1870 - 1896

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• Birth	21 May 1870	Marion Co,Il   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Mar 1896	Greenview,Il
  Buried	Surgar Grove Cemetary
  Person ID	I87789	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2003 00:00:00
  Father	Charles Wesley SEELYE, b. 24 Apr 1840, Westmoreland,Oneida County,New York
  Mother	Sarah Frances PARSONS, b. 13 Apr 1846, Portsmouth,Norfolk Co. Va.
  Family ID	F38279	Group Sheet
  Family	Fredrick Morton GRAHAM, b. 4 Oct 1865, Petersburg,Menard Co,Il
  Married	26 Jun 1891	Blunt,Hughes Co,Sd
  Children	1. Sandy O GRAHAM, b. Abt 1892, Blunt Cemetery,Blunt,Sd   2. Henry Samuel GRAHAM, b. 14 Sep 1893, Greenview,Menard Co,Il   3. Libble Ann GRAHAM, b. 22 Mar 1895, Greenview,Menard Co,Il
  Family ID	F38320	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Libbie V. Seelye daughter of Charles Wesley and Sarah Frances Seelye was born,May. 22, 1869 in Marion Co. IL. She moved with the family to a homestead in Dakota Territory in 1883 from IL. On June 26, 1891 she married, Fredic MortonGraham, born Oct 4, 1865 at the farm home of his grandfather, Mentor Graham,near Petersburg IL., at Blunt in the First Presbyterian church of that two year old state. To this union was,Sandy O. Graham born. The local paper, the Blunt Advocate, carried a tale explaining that the hazy off along the horizon was raised by buffalo herds moving but the Grahams neverseen any buffalo! Fred, the schoolmaster had received his education in Greenview IL. So in 1893 the family moved back to Greenview. To this union were Henry S Graham and LibbleV Graham were born. Mrs. Graham passed away March 25, 1896 and was laid torest in the Sugar grove cemetery near Greenview IL. and Fred died Aug. 23, 1941. The Graham residency,or old Seelye house, where they resided in Blunt partly burnt in 1943 as a result of kids starting a fire in the middle of the floor. When the Rural Electric Association (REA) purchased the property the rest was leveled by cat and dozer to the extent that a new REA building could be placed there. This information from Roger Xanders, Grandson of Anna Mary (Seelye) Tarbell P.S. The continuation of Fred Graham can be found in Item 1 of the 9th gen.of Grahams. I don't have this. Daniel P Seelye Note 10 March 1996from Virginia May (Sunkel) Macek Libble Graham: She is the child I believethat my mother and her sister referred to as : Little Libbie" and my mother corresponded with her. She married a man whose last name was Root - if I am correct, Libbie and family lived in Oregon. This, Henry S Graham, is who my mother knew as Sandy - lived in "Hot Springs", SD. I even began corresponding with him, One year (maybe 6 years ago his Xmas card was returned "Expired" no one ever wrote to me concerning his death.' I'm aware of some relatives (maybesome of his children lived in the Denver area.) Not sure, will wait for more data name may be Elizas and married 24 May 1891 Blunt, SD Census Place: Odin, Marion, Illinois Source: FHL Film 1254234 National Archives Film T9-0234 Page 157A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Charles SEELYE Self MM W 41 NY Sarah SEELYE Wife F M W 31 VA Frederick H. SEELYE Son M S W 14 MN George E. SEELYE Son M S W 12 IL Libby V. SEELYE Dau F S W 10 IL Effie A. SEELYE Dau F S W 7 IL Annie M. SEELYE Dau F S W 5 IL Martha B. SEELYE Dau F SW 3 IL Charles P. SEELYE Son M S W 5M IL

• Sources

  [S1359] #1478.