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John Thomas SEDERS

John Thomas SEDERS

Male 1844 - 1937  (92 years)

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  • Name John Thomas SEDERS 
    Born 19 Oct 1844  Keyser, Mineral Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birthplace given in marriage record as Hampshire County.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Hampshire Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 28 Jul 1862 to 27 Jul 1865  [4, 5] 
    Pvt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (POW at Libby Prison) 
    • John T. Seders was captured at Greenland Gap, W.Va., on April 25, 1863. He entered Libby Prison on May 6, 1863 and left there on May 14th. He was transferred to Union prisons until released in September 1863. Seders was at Libby with John R. Bogard, who was later transferred to Andersonville Prison, where he died.
    Residence 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1890  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1900  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Elk District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 7] 
    Died 27 Apr 1937  Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I41429  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 May 2019 

    Father Jesse SEDERS,   b. 16 Jun 1808, Hampshire Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1889, Hugle Run, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth BOYD,   b. CA 1811, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia E. JONES,   b. 27 Apr 1850, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1923, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1867  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated Jul 20 1870:
      John T. Seeders, 24, farm laborer; Lydia, 19; Mary F, 1. All born in (West) Virginia.
      The next enumerated household was the family of John's brother William H. Seeders.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
      John Seeders, 35, farm laborer; wife Letha E, 30, cannot read/write; dau Mary, 11; dau Ida, 9; dau Susan, 7; son Amos, 3; son George, 2.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      John Cedars, 55, b. Oct 1844, farmer, married 33 yrs; wife Lydia E, 50, b. Apr 1850, married 33 yrs, mother of 11 children (all still living); son Amos, 23, b. Jul 1876, single, farm laborer; son George, 22, b. Apr 1878, single, farm laborer; son Floyd, 19, b. Jun 1880, single, farm laborer; son Blaine, 13, b. Jul 1886; son Harvey, 12, b. Jan 1888; dau Etta F, 7, b. May 1893; dau Cora, 3, b. Jun 1897.
      The next enumerated household was that of John & Lydia's daughter Edna and her husband Thomas Powell. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Mary Frances SEEDERS,   b. 25 Sep 1868, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1968, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years)
    +2. Ida Victoria SEEDERS,   b. 19 Jul 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1949, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Susan L. SEEDERS,   b. 2 Aug 1874, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1922, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     4. Amos Levi SEDERS,   b. 4 Jul 1876,   d. 25 Nov 1965, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     5. George William SEDERS,   b. 3 Apr 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1969, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     6. Floyd M. SEEDERS,   b. Jun 1880
    +7. Edna Gay SEDERS,   b. 28 Nov 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1959, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     8. Blaine SEEDERS,   b. May 1886
     9. Charles Harvey SEEDERS,   b. Jan 1888
     10. Etta Faye SEDERS,   b. 22 May 1893, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1973, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     11. Cora E. SEEDERS,   b. 26 Jun 1897, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F16646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    41429_SEDERS_John-T_DinnerAtWaldoForThreeSurvivorsOfLocalGAR_Oct1933.pdf    		41429_SEDERS_John-T_DinnerAtWaldoForThreeSurvivorsOfLocalGAR_Oct1933.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2024] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 17, line 81 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538260&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2219] History of Doddridge County (1883), H. H. Hardesty, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/doddridgecountyhistory.html).

    5. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    7. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    8. [S1590] Death record of daughter.