Bio of SEAMANS, Silas Amasa, Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 680-681
SILAS AMASA SEAMANS
Silas Amasa Seamans, deceased, who took up his abode among the pioneer settlers
of Hennepin county in 1854, long enjoyed a position of distinction as one of the
most successful agriculturists of this section of the state. He was born in
Connecticut, near the boundary line which separates that state from Rhode
Island, and his parents were Amasa and Anna (Howard) Seamans. As above stated,
it was in the early '50s that he came to Hennepin county, Minnesota, locating in
Excelsior, while subsequently he removed to Lake Minnewaska. He became the owner
of a farm on the shores of that beautiful lake and devoted the remainder of his
life to the development of his property. He followed the most progressive and
enterprising methods in the work of the fields, so that prosperity attended his
labors and he became widely recognized as one of the most substantial and highly
respected citizens of the community.
In early manhood Mr. Seamans was united in marriage to Miss Hannah E. Phillips,
a native of Rhode Island, and they became the parents of six children, namely:
Albert, who was killed in a steamship explosion on Lake Minnetonka in June,
1876; Anna A., who married Adrian E. Apgar, a sketch of whom appears on another
page of this work; Emma F., deceased; Edgar S., a resident of Winnipeg, in the
province of Manitoba, Canada; John Fremont, who is a painter by trade and lives
in Excelsior; and Lula, who had passed away. The demise of Silas A. Seamans
brought a deep sense of bereavement not only to the members of his immediate
family but also to a large circle of friends to whom he had endeared himself by
his genuine personal worth and many excellent traits of character.