of Cattaraugus County, New York · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Foster B. Seager b. 1847
parentsWilliam N. Seager & Sophia (Eldridge) Seager
Foster B. Seager⚭ Susie Cross
childrenClarence Seager · Marion Seager
Source: History of Goodhue County, Minnesota (1909)
Their story
What the record says
History of Goodhue County, Minnesota (1909).
Mayor of Cannon Falls village, first elected 1880, served fourteen terms.
Born July 13, 1847.
Educated in common schools of Cattaraugus County, NY.
Lived temporarily in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska before locating in Cannon Falls July 22, 1869.
Farmer, then meat business, then fruit/vegetable raising and nursery (partner William Tanner).
Also sheep feeding and interested in Cannon River Electric Power Company.
Democrat, Mason, Episcopalian.
Married January 9, 1879.
Son Clarence born October 1884, daughter Marion born April 1893.
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