Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....SEELY, Andrew D. 1842 - living in 1899
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  COL. ANDREW D. SEELY, whose portrait is shown on the opposite page, one of the
  valued citizens of the town of Berwick and superintendent of the paint
  department of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company of that town, was born
  in Berwick, May 5, 1842, and is a son of Nathan and Catherine (Krisher) Seely,
  and a grandson of Samuel and Margaret (Cortright) Seely.
  
    Samuel Seely's birth-place is not known, but he resided in Strasburg, Pa.,
  nearly all his life, engaged in farming and teamstering. While hauling a load of
  goods from Philadelphia to his home town he was killed in a runaway accident. He
  was united in marriage with Margaret Cortright who bore him five children,
  namely: John; Nathan, Hannah, Huldah, and Andrew. Mrs. Seely formed a second
  marriage union with Samuel Santee and they were the parents of three children:
  Samuel, Isaac and Robert.
  
    The father of our subject was born in 1810, and was a blacksmith by trade,
  having served an apprenticeship to that trade in the shop of Thomas Cole of
  Berwick. He moved to Orangeville, Pa., where he embarked in business on his own
  account, but later removed to Berwick where he followed his trade the rest of
  his active days. He served as major in the state militia; as inspector of the
  Second Brigade; and as captain of the Light Horse Artillery. He also served as
  constable of the town. He erected the house in which Lyman Fowler now resides.
  His wife was Catherine Krisher and they were the parents of two children,
  namely: Andrew D., our subject; and Fanny E, The latter became the wife of G. D.
  Jacoby of Berwick, and they reared the following children: Warren; Boyd; Kate,
  the wife of H. S. Williams; Mary, deceased; Sally, who is the wife of H. J.
  Sitler; Annie, who is the wife of G. F. Vandoozer; and Etta. The father of our
  subject died in 1865.
  
    Andrew D. Seely acquired a good education in the common schools and then
  learned the trade of a stonecutter and worked for Capt. A. H. Rush of Berwick
  until the breaking out of the Rebellion. April 20, 1861, he enlisted in Company
  C, 16th Reg., Penna. Vol. Inf., which was one of the first companies sworn into
  the Union service during the Civil War. Three months later he re-enlisted in the
  84th Regiment, which, on account of the loss of men, was later merged with the
  57th Regiment. When our subject was mustered out, on July 25, 1865, he was
  sergeant of his company. Returning home he was employed at the works of The
  Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company, where he now has charge of the paint
  department and has some twenty men under his supervision.
  
    August 27, 1870, our subject was made captain of the Jackson Guards, serving
  at Scranton, Pa., in 1871; December 31, 1871, he was commissioned
  lieutenant-colonel of the 17th Regiment and served during the riot at the
  Susquehanna Depot in 1874; he saw active service at Wilkesbarre and Hazleton, at
  which places he was on Maj. Osbourne's staff; in 1877, on the re-organization of
  the National Guard of Pennsylvania, he was made aide-decamp of the Third Brigade
  under Gen. Siegfried; he was also made aide-de-camp on Gov. Pattison's staff
  with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Col. Seely did effective service during the
  riots at Homestead, Pa. He has assisted in quelling all the riots in the state
  and has won the highest praise for the good judgment he displayed.
  
    Col. Seely on March 25, 1878, was joined in the bonds of matrimony with
  Miranda C. Stackhouse. Our subject is a member of the Knights of Malta; G. A.
  R.; Society of the Army of the Potomac; Knights of the Golden Eagle; P. O. S. of
  A.; Camp No. 32, U. V. L.; Lodge No. 436, B. P. O. E., of Blooms-burg, Pa.;.and
  Col. A. D. Seely Camp, No. 25, Sons of Veterans. He has been a member and chief
  of the fire department for the last seven years; has served as burgess of the
  borough of Berwick; and as health officer eight years. Mrs. Seely is a member of
  the Women's Relief Corps, and is a very active worker in the organization. Col.
  Seely occupies a residence, No. 309 East Front street, which is one of the
  finest in the borough and is equipped with every modern improvement. Col. Seely
  holds a commission on the retired list of the National Guard of Pennsylvania and
  is entitled to be the guest of the governor of Pennsylvania upon all state
  occasions.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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