Biographical Sketch of L. L. Seaburn, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** L. L. Seaburn, dealer in furniture, coffins, stoves and general house furnishing goods, Pacific, Mo., was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1835 and is the fourth in a family of eight children born to Samuel and Mary (Fouts) Seaburn, natives of Pennsylvania. Samuel Seaburn, a son of Andrew Seaburn, also a native of Pennsylvania, and in an early day a teamster over the mountains, died in 1887, aged about eighty years. Mrs. Mary Seaburn died in 1885, aged eighty-four years. L. L. Seaburn was reared on a farm until his seventeenth year, when he went to Warren, Ohio, to learn the cabinet maker's trade, in which capacity he worked three years. About 1856 he moved to Summit County, Ohio, where he work- ed at his trade, and two years later went to Keithsburg, Ill., contin- uing at his trade until 1859, when he moved to Lebanon, Mo.; he follow- ed his trade at the latter place until 1863, when he moved to Pacific and assumed charge of the bridge building on the 'Frisco Railroad for two years. He then went to St. Louis, and engaged in the freight office for the 'Frisco Railroad, six months later returning to Pacific, where he engaged in general merchandising. He was appointed postmaster about the same time. In 1878 he sold his stock of goods, resigned his posi- tion as postmaster, and for the following four years was occupied in no particular business. In October, 1886 he established his present busi- ness. Besides his stock of furniture Mr. Seaburn owns four town lots, his residence, and three and one-half acres of the celebrated "white sand"; he also owns an additional twenty-six lots. He was married on December 18, 1859, to Mollie S. Stafford, a native of Callaway County, Mo., and a daughter of Thomas and Caroline (Cleveland) Stafford, the latter a cousin of President Cleveland. One child was born to this union, Charles E., who died in 1864. Mr. Seaburn is a Republican in politics, and is a Master Mason. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================