John E. Seeley
John E Seeley served from January 1, 1852 to January 1856. Judge Seeley died March 30, 1875. He received his academically education at the Ovid Academy, under the tuition of William Irvin, after which he passed through a full course of study at Yale College, where he graduated in 1835. He then studied law in this village at the office of Hon John Maynard About the year 1836 or '37 he located at Monroe. Michigan, but returned to Ovid in 1839. In the campaign of 1840, he was a very active Harrison man—was chairman of the town committee. In 1842, he was supervisor of the town In 1848, he acted with the "Free Soil" party, and in 1857 was elected Judge of the county by the united vote of the Democratic and Free Soil Party, running ninety-seven votes ahead of his ticket in this town, He represented this district in the first Republican National Convention, and was the presidential elector for this district in 1860, and again in 1864 and elected to Congress in 1870; was a trustee of Willard Asylum and I think president of the board from its organization, until after he was elected to Congress, when he resigned. In every station of life he was always to be trusted. In all public enterprise he took an active part, and when money was to be raised, he was generally at the head of the list. He was an uncompromising foe to slavery; the black man had no truer friend.
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[John E. is son of John Beardsley SGS # 1961 – John E.; John Beardsley (#1961); John (# 611); Hezekiah; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Robert]