Horace G. Seely

Horace G. Seely was born in Cayuga county, New York, in 1804, started for Illinois in company with his brother Jeduthan and family, and his sister, Mrs. Marvin Frary, late in the fall of 1835, but could get no further than Quincy, Illinois, on account of the cold weather and ice. They remained all winter at a camp meeting ground, three miles from Quincy, and arrived at Porland in March. He resided at Portland for a few years, and then went to Jones county, Iowa, where he is still living, hale and hearty, at seventy-three years of age. He married Miss Bethsheba Milk.

Extracted from Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 356

[Horace G. is SGS # 2661 - Horace G.; Jeduthan/Juduthen; Ebenezer, David; John; Benjamin; Nathaniel; Robert]