Faulk County, SD Biographies.....Seaman, Fred Andrew 1857 - living in 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 8, 2005, 11:39 pm Author: C. H. Ellis FRED ANDREW SEAMAN was born in Arcade, Wyoming county, New York, on March 11, 1857. His parents were Andrew and Mary A. (Jackman) Seaman, the former a native of Holland, who came to America when he was seventeen years of age, with his parents. The mother was born in Sardinia, Erie county, New York. The father died in 1882 and the mother has made her home in Faulkton, being in her 76th year. Fred A. Seaman resided in Arcade, New York, until he was twenty-five years of age. He received a common school and academic education. He came to Dakota Territory in 1882 and located at LaFoon which afterwards became the county seat upon the organization of Faulk county. He organized the Faulk county bank in LaFoon in 1885 and became its cashier. He removed to Faulkton in the fall of 1886, moving the bank from LaFoon. The bank was closed in 1890. For the past seven years Mr. Seaman has bean engaged in the real estate business and insurance, both fire and life, in Faulkton. He was united in marriage, December 2nd, 1886, to Miss Julia E. Smith of LaFoon, daughter of Hon. D. S. Smith who has served in the South Dakota state senate. To Mr. and Mrs. Seaman have been born nine children of whom two sons and two daughters are living, Leonard 17, Paul 12, Sylvia 3 and Fae Harriet 4 months. Mr. Seaman is a Mason being a member of the blue lodge and chapter. Also a member of the Modern Woodman of America, the Ancient Order of the Royal Arcanun and A. O. U. W. He is a member of the Congregational church. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF FAULK COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS ILLUSTRATED 19O9 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/faulk/bios/gbs11seaman.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb