About 1900 learned the trade of Blacksmithing from Joe Pyle in Boston. He worked as Joe's apprentice for one year making $75 and getting his dinner free. After this his father built him a shop on the family farm where he plied his trade.
After getting married his wife and mother didn't get along so he moved across the state line to work on an Ohio farm. After a couple years he heard of cheap land in Michigan and the family moved to Lake County there about 1908. In 1912 when his father died he moved his family back to Wayne County. But the next year his brother-in-law, Charles Dils, told him of good money to be made in the rice fields of Arkansas. So once again the family moved. This time it was near Stuttgart, Arkansas, for about four years.
In 1916 his mom died and left him some money. After returning from the funeral in Indiana he bought some land near Searcy. But a year later the family tired of the life there full of snakes, disease and near poverty. By November of 1917 the family was living just north of Boston. The house they moved into was a log cabin with three extra rooms built across the back of it. This house was moved to the Mait Starr farm a few years later. Virgil, my father, was born in this house in 1918. My Uncle Earl (Leslie Earl, Jr.) gave me, my wife and baby son Kevan a tour of the house in 1976. The next year Roger Richert bought the house and moved it into Richmond to use as an antique store. In 1982 I took my sons to Richmond to show them the house their grandfather was born in and photographed them in front of it. The house is now on the Sim Hodgin Parkway on the northside of town.
After living on a couple farms around Boston the family moved to the northside of the county and lived near Whitewater. From 1925-33 they lived in three different places around there before moving into Richmond. After settling in Richmond he went to work for Hills Roses. The company is known worldwide for their roses and is the reason Richmond is nicknamed "the Rose City".
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Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana
November 26, 1961
Leslie E. Seaney, 79 years old, died at noon Saturday at his home, 211 North Sixth street, following eight years of illness. An employee of the Joseph H. Hill company until 1953, he had been born in Wayne county and had lived in Richmond for 28 years.
Survivors include the widow, Emma; four daughters, Miss Ruth Seaney of New Paris rural route, Mrs. Mary Thurston, Mrs. Anna Clark and Mrs. Ida Christy, all of Richmond; two sons, Earl of Sarasota, Fla., and Virgil of Richmond; 18 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
Services for Mr. Seaney will be held at 3 p. m. Tuesday at Stegall-Berheide-Orr funeral home, with Rev. Heedley Cobb officiating. Burial will be in Whitewater cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 3 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m..
After getting married his wife and mother didn't get along so he moved across the state line to work on an Ohio farm. After a couple years he heard of cheap land in Michigan and the family moved to Lake County there about 1908. In 1912 when his father died he moved his family back to Wayne County. But the next year his brother-in-law, Charles Dils, told him of good money to be made in the rice fields of Arkansas. So once again the family moved. This time it was near Stuttgart, Arkansas, for about four years.
In 1916 his mom died and left him some money. After returning from the funeral in Indiana he bought some land near Searcy. But a year later the family tired of the life there full of snakes, disease and near poverty. By November of 1917 the family was living just north of Boston. The house they moved into was a log cabin with three extra rooms built across the back of it. This house was moved to the Mait Starr farm a few years later. Virgil, my father, was born in this house in 1918. My Uncle Earl (Leslie Earl, Jr.) gave me, my wife and baby son Kevan a tour of the house in 1976. The next year Roger Richert bought the house and moved it into Richmond to use as an antique store. In 1982 I took my sons to Richmond to show them the house their grandfather was born in and photographed them in front of it. The house is now on the Sim Hodgin Parkway on the northside of town.
After living on a couple farms around Boston the family moved to the northside of the county and lived near Whitewater. From 1925-33 they lived in three different places around there before moving into Richmond. After settling in Richmond he went to work for Hills Roses. The company is known worldwide for their roses and is the reason Richmond is nicknamed "the Rose City".
The Palladium Item
Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana
November 26, 1961
Leslie E. Seaney, 79 years old, died at noon Saturday at his home, 211 North Sixth street, following eight years of illness. An employee of the Joseph H. Hill company until 1953, he had been born in Wayne county and had lived in Richmond for 28 years.
Survivors include the widow, Emma; four daughters, Miss Ruth Seaney of New Paris rural route, Mrs. Mary Thurston, Mrs. Anna Clark and Mrs. Ida Christy, all of Richmond; two sons, Earl of Sarasota, Fla., and Virgil of Richmond; 18 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
Services for Mr. Seaney will be held at 3 p. m. Tuesday at Stegall-Berheide-Orr funeral home, with Rev. Heedley Cobb officiating. Burial will be in Whitewater cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 3 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m..
About 1900 learned the trade of Blacksmithing from Joe Pyle in Boston. He worked as Joe's apprentice for one year making $75 and getting his dinner free. After this his father built him a shop on the family farm where he plied his trade.
After getting married his wife and mother didn't get along so he moved across the state line to work on an Ohio farm. After a couple years he heard of cheap land in Michigan and the family moved to Lake County there about 1908. In 1912 when his father died he moved his family back to Wayne County. But the next year his brother-in-law, Charles Dils, told him of good money to be made in the rice fields of Arkansas. So once again the family moved. This time it was near Stuttgart, Arkansas, for about four years.
In 1916 his mom died and left him some money. After returning from the funeral in Indiana he bought some land near Searcy. But a year later the family tired of the life there full of snakes, disease and near poverty. By November of 1917 the family was living just north of Boston. The house they moved into was a log cabin with three extra rooms built across the back of it. This house was moved to the Mait Starr farm a few years later. Virgil, my father, was born in this house in 1918. My Uncle Earl (Leslie Earl, Jr.) gave me, my wife and baby son Kevan a tour of the house in 1976. The next year Roger Richert bought the house and moved it into Richmond to use as an antique store. In 1982 I took my sons to Richmond to show them the house their grandfather was born in and photographed them in front of it. The house is now on the Sim Hodgin Parkway on the northside of town.
After living on a couple farms around Boston the family moved to the northside of the county and lived near Whitewater. From 1925-33 they lived in three different places around there before moving into Richmond. After settling in Richmond he went to work for Hills Roses. The company is known worldwide for their roses and is the reason Richmond is nicknamed "the Rose City".
The Palladium Item
Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana
November 26, 1961
Leslie E. Seaney, 79 years old, died at noon Saturday at his home, 211 North Sixth street, following eight years of illness. An employee of the Joseph H. Hill company until 1953, he had been born in Wayne county and had lived in Richmond for 28 years.
Survivors include the widow, Emma; four daughters, Miss Ruth Seaney of New Paris rural route, Mrs. Mary Thurston, Mrs. Anna Clark and Mrs. Ida Christy, all of Richmond; two sons, Earl of Sarasota, Fla., and Virgil of Richmond; 18 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
Services for Mr. Seaney will be held at 3 p. m. Tuesday at Stegall-Berheide-Orr funeral home, with Rev. Heedley Cobb officiating. Burial will be in Whitewater cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 3 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m..
After getting married his wife and mother didn't get along so he moved across the state line to work on an Ohio farm. After a couple years he heard of cheap land in Michigan and the family moved to Lake County there about 1908. In 1912 when his father died he moved his family back to Wayne County. But the next year his brother-in-law, Charles Dils, told him of good money to be made in the rice fields of Arkansas. So once again the family moved. This time it was near Stuttgart, Arkansas, for about four years.
In 1916 his mom died and left him some money. After returning from the funeral in Indiana he bought some land near Searcy. But a year later the family tired of the life there full of snakes, disease and near poverty. By November of 1917 the family was living just north of Boston. The house they moved into was a log cabin with three extra rooms built across the back of it. This house was moved to the Mait Starr farm a few years later. Virgil, my father, was born in this house in 1918. My Uncle Earl (Leslie Earl, Jr.) gave me, my wife and baby son Kevan a tour of the house in 1976. The next year Roger Richert bought the house and moved it into Richmond to use as an antique store. In 1982 I took my sons to Richmond to show them the house their grandfather was born in and photographed them in front of it. The house is now on the Sim Hodgin Parkway on the northside of town.
After living on a couple farms around Boston the family moved to the northside of the county and lived near Whitewater. From 1925-33 they lived in three different places around there before moving into Richmond. After settling in Richmond he went to work for Hills Roses. The company is known worldwide for their roses and is the reason Richmond is nicknamed "the Rose City".
The Palladium Item
Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana
November 26, 1961
Leslie E. Seaney, 79 years old, died at noon Saturday at his home, 211 North Sixth street, following eight years of illness. An employee of the Joseph H. Hill company until 1953, he had been born in Wayne county and had lived in Richmond for 28 years.
Survivors include the widow, Emma; four daughters, Miss Ruth Seaney of New Paris rural route, Mrs. Mary Thurston, Mrs. Anna Clark and Mrs. Ida Christy, all of Richmond; two sons, Earl of Sarasota, Fla., and Virgil of Richmond; 18 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
Services for Mr. Seaney will be held at 3 p. m. Tuesday at Stegall-Berheide-Orr funeral home, with Rev. Heedley Cobb officiating. Burial will be in Whitewater cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 3 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m..
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