LIBERTY J. SEELY

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Liberty J. Seely was reared on the farm where he now lives. For many years before his father's death, he took charge of the farm thus lightening the burden of his father in his old age. He was married to Miss Margaret E. Newton, in of New Jersey. By this marriage there were five children, Melvin D., born June 19, 1866; Florence E., born August 5, 1868; Jefferson, deceased, aged two years; Ethyl L., born November 26, 1880, and Anna May, born February 6, 1885. Mr. Seely was born in Liberty Township, January 24, 1837. He is one of the worthy and representative men of his township. His father, Hiram Seely, came to Fayette County, Indiana, in 1817. He started very poor in life, but had a good trade; he remained at home until his marriage, August 8, 1824, to Miss Anna Gunn, when he started for himself. He came to Shelby County in 1835. He was a hard working, honest man, and made a success of life. He died July 28, 1872, and his wife July 26, 1881, aged respectively seventy-one and eighty.

Page 693, History of Shelby County, Indiana, Chicago: Brant & Fuller, 1887, "Liberty Sketches".

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