Thomas W SEAMONS1,5,4,2
also known as 2,4
30th Nov 18621,2 - 31st Jan 18943,2
Life History
30th Nov 1862 |
Born in Arkansas.1,2 |
15th Apr 1884 |
Married Jennie MILLER in Arkansas County, Arkansas.1 |
11th Nov 1886 |
Birth of daughter Lillie SEAMONS in Arkansas County, Arkansas.6,7 |
19th Jul 1889 |
Birth of daughter Ethel Oral SEAMONS in Possum Waller, Arkansas, Arkansas.1,8,9,5,6,10,1,11,12 |
Dec 1892 |
Birth of daughter Tempie SEAMONS in Arkansas County, Arkansas.6 |
31st Jan 1894 |
Died in Arkansas County, Arkansas.3,2 |
after 31st Jan 1894 |
Buried in Saint Charles Cemetery, Saint Charles, Arkansas County, Arkansas.2 |
Notes
- This family name was recorded by Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain as Seamons in her formal listing of family history. But in family discussions about family history and in an informal letter referring to families, she spelled it Seamon. The formal list is dated before the discussions and after the letter where it appears without the s. It is likely that the form without the s is either a lapse of memory when spelling orally, or an unconscious variation.
I have chosen to use the spelling Seamons. This is the spelling I commonly find in various family lines. But some have followed a spelling found in one of the censuses, Seamans. There was also another unrelated family that did spell their name that way. The name comes originally from the German Siemens. The other two forms are English adaptations. I see current families of this surname using the spelling Seamons.
-- OBJ
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Thomas Seamons
Age 21, Birth Year abt 1863
Spouse's Name Virginia Miller
Spouse's Age 17
Marriage 15 Apr 1884 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date 14 Apr 1884
In April 2014, Ralph DuMond, a grandson, found Thomas' grave broken in the St Charles Cemetery, St Charles, Arkansas County, Arkansas. Interestingly, it appears the surname is spelled there as Seamans.
"I finally found my Great Grandfather's grave in the St. Charles Cemetery. Seems all I had to do was actually go there and search for it. Books, Phones & Internets were no help. He was Granny's (Ethel Seamans DuMond) father."
-- Ralph DuMond, comments on Thomas' photo posted by Ralph on Facebook, https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t1.0-9/10245495_621619461263907_5611414682790406553_n.jpg
"Thomas W. Seamans. Father of Ethel Seamans Dumond (Granny). Since Ethel was his only offspring that had children (remember Aunt Lilly?), we cousins are his only descendants. His father (also Thomas Seamans) was in the First Arkansas Infantry, Company H (Crockett's Rifles). He was wounded the second day of the Battle of Shiloh, taken aboard the Union hospital boat the D.A. January to a hospital in Covington, Kentucky where he died."
-- Ralph DuMond, comments on Thomas' photo posted by Ralph on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/ralph.dumond.5/photos
Gravestone of Thomas W Seamans, St. Charles Cemetery, St. Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas
Thomas W Seamans
Born Nov 30, 1862
Died Jan 31, 1894
Sources
- 1. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 2. Gravestone of Thomas W Seamans, St. Charles Cemetery, St. Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas
- 3. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 5 May, North Prairie, District 12, page 8A, Hse #144
- 4. Ralph DuMond, comments on Thomas' photo on Facebook
- 5. Personal Letters
- 6. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 6 June, Prairie Township, District 7, page 4A, Hse #55, Fam #56
- 7. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 23 April, Henton Township, District 1-13 Page 7A, Road to Hwy 79, Hse #108, Rents $4
- 8. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 19 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 10A, Oak Flat Rd, Hse #152, Owns $500
- 9. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 18 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 6A, Ethel and Point Rd., Hse#106, Fam #107
- 10. Gravestone of Ethel Seamon Dumond, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
- 11. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 1 February, Prairie Township, District 16, page 5B, LaGrue Springs and Ethel, Hse #98, Fam #101
- 12. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
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