From: Dolores J Davis
Sent: Monday, June 23, 1997 1:06 AM
To: Daniel Seelye; JRNMBSEELY@aol.com
Cc: djdavis@sierratel.com
Subject: BURIALS:BCMM, Fairmount, Grant Co,IN

Here's what I promised to send you and John too. I've interjected a little of my late husband's family history re his ancestress, Mariah, so maybe it'll catch someone's eye. Hope this helps fill up some space in NL.

From pages 96 and 97 of book referenced at end of listings:

SEALE, Allen Dillon - b 11 Jun 1870; s William P. and Elizabeth (HENLEY) mbr Fairmount MM; d 18 Aug 1873;

SEALE, Amy (DAVIDSON) - b 23 Jul 1836; dt Isaiah and Sarah DAVIDSON; m John SEALE 21 Dec 1859 at Fairmount MH, mbr Fairmount MM; d 18 Apr 1874;

SEALE, Amy Ellen - b 7 Apr 1869; dt John and Amy (DAVIDSON); mbr Fairmount MM; d 11 Aug 1870;

SEALE, Eliza (BULL) - b 10 Oct 1832; dt John Jasper and Elizabeth (BUTCHER) BULL; m John SEALE 23 Sep 1852 at BCMH; mbr BCMM; d 27 Jul 1855;

SEALE, Elizabeth Ann - b 21 Nov 1860; dt John and Amy (DAVIDSON); mbr BCMM; d 14 Jan 1863;

SEALE, Elizabeth W. (HENLEY) - b Grant Co. 11 Aug 1839; dt Phineas and Mary (BOGUE) HENLEY; m William P. SEALE 20 Jun 1860 at Fairmount MH; mbr Fairmount MM; d 14 Nov 1889;

SEALE, Ella - b 18 May 1876; dt William P. and Elizabeth (HENLEY); mbr Fairmount MM; d 21 Jul 1876;

SEALE, Herbert Elvin - b 16 Aug 1873; s John and Amy (DAVIDSON) mbr Fairmount MM; d 6 Sep 1874;

SEALE, Sarah Alice - b 30 Aug 1863; dt John and Amy (DAVIDSON); mbr Fairmount MM; d 15 Sep 1869;

SEALY, Marie - see DAVIS
p 26 : DAVIS, Marie (SEALY) - b 29 Jan 1798 m Harvey DAVIS; d 9 May 1865.
(Note: This lady was an ancestress of my late husband, Carson A. DAVIS who d May 4, 1996, Fresno, CA. She was b in Pasquotank Co. NC, and in 1831 she and Harvey,and kinfolk, including her little sister, Elizabeth (SEALY) BROYLES, below, emigrated to first Wayne Co., then in abt 1837 resettled nr Fairmount, Grant Co., IN. Harvey and Mariah (true spelling) were not of the Quaker faith, but Harvey's bro. Wyllis DAVIS was a mbr of BCMM. Their bro. Griffin DAVIS stayed in Wayne Co., IN.-djd)

SEELY, Elizabeth - see BROYLES
(p13) - BROYLES, Elizabeth 'Betsey' (SEELY) - b 14 Mar 1808; m Manley/Handley BROYLES 29 Sep 1842; d 25 Sep 1878.

Ref: "Back Creek Friends Cemetery Burial Records" by Ralph D. Kirkpatrick, Copyright 1995 by Ralph D. Kirkpatrick, Pub 1995 by Heritage Books, Inc., 1540E Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, Maryland, 20716; ISBN 0-7884-0322-2

Location of cemetery: (from the foreword). . . ."Back Creek Friends Cemetery is located on the west side of County Rd 150 E at Co. Rd. 750 S and is 1.5 miles north of Fairmount. The cemetery forms the north boundary of the grounds of Back Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends and is only a few yards north of Back Creek Friends Meetinghouse. From the west edge of the cemetery, the ground slopes down to the floodplain of the creek that gave the cemetery it's name. Until about 1895, the cemetery was owned and used by Friends as well as by non-Friend members of the community. The cemetery is now cared for by Fairmount Township and is still used occasionally as a 'potters field.'"

(Note: The DAVISES in Fairmount, as well as many other families there, helped shelter and hide fleeing slaves via the "Underground Railroad."....djd)

Abbreviations used: BCMM - Back Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends; MM - Monthly Meeting; MH - Meetinghouse

Submitted by: Dolores J. Davis email - djdavis@sierratel.com