BIOS: Joseph J. SEESE, Paint Township, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 388/9

Joseph J. SEESE.

Joseph J. Seese, of Windber, is a grat-grandson of Melcher Seese, one of the 
earliest residents of Paint township, who married Sophia Lint and reared a 
large family, his numerous descendants being scattered over Somerset county. 
Emmanuel Seese, son of Melcher Seese, was born about 1792, and settled on a 
farm near Windber.  He was a Whig and a member of the Lutheran church.  He 
married, about 1814, Barbara Hoffman, of Paint township, and their children  
were: John, see forward; Mary, born May 15, 1818; Philip, December 16, 1819;  
Sophia, March 7, 1821; William, February 22, 1823; Susannah, November 3, 
1824; Sarah, September 3, 1826; Elizabeth, April 22, 1828; and Gillian, 
December 22, 1829.  The death of Mr. Seese occurred October, 1858.  John Seese, 
son of Emmanuel and Barbara (Hoffman) Seese, was born December 16, 1816, in 
Paint township, and in 1837 settled on the old Seese farm, now owned by his 
son, Joseph J. Seese.  There he passed all the remaining years of his life, 
serving his township in the offices of school director, supervisor, assessor, 
tax collector, and notably in that of justice of the peace, which he held for 
twenty-five years.  For many years he was identified with the Whigs, but later 
became a Republican.  He was a member of the Lutheran church.  Mr. Seese 
married, November 19, 1837, Hannah Custer, of Conamaugh township, and their 
children were: Joseph J., see forward; Barbara, born November 1, 1841, 
married Joseph Lehman, and died January, 1887; Emmanuel, born November 24, 
1844, married Margaret Otto, and died Deceember 1894; Rachel, born May 8, 
1846, wife of Henry J. Leman; Sarah, died May 18, 1850; Elizabeth, born 
March, 1851, wife of Henry Fyock; Sophia, born August 31, 1853, deceased; 
John, born December 31, 1855, died at the age of one year; Hannah born  
December 7, 1857; Catharine, born July 26, 1860, wife of Hiram Myers; and 
Mary A., born April 10, 1864.  Mr. Seese died August 23, 1892.  Joseph J. 
Seese, son of John and Hannah (Custer) Seese, was born August 6, 1839, and 
was given by his farther the advantages of education which the time and the 
place afforded.  In 1862 he settled on his father's farm near Scalp Level, in 
Paint township, and for two years worked at the carpenter's trade.  He then 
moved to Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and after remaining there four years 
returned to the homestead, thenceforth, until 1900, devoting his attention to 
the cultivation of the old lands.  In that year he moved from the farm to a 
small place in Paint township, where he has since resided.  He has filled the 
offices of constable, treasurer and school director of the township, serving 
in each three years, and has also been supervisor one year.  He is a 
Republican and a member of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Seese married, November 30, 1862, Lydia, daughter of Jacob Blough, and 
they have been the parents of the following children: John F., born February 
27, 1864, married Elizabeth Ott; Mary A., born November 10, 1865, died 
November 22, 1869; Elizabeth E., born January 2, 1868, wife of Lewis Statler, 
has eleven children; Emma B., born October 4, 1870, wife of L. R. Manger, has 
four children; Sylvester, twin to Emma B., married May J. Menster, has five 
children; Henry A., born October 4, 1877; Oliver C., born October 15, 1884.