Cause of Death: Brain cancer
LaRue Seager was raised in Logan, Utah; Cardston, Canada, where here parents homesteaded for seven years; then in Tremonton, Utah after 1905. She graduated from high school from the Bear River High School and BYU Academy then taught school for several years before she married Ernest Harry Furse in 1921 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She was an active memberof the LDS Church, and had previously served a mission to the Eastern States.She also held many offices in the Relief Society and was the Relief Society secretary for many years. She was a good housewife and mother, and raised four sons, and one daughter. During WWII, LaRue worked at the Dugway Proving groundsin Tooele and Hill Field at Clearfield. She continued to work at the V.A. Hospital doing kitchen duty until she retired at the age of 65. LaRue and Harry had 25 grandchildren.

Cause of Death: Pneumonia, an old man's friend said the doctor.
Autobiography of Orin Austin Seager, in my own hand writting, written Sept. 14, 1952, on my birthday:

"I was born September 14, 1872 in the little village of Tyrrell Hill, Trumbull County, Ohio to Mary Emeline Tyrrell. My father, Orin BarberSeager, had died April 23, 1872 at the age of 29 of inflammatory rheumatism, five months before my birth. My father and mother had been married about five years and had had no children, my mother being rather frail and delicate. SomeMormon elders called at their home and gave Mother a blessing, and promised herthat she should have a child, and I was born in due time in fulfillment of that promise.

My grandmother, Lucretia Webster Tyrrell, and her two daughters,Aunt Sylvia Adeline, and my mother joined the Mormon Church, but Grandfather Asahel Tyrrell, and his two sons, Asahel Hazard and Austin Elijah never acceptedthe gospel.

Aunt Sylvia married Simpson Misner, and they came to Utah about1869 and located first in Provo, then in American Fork, Utah. Grandmother Tyrrell made a trip out to Utah to visit them, and the day before she had planned to return home became ill and died in American Fork. Grandfather Tyrrell, apparently suspicious of the Mormons, felt that they were responsible for her death.Aunt Sylvia and Uncle Simpson with their family, in order to allay Grandfather's fears and correct the wrong impression, returned to Ohio. They returned toAmerican Fork in the fall of 1872 or spring of 1873, bringing Mother and me with them.

After her arrival in American Fork, Mother met and married Warren Barnes Smith in 1873 as his second wife. Of this marriage six children were born, four girls and two boys: Telitha, Asahel, Ortencia, Estella, Mary, and Junius.

I grew up in American Fork, feeling the need of a father's interest and affection, as my stepfather was lacking in both towards me. However, a good mother planted in my heart a love for the gospel and respect for the priesthood.A small inheritance from my father enabled me to attend the Brigham Young Academy for three years, a great blessing and spiritual strength. At about the ageof seventeen I entered the Brigham Young Academy at Provo, when it was housed in an old warehouse near the railroad depot. One summer I secured employment with a section crew working between Schofield, Carbon County, and a small place called PV Junction. One day while helping to pump the car, I was thrown off andone of my legs was badly injured, so that a train had to be flagged. I was removed to my home in American Fork. (It has been said by his daughter, Mildred,that the doctor wanted to amputate, but his mother would not permit it. Instead she treated his wounds with herb popoultices and saved his leg. His remaining limp was hardly noticeable.) I was disabled most of the summer and returnedto the B.Y.A. that fall on crutches. I secured lodging with the family of thestation agent, so did not have far to go to school. That year the Academy wasmoved to its new home on North University Avenue.

While I was attending school at Provo, Mother and a young woman friend came over to visit me one day. They drove a horse and car on their return home. On the outskirts of American Fork, a dog ran out and frightened the horse, and Mother was thrown from the seat, catching on something so that she was dragged some distance. Her young companion was dazed for a time, but soon regained consciousness and ran to a neighbor's home to seek assistance. Mother was taken home and a doctor summoned. Shesuffered the loss of one ear and had part of her scalp torn loose. An old midwife came with the doctor to care for her, and it was the midwife, under the doctor's supervision, who sewed the scalp back on and made the other necessary repairs. The next day Aunt Sylvia came and treated her injuries with No. 6, a homemade preparation of their own. I think it migh

Cause of Death: Metastatic gallbladder cancer
I was born in Logan, CacheCounty, Utah on April 27, 1874, daughter of William Kennedy Robinson and Harriet Vilate Pitkin. When I was nine months old my father was killed February 16,1875, while getting timber from Logan Canyon for the erection of the Logan Tabernacle. When five years old, Mother married a dear friend of Father's, Charles Burtis Robbins, who was a grand and good stepfather to me.
Father (WilliamKennedy Robinson) came to Utah when nineteen years of age as a teamster for the Johnston's Army. The first winter he was in Utah, he heard the gospel preached by Apostle Ezra T. Benson and was later converted and baptized by him. He became a very devoted Latter-day Saint and was the only one of his father's family to join the Church. Mother had three daughters by William Kennedy Robinson:Marie Vilate, Sarah May, and myself, Mary. Mother also had one son and two daughters by Charles Burtis Robbins: namely, Hattie (Harriet Vilate), William Kennedy, and Emma Louise.
I was reared in the fourth ward of Logan, across the street, east of the courthouse, and was active in the ward, until I was married and left to make our home in the sixth ward. I was organist in Primary, also inSunday school, and was a member of the Stake Tabernacle Choir. I had the privilege of attending the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple with the choir in April 1893. I attended the district schools, also the Brigham Young Academy, andthe Agricultural College, as it was then called, the first year of its existence. I had many happy days in my girlhood, attending horse races, canyon trips,balloon ascensions, skating rinks, theaters, circuses, dances, and Church activities.
When I was nineteen years and eight months of age, I married a wonderful young man, Orin Austin Seager, in the Logan Temple. He was from American Fork, Utah and had come to Logan to go to school at the AC (Agricultural College).We met about three weeks after his arrival at his boarding house, the Crockethome. After our marriage we built a nice five room, cream colored, brick home, where we lived for nearly four years, then sold it and moved to Canada, September 1897. While in Canada, we went through some experiences that I will neverforget and hope none of our loved ones will ever have to undergo. We lived ona homestead in the summer, and in order to get to Cardston we had to ford St.Mary's River or drive twenty-five miles extra in a lumber wagon over the prairie to cross a bridge. We experienced some terrible snowstorms, hail storms, floods, and the worst lightning I have ever witnessed. While in Canada two sons were born, Orin Burtis, who died when three weeks old, and in one and a half years, William Kennedy, came to bless our home. We remained in Canada for seven years and left there with the same amount of money that we went there with, lessfive acres of good hay land situated in Logan that was willed to me from my father. Our home in Cardston was diagonal, southwest, from where the Latter-daySaints Temple stands.
We left Canada July 1904, and went to LeGrand, Oregon, but after three months there, we came back to Logan for the winter. The 17th ofMarch 1905 we moved our meager belongings on a hayrack, powered by two horses,to Tremonton, then called Elwood. We lived in a two room, frame house with noplaster, just the outside lumber, which was lined inside with tarpaper with wallpaper over it. We had the three children, LaRue, Irene, and William Kennedy.We purchased thirty-six acres of good land at seventy-two dollars per acre, which was covered with sagebrush. We cleared ten acres and planted it in sugarbeets. We raised a good crop, which enabled us to meet our debts that fall.
Orin and myself were soon called to work, he in Sunday school, and myself in Primary and assistant organist in the ward. After nearly five years, in December1906, Maudell blessed our home. In 1909, another

1. 1. LaRue Robinson SEAGER b. 18 Oct 1894, Logan,Cache,Utah,USA; d. 5 Apr 1977, Salt Lake City,Salt Lake,Utah,USA; bur. Wasatch Lawn cemetery,Lot 8 in Fairlawn Park Garden,Slc,Utah, USA.
2. Irene SEAGER b. 6 Dec 1896, Logan,Cache,Utah,USA; d. 3 Jul 1929, North Brigham City,Box Elder,Utah,USA; bur. Plot B,block 2,lot 3,Bear River City Cemetery, Box Elder, Utah.
3. Orin Burtis SEAGER b. 22 Mar 1900, Cardston,Alberta,Canada; d. 13 Apr 1900, Cardston,Alberta,Canada; bur. Cardston,Canada.
4. William Kennedy SEAGER b. 26 Sep 1901, Cardston,Alberta,Canada; d. 14 Jan 1995, Corona,Riverside,California,USA; bur. Mesa,Maricopa,Arizona.
5. Maudell SEAGER b. 22 Dec 1906, Elwood,Box Elder Co.,Utah,USA; d. 5 Nov 1989, Utah,USA; bur. Honeyville Cemetery,Honeyville,Utah.
6. Carroll Austin SEAGER b. 6 Feb 1914, Elwood,Box Elder Co.,Utah,USA; d. 19 Jan 1993, Ogden,Weber,Utah,USA; bur. Ogden City Cemetery,Ogden,Utah,USA.

Cause of Death: Inflammatory rheumatism
The first Seager in America wasRichard Seager b. 1624, who came from England to settle in Hartford, Connecticut. Five additional generations lived in Hartford Co., Connecticut with Josephb. 1656, Joseph b. 1682, Joseph b. 1706, Darius B. 1751, and Elijah b. 1778. Darius b. 1751 was a Revolutionary War Veteran and fought for nine months as a private. He was engaged in the taking of New York. The Seager family began moving westward after the first colonial settler. They moved first north from Hartford, Connecticut to Simsbury, Connecticut, then west to Phelps Township, NewYork. Elijah and his son, Silas Hill Seager b. 1809, moved to Conneaut, Ohio from Phelps, New York by boat on Lake Erie. Silas Hill Seager's son, Orin Barber Seager b. 1842, was a young man when he moved south to Tyrrell Hill, Ohio, where he met and married Mary Emeline Tyrrell in 1867. Mary E. Tyrrell was alsoborn in Ohio, but all of her ancestors originated from Connecticut with her immigrate ancestor, Roger Terrill, coming from England.

Orin Barber Seager wasa machinist. He and his new wife had a home and shop. Orin drilled holes inthe timbers in his shop and to hid money. This wasn't discovered until after his death when the new owners tore the shop down. Orin B. Seager and Mary E. Tyrrell had one child, Orin Austin Seager, who was born in the little village of Tyrrell Hill in 1872. Orin Barber Seager died at the age of 29 of inflammatoryrheumatism, five months before his son's birth. Orin Barber Seager never realized that he would die so young as he never told his young wife that he had money hidden.

Orin B. Seager was a young man during the years of the civil war,but no records have been found and there is no family history of him ever enlisting. Since he had inflammatory rheumatism, he was probably to ill to enlist.Ohio was a union state, however, and very much against slavery.

Orin BarberSeager's ancestors contended with the difficult task of settling a new countryin New England. Even though Orin Barber Seager's life was cut short, it is remarkable that, successive generations have been called upon to be pioneers. Hiswife and son went on to lay a firm foundation farther west in Utah. His son,Orin Austin, then went north to homestead in Canada and back to Tremonton, Utahand continued the pioneer spirit, encouraging his own children to advance andbe pioneers in their chosen professions or go on a church mission. Out of OrinBarber Seager's grandchildren, C. Austin Seager, followed in his grandfather'sfootsteps and became a university professor, teaching in the department of manufacturing engineering technology. C. Austin also helped his son, Richard, start his own home business, using CNC milling machines to make parts for the space program. Tyrrell R. Seager, another grandson, became the first doctor in Utahto receive a surgical residency from any hospital in Utah. Both C. Austin andTyrrell became influential leaders in their community. LaRue, William Kennedy, and C. Austin went on missions, with C. Austin Seager returning to the Connecticut homeland, for his mission. Each successive generation has been a generation of founders in new fields of knowledge, and we are today the result of whatour Pilgrim ancestors accomplished, through their genes and through their desires.

From our ancestors we inherited the spirit, doctrines, and practices of the Puritans. We not only inherited their genes, but their customs are stillvery much in our blood. Many of their practices can still be seen in our families today. Most of us still believe in educating our families in religion andhigher education, but some of the "puritanical" code of being scrupulously strict, rigid, and intolerant has also filtered down through our fathers, which has not always been a benefit to our families.

Mary Emeline Tyrrell, wife of Warren Barnes Smith, Original Pioneer of 1850, byKara Seager-Segalla, 1999

Mary Emeline Tyrrell was born Aug 8, 1845 at Tyrrell Hill in the township of Fowler, Trumbull County, Ohio to Asahel Tyrrell and Lucretia Webster, the forth child of five. She came from a long line of Tyrrell's dating back as far as Thomas Tyrrell of Heron, England, born about 1405.The Tyrrell's or Terrill's came to the New World from England as early as 1644with John Terrill/ Tyrrell b. 1629 settling in New Haven County, Connecticut.Five subsequent generations of Tyrrell's stayed in Connecticut with John b. 1644, Nathan b. 1693, Asahel b. 1739, Elijah Asahel (a twin) b. 1775, and Ashel b.1802. Asahel Tyrrell Senior b. 1739 was killed at the taking of Burgoyne, near Saratoga, N.Y. on Oct. 8, 1777.
Asahel Tyrrell and Lucretia Webster's family, oldest to youngest, was Asahel Hazzard, Austin Elijah, Sylvia Adeline, Mary Emeline andlastly an adopted child, Silence Ackley. Her father, Asahel Tyrrell, according to the History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, published by H.A. Williams& Brothers, 1882, was a builder and contractor for some twenty years, erectingmany of the finest residences in Fowler and surrounding townships. Asahel Tyrrell was always active in promoting every public enterprise, was prominent in the founding of Tyrrell Hill, and had taken an interest in the building of the railroad and other interests. He was formerly a Whig, but had been a Republicansince the formation of the party. His home residence was erected in 1840. Thefarm consisted of one hundred and forty-five acres, and he also owned three hundred and eighty acres in Vienna and Howland townships."
Please note that theHistory of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties continues with an extensive record onthe life of Elijah Asahel Tyrrell and Clarissa Meeker, Mary Emeline Tyrrell'sgrandparents.
Mary was raised in comparative opulence. She grew into a beautiful woman and was sent to school to obtain a better education than most girlsof that period. She was a well-bred Victorian lady, who was skilled in needlework, in being a seamstress, and was something of an artist and poet.
Mary Emeline met and married Orin Barber Seager on Mary 12, 1867 in Vernon, Trumbull Co., Ohio. Orin Barber Seager was born on the 26th of September 1842 at Conneaut, Ohio, which is near the Pennsylvania Border. He was the second child of Silas Hill Seager and Amelia Amanda Barber. He had two brothers, Charles Edward and Prince Albert. Orin Barber Seager was the eighth generation of the Seager Line to live in the U.S. The first Seager in America was Richard Seager b. 1624,who came from England to settle in Hartford, Connecticut. Five additional generations lived in Hartford Co. Conn. with Joseph b. 1656, Joseph b. 1682, Joseph b. 1706, Darius b. 1751, and Elijah b. 1778. Darius b. 1751 was a Revolutionary War Veteran and fought for nine months as a private. He was engaged in thetaking of New York. Orin Barber Seager's ancestorsbegan moving westward after the first colonial settler. They moved first northfrom Hartford, Connecticut to Simsbury, Connecticut, then west to Phelps Township, N.Y. Orin Barber Seager's father, Silas Hill b. 1809, moved to Conneaut,Ohio from Phelps, New York by boat on Lake Erie. When Orin Barber Seager was ayoung man, he moved south to Tyrrell Hill, Ohio, where he met and married MaryEmeline Tyrrell. Orin was 24 years of age, and Mary was 21 years old. Mary and Orin had one child, Orin Austin Seager, born in the little village of TyrrellHill, on September 14, 1872.
According to Orin Austin Seager's autobiography, Orin Barber Seager died on April 23, 1872 at the age of 29 of inflammatory rheumatism, five months before his son's birth. Orin and Mary had been marriedabout five years and hadn't conceived any childre

1. 2. Orin Austin SEAGER b. 14 Sep 1872, Fowler,Trumbull,Ohio,USA; d. 4 Dec 1965, Ogden,Weber,Utah,USA; bur. Honeyville cemetery,Honeyville,Utah.

Silas Seager was born and raised in Phelps, New York. He later married AmeilaAmanda Barber while in New York. Silas and Amanda came by steam boat on Lake Erie with a large part of their house hold goods and probably also traveled withAmanda's parents. Family history states that they traveled by land to Lake Erie, and then continued by boat to the port city of Conneaut, Ohio. Across theborder, in Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania, Silas and Amanda had three children, Charles, Orin, and Albert. Conneaut is situated in one of the choicest agricultural parts of the county, and the people, as a class, are noted for their intelligence and morality.

Silas is listed in the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880US census for Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania, and died there at the age of 74.

According to the 1870 census for Conneaut, Pennsylvania, Amelia Barber was bornin New York. Most of her ancestors originated from Massachusetts or Connecticut and were of English descent. Her 5th great grandfather was Thomas Hooker,who was a notable minister of Connecticut. From Hooker's sermons sprange the constitution of Connecticut, the first of the written American constitutions framed by the people for the people. It is also believed that Amelia Barber was adescendant of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower. The Barber, Drake, Seager, and other families lived in the same communities and intermarried several times. Amelia and Silas were second cousins. They were both descendants of Thomas Barber, who was the first Barber in New England.

Amelia moved to Crawford Co., Pennsylvania sometime before 1832 where she married Silias Hill Seager and they had three children, Charles Edward, Orin Barber, and Prince Albert.

1. Charles Edward SEAGER b. 13 Sep 1839, Conneaut Township,Crawford,Pennsylvania,USA; d. 15 Nov 1913, Conneaut,Crawford,Pennslyvania,USA.
2. 4. Orin Barber SEAGER b. 26 Sep 1842, Conneaut,Crawford,Pennsylvania,USA; d. 23 Apr 1872, Tyrrell Hill,Fowler,Trumbull,Ohio, USA; bur. Dugan Cemetery,Fowler,Ohio.
3. Prince Albert SEAGER b. 22 Oct 1844, Conneaut Township,Crawford,Pennsylvania,USA; d. Aft 1938, of Roscoe,Edmunds,South Dakota,USA.