maj. Seip is remarkably robust and youthful in his appearance, and his
prospects for a brilliant career are yet more brilliant.