John E. Seeley

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JOHN E. SEELEY, ESQ.

John Edward Seeley was born at Ovid Village on August 1, 1810, the son of John B. and Eleanor Pease Seeley (sic should be Nancy Harger), attended the Ovid Academy and received his degree from Yale University in 1835. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1840, was elected Supervisor of the Town of Ovid in 1842, County Judge and Surrogate in 1851 serving four years, and in 1860 and 1864 was elected a Presidential Elector. In 1870 Mr. Seeley was elected to the 42nd Congress of the United States as a Republican, receiving 15,276 votes against 12,134 for Mr. Daniels, his Democratic opponent. On January 20, 1846, he was married to Miss Cornelia DeForest, daughter of Peter DeForest of New York City, who was born on October 23, 1816 and died at the age of eighty-six years. The couple had five children, viz: John Edward Seeley born on November 19, 1846 and removed to Somerset, Niagara Co.; Barnum Dunlap Seeley born on July 29, 1948, married Miss Addie Thomas, daughter of Sylvester D. Thomas and removed to Michigan; DeForest Peter Seeley born on July 25, 1850, married Miss Anna Salyer, elected Supervisor of the Town of Ovid, &c; Goyn Talmadge Seeley born on May 20, 1854 and died on July 2, 1863; and Nancy Eleanor Seeley born on March 27, 1856, who married Dr. G.L. McClune. Hon. John E. Seeley besides practicing law was also a farmer, and died on March 30, 1875.

Page 298, “History of Ovid Seneca Co. N.Y. An Early History,” compiled by Wayne E. Morrison, Sr.

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