George Washington Seaman

Brief Life History of George Washington

When George Washington Seaman was born on 16 February 1859, in Tiffin Township, Adams, Ohio, United States, his father, Franklin Allen Seaman, was 42 and his mother, Susannah Cain, was 41. He married Minnie Piatt on 27 March 1890, in Adams, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 13 June 1931, in West Union, Tiffin Township, Adams, Ohio, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Seaman
1859–1931
Katie Rühl
1872–1938
Marriage: 4 September 1901
Harold J Seaman
1905–1985
Seaman
1908–1908
Sherman Richard Seaman
1909–1971
Richard J Seaman
1910–

Sources (16)

  • George Seaman in household of Frank Seaman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • George W Seaman, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
  • G.W. Seaman in entry for C.E. Seaman and Maude Satterfield, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Seman, Semon (Old English Sǣmann, composed of the elements ‘sea’ + mann ‘man’). The surname may have become confused with variants of Simon .

English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name for a sailor, from Middle English seman ‘sailor’ (Old English sǣmann), but the most common source of the name is 1.

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Seemann .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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