Jacob Seery

JACOB SEERY.

Although he has passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten, Jacob Seery is yet actively collected with agricultural pursuits, still managing his farming interests which throughout many years have brought to him a good return for his labor, making him one of the well-to-do citizens of Lykens township. He needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, for no representatives of the farming class in this county are more widely or favorably known than the Seery family, that was founded here in 1833, at which time Solomon Seen-, Sr., brought his wife and children to Lykens township. The subject of this sketch, then a youth of eight summers, was born in Ross county, Ohio, November 19, 1825, but was reared on the old family homestead here and pursued his education in a log school house, such as was common at that time. To his father he gave the benefit of his services until his marriage, when he began farming on his own account.

On the 226. of January, 1852, Jacob Seery was united in marriage to Miss Lavina A. Cooiv, and their home was blessed with the presence of four children: Alvaro E., now deceased; De Forrest B., a resident farmer of Lykens township; Lorenzo M. D., deceased; and Reno R., who is with his father and assists,him in the operation of the home farm.

After his marriage Mr. Seery removed to the farm upon which he now resides, and it has, therefore, been his home for almost half a century. He has here one hundred and fifty-six acres of good land and owns elsewhere a valuable farm of eighty acres. He has cleared fifty acres of the home place and has made excellent improvements thereon, all of which stand as monuments to the enterprise and thrift of the owner. He is still managing the operation of his fields and the raising of stock, and his activity in business affairs at the age of seventy-six years should put to same many a man who, grown weary of the burdens and responsibilities which he should bear, would delegate them to others.

In his political views Mr. Seery is a stalwart Republican, and for three years he served as township trustee. During the Civil war he enlisted in the home guards for five years. In 1864 his regiment was called out, and as a private he went to the scene of conflict. He was mustered in at Camp Chase for one hundred days' service, and with his command went to the defense of Washington, being stationed at Fort Worth, near Alexandria. He is now a member of Roberts Post, No. 672, G. A. R., of Poplar, and has served as senior vice commander. He has always been loyal to the best interests of citizenship, and has taken a deep and active interest in the upbuilding and progress of the county, in which almost his entire life has been passed.

As printed in A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.