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• Birth	24 Apr 1840	Westmoreland,Oneida County,New York   [2, 3]
  Christened	9th
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Jun 1925	Pierre,Hughes Co,Sd   [4, 5]
  Buried	10 Jun 1925	Riverside Cemetery,Pierre,Sd.   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I87703	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2003 00:00:00
  Father	Lyman SEELYE, b. 28 Jul 1791, Westmoreland,Oneida County,New York
  Mother	Martha Ann GRISWOLD, b. 9 Oct 1798, Montgomery,County,New York
  Family ID	F38260	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Sarah Frances PARSONS, b. 13 Apr 1846, Portsmouth,Norfolk Co. Va.
  Married	20 Apr 1865	Portsmouth,Norfolk Co. Va.   [8]
  Children	> 1. Fredrick H SEELYE, b. 17 Apr 1866, Minnesota   2. George Emery SEELYE, b. 18 Oct 1867, Centralia,Marion Co,Il > 3. Libbie V SEELYE, b. 21 May 1870, Marion Co,Il > 4. Effington Alice SEELYE, b. 29 Sep 1871, Marion Co,Il > 5. Anna Mary SEELYE, b. 10 Nov 1875, Centralia,Il > 6. Martha Bell SEELYE, b. 6 Sep 1878, Central City,Il > 7. Charles Parsons SEELYE, b. 26 Dec 1879, Odin,Marion Co. Il.   8. Harry Orrin SEELYE, b. 6 Oct 1881, Centralia,Clinton Co,Il > 9. Lottie Grant SEELYE, b. 4 Aug 1884, Blunt,Dakota Territory   10. May Hundley SEELYE, b. 8 May 1886, Blunt,Dakota Territory > 11. Frances Ella SEELYE, b. 22 Feb 1888, Blunt,Dakota Territory
  Family ID	F38279	Group Sheet
  Notes	_STATMARRIED
  Children	1. Daniel SEELYE
  Family ID	F38261	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Charles Wesley SEELYE b. 24-Apr-1840 Westmoreland, Oneida Co. NY. d, 7-Jun-1925 Pierre, Hughes Co, SD m. 20-Apr-1865 Portsmouth, Norfolk Co. VA. SarahFrances PARSONS b. 13-Apr-1846 Portsmouth, Norfolk Co. VA. d. 11-Nov-1925 Pierre, Hughes Co, SD Charles Wesley Seelye, son of Lyman Seelye and Martha Griswold was born April 24, 1840 Westmoreland, Oneida Co. NY. On Jan. 21,1862he enlisted with Co. B of the 19th Wisconsin Infantry which came into light ofthe Civil War. The war came to an end on Palm Sunday - April 9, 1865. On April 14th President Lincoln was shot while watching a play at Ford theater by John Wilkes Booth and died the next morning. On April 20, 1865, he married SarahFrances Parsons, born 13-April-1846 Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA, where they were married by Army Chaplin Vincent Palem. Since his release from service hetaught grammar schools in Centralia and Springfield, IL. (I have found no information that will support the idea he was a school teacher in the Illinois State School System Daniel Seelye) To this union were: Fred Hundley; George Emery; Libbie V; Effington (Effie or Ef); Alice; Anna Mary; Martha (Minnie or Mattie) Bell; Charles Parsons; and Harry Orrin. Land boom of 1883 encouraged the family to move to Dakota Territory, but Blunt turned out to be only a wind swept siding of new plank shacks where thousands of free-land seekers had beendisgorged to over flow the one hotel and the lean to boarding houses. Many sought shelter from driving snow in empty box cars, in tents and dugouts, or densmade by topping stacked sacks of corn and bales of hay with planking. Theclaim on 160 acres was finally spotted 5-1/2 miles east of Blunt. When wheat crops failed the second year settlers turned to freighting moving westward eventhough they had to cross the river on a pontoon bridge. A common tale thosedays was that the haziness off along the horizon line was dust raised by buffalo herds, but no one ever seen any buffalo. It seems to me, so just enjoy theprick of life! like the Indians. A person would keep there interest so thaton July 4th they could bounce and bang into town in a wagon with the rest totake in the Indian celebration. Town sheriffs locked the saloons and kept thekeys to prevent the usual trouble so the celebration turned out to be largelya mild milling around all day and a banging and bouncing home again at night affair. To this union were Charlotte (Lolla or Lottie) Grant; Mae (May) Hundley and Ella Frances. When his daughters needed high school education and a jobhe sold the place in 1897 to Harry Tarbell, a son-in-law, and moved to Pierre SD.in the little house that faces west with three windows by the front door On Fillmore Street. A few years later he built the first house on Adams Streetand Capitol Ave. and lived on his $50.00 a month Civil War pension. In 1900another sad story was to lived down. When Libbie Ann Graham's said to be kindof ornery father, pinned a tag on her lapel and put her on a train addressedto C. W. Seelye in South Dakota. Sarah had a time raising her as thought she never would, but finally she succeeded. In 1902 the adoption was final. Charles passed away, June of 1924 and Sarah the 11th of Nov. Burial was made in the Riverside cemetery, a little south of the tool house, Pierre, South Dakota. STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN This is to Certify, That records in the state archives show that CHARLES WESLEY SEELYE, late a 1st Sergeantin Company B of the 19th Regiment of the Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers was enlisted into military service on the 27th day of January 1862, by S. S. York at Ellivta, Minnesota, for the term of three years, and was mustered into the military service of the United States on the 4th day of March 1862, at Racine,Racine County, Wisconsin. Private Seelye's birthplace was not given. Private Seelye was promoted to the rank of Corpo Corp

• Sources

  [S1248] GEDCOM File : WABER.ged, Daniel P Seelye, 9 Oct 2002. [S1308] #1427. [S1309] #1428. [S1310] #1429, # 97909. [S1311] #1430, # 97909. [S1312] #1431. [S1313] #1432. [S1359] #1478.