Henry E. Seelye

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SEELYE, Henry E., lawyer; b. Bethel, Conn., June 20, 1827; s. Seth and Abigail (Taylor) Seelye; brother of Julius Seelye, long pres, of Amherst College; academic education; m. Detroit, Mich., July 21, 1857, Henrietta Hurd. Came to Chicago. 1850; read law in office of Morris & Goodrich; admitted to bar of Illinois in 1852. Was connected with the sanitary commission during the Civil War and was long secretary of the Chicago Orphan Asylum and a trustee of Lake Forest Univ. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: 1434 Chicago Av., Evanston, 111.

Pg 516"The Book of Chicagoans, A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago,” edited by John W. Leonard, published A.N. Marquis & Company, Chicago, 1905.

[Son of Seth Seelye SGS # 2056 – Seth; Nathan; Seth; Nathan; James; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Robert]

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