John E. Seavey of Greenland, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 866

     JOHN E. SEAVEY, the owner of 200 acres of good farm land on
the North Hampton road in the town of Greenland, Rockingham County
N. H., was born in this town, August 12, 1853, a son of Shadrach and
Lucinda (Edgerly) Seavey.  His father, a farmer by occupation, was
a native of Alton, Belknap County, N. H., his wife being born in
Greenland.  Both are now deceased and are buried in this town.  They
were Methodists in religion, the father being a Democrat in politics.
They had three children: James F. and George F., who reside in Lynn,
Mass., and John E., the subject of this sketch.
     John E. Seavey acquired his education in the common schools, which
he attended for several terms, and at Hampton Academy. He then took

[Pages 867 & 868 contained a portrait for a different biography]

Page 869

up farm work, which he has since followed successfully.  He does gen-
eral farming and keeps about twenty-five head of cattle, marketing his
milk at Beverly, Mass.  A Democrat in politics, he has taken an active
part in local government, serving ten years as selectman, and two years
in the state legislature.  He is now serving in the office of tax collector.
He belongs to the Knights of Pythias at North Hampton.
     Mr. Seavey was first married to Georgia A. Sheppard, who died,
leaving three children, namely: Edward, who married Marion Cogs-
well, and has two children, Ruth and Edward S. Jr.; Alice G., a book-
keeper and stenographer employed in a shoe factory at Lynn, Mass.;
and Marion I., who is a student in the high school at Lynn, Mass.  Mr.
Seavey married for his second wife Emma L. Berry.  They attend the
Methodist church.  Widely known and respected, they are among the
representative farming people of Rockingham County.