Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
James Albert Seward, 8 South 43 West
In Champaign, Illinois, Judge Abraham Lincoln " granted
Ophelia Baldwin a divorce from her husband William."
Samuel C. Seward and Mrs. Ophelia Baldwin married in Champaign County on May 13, 1858.
In 1870 Champaign County, Illinois, James Seward is 10, with Samuel 42, farming,
born in England, and Ophelia 41 born in Ohio. Mary is 8, and Edwin 6.
Ophelia 1828-1871 is buried in Urbana, Champaign County # 65037492.
Samuel remarried to Rosalie, and is also buried in Urbana 1828-1906 # 118502918.
In 1900 Champaign County, Samuel born Feb 1828 in England, married 28 years to Rosalie Nov 1838 Vermonth, have Fred Dec 1876 in Illinois.
"ROSALIE A. Scott, the fourth child of Phineas Scott, was
born November 1, 1838, in Burke, Vt. She was married in
Champaign, I11., March 26, 1872, to Samuel C. Seward, who
was born February 19, 1828, in Hull, Yorkshire, England. In
1881 they lived in Urbana, Ill. Their children were:
SCOTT A. Seward, born January 27, 1873, in Somers, Ill.,
died in Staunton, 111., August 3, 1875.
EMMA A. Seward, born February 3, 1875, in Somers, I11.
FRED C. Seward, born December 1, 1876, in Staunton,
Illinois.
"
In 1880 Champaign County, "Albert" Seward is a laborer, living with Wm. 26 and Matilda 22 Powell
James claimed a quarter in section 15, 8S 43W in 1890.
James A. Seward, 32, and Ola M. Carlyle, 28, both of Illinois, married in Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska on March 1, 1892.
There's a James A. Seward in Clay Center, Kansas in 1900, born July 1859,
married eight years to Olivia Feb 1862, both born in Illinois.
James and Olivia are farming in 1910 Dundy County, Nebraska, no kids.
James 1859-1919 is buried in Benkelman, Dundy County # 88182215.
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