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Thomas Mercer Seeds

Birth	:	5 Nov 1835 Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	13 Jan 1931 Ashley, Delaware County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Ashley Union Cemetery, Ashley, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.4110985, -82.9436035
Description	:	"Thomas Mercer Seeds, for many years a prominent businessman of Ashley, Delaware County, Ohio, is now living in retirement. He has resided here almost continuously since he was nineteen years of age and is widely known among the people of this vicinity. He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1835 and is a son of Job and Mary (Mercer) Seeds. Job Seeds was born and reared in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and during his younger days taught in the public schools. He then followed surveying for some years, and then engaged in farming. He was first located on Brandywine... Read More	"Thomas Mercer Seeds, for many years a prominent businessman of Ashley, Delaware County, Ohio, is now living in retirement. He has resided here almost continuously since he was nineteen years of age and is widely known among the people of this vicinity. He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1835 and is a son of Job and Mary (Mercer) Seeds. Job Seeds was born and reared in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and during his younger days taught in the public schools. He then followed surveying for some years, and then engaged in farming. He was first located on Brandywine Creek, where the famous battle of that name was fought during the Revolution, but moved from there to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he lived until his death. He married Mary Mercer, a native of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of of the following children: Edward, deceased; Thomas Mercer; Paschall, who now lives in California; Hannah, deceased; Margaret, wife of William Brown, deceased, resides in Columbiana County, Ohio, and Mary, deceased. Thomas M. Seeds was reared in his native county and there learned the trade of shoemaker. He was nineteen years old when, in 1854, he came west alone, and began working at his trade in the establishment of Aaron Morehouse, near Ashley. After one year, he moved to Stantontown and continued his trade for a like period, then returned to Ashley In 1862, he formed a partnership with M. B. Shoemaker, and under the name and style of Seeds and Shoemaker conducted a general store, including hardware and builders’ supplies.In connection with this enterprise they operated the only lumber yard in the village. Finally, Mr. Seeds and his son dissolved partnership, when he took the hardware and his son the lumber business, and he continued in the hardware line until 1896, since which time he has lived in retirement. About 1873, he erected a modern brick residence on a tract of four and a half acres he owns, adjoining the village, and resided there until 1904, when he moved to his present location. On July 26, 1856, Mr. Seeds was married to Adelia Shoemaker, who was born and reared in Delaware County, and was a daughter of Daniel Shoemaker. She died October 19, 1903, having given birth to nine children, the record being as follows: Rosa married Robert Sherman of Dayton, Tennessee, and have the following offspring: Blanche, wife of John Reidy, has three children; Dawn, wife of Ray Sperry, has three children, Lillian and Edwin Sperry, and a daughter, Julia McGough, by a first marriage; Walter, Bessie and Belle. Edward Seeds, second child of Mr. Seeds, married Lillian Baumbarger and has one son, Cyoneous. Weston, residing at Columbus, Ohio, married Kitty Gilbert and they have one son, Gerald. Etta married Melvin McConbrey of Algier, Ohio, and they have a son, Ray. Myrtie married Frank Wigton and they have a son, Harry Seeds Wigton. Thomas M. Seeds was married second on November 21, 1904 to Mrs. Elizabeth (Laughrey) Waugh who was born in Knox County, Ohio, September 9, 1840, and is a daughter of Samuel and Julia Ann (Harris) Laughrey. She first married Samuel Waugh, by whom she has four children living; William E. who resides in California; Samuel Charles who resides in California, Elizabeth Viola, who is the wife of Josephine Doty, of Leonardsburg, Ohio, and Nancy Rosello, who is the wife of Wilbur Wandell of California. Religiously, both Mr. and Mrs. Seeds have been Spiritualists for many years. Mr. Seeds served for years as township and village treasurer and is a Democrat in politics." [Twentieth Century of Delaware County, Ohio and Representatives Citizens, edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, 1908]

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Where is Thomas Mercer Seeds's memorial?
Thomas Mercer Seeds's memorial is located at: Ashley Union Cemetery, Ashley, Delaware County, USA.
When did Thomas Mercer Seeds death?
Thomas Mercer Seeds death on 13 Jan 1931 in Ashley, Delaware County, Ohio, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Thomas Mercer Seeds's memorial?
Latitude: 40.4110985
Longitude: -82.9436035

Family Members:

Parent

Job M Seeds

(1805 - 1878)

Mary Mercer Seeds

(1810 - 1887)

Spouse

Adelia H Shoemaker Seeds

(1837 - 1904)

Elizabeth Loughrey Seeds

(1840 - 1926)

Siblings

Edward Seeds

(1834 - 1899)

Paschall Seeds

(1838 - 1915)

Margaret “Maggie” Seeds Brown

(1842 - 1884)

Mary E Seeds

(1850 - 1888)

Children

(1860 - 1941)

(1866 - 1867)

(1867 - 1868)

(1869 - 1873)

(1872 - 1874)

Myrtie B Seeds Wigton

(1875 - 1937)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Ashley Union Cemetery
Ashley, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4110985, -82.9436035

2. Gavitt Cemetery
Ashley, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3967018, -82.9458008

3. Baldwin Cemetery
Peru Township, Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4235992, -82.9057999

4. Morehouse Cemetery
Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4068985, -82.9017029

5. East Oxford Cemetery
Ashley, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3788190, -82.9463910

6. Baptist Cemetery
Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4403000, -82.9692001

7. Westfield Cemetery
Westfield, Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4342275, -82.9801843

8. Pompey Cemetery
Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4392014, -82.9064026

9. Mounds Cemetery
Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4491997, -82.9627991

10. Elliott Cemetery
Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4500008, -82.9664001

11. Winsor Cemetery
Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4179380, -83.0102090

12. Stantontown Cemetery
Marengo, Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3706017, -82.8996964

13. Peak Cemetery
Westfield, Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4380989, -83.0105972

14. Center Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4592018, -82.8952026

15. Alum Creek Friends Cemetery
Marengo, Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4064500, -82.8601800

16. South Woodbury Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
South Woodbury, Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4207150, -82.8555980

17. Martin Cemetery
Delaware, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3670055, -83.0174076

18. Old Kilbourne Cemetery
Delaware, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3371544, -82.9550171

19. Shawtown Cemetery
Westfield, Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4846992, -82.9610977

20. Mann Cemetery
Cardington, Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4897200, -82.9305600

21. Marlborough Cemetery
Troyton, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3669800, -83.0310400

22. Green Mound Cemetery
Kilbourne, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3319016, -82.9636002

23. County Home Cemetery
Kilbourne, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3326750, -82.9694370

24. Ebenezer Cemetery
Marengo, Morrow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4258003, -82.8255997