DEATH OF AN ORANGE COUNTY MAN IN ILLINOIS
The Chicago Tribune says: Another of the early settlers of Northern Illinois, and a most useful and valuable citizen has passed away, Dr. Townsend Seeley, Kendall county, died at his home Friday, May 11, aged 83 years and four months. He was born in Orange county, New York and after finishing his medical education, removed with his family to the beautiful farming district near Ausable Grove, about six miles southeast of Yorkville. Dr. Seeley was a man of great energy and of marked ability. In his extensive medical practice he was uniformly successful. In this regard, in the early settlement of the country, his services were of inestimable value, for he had to grapple with the new diseased incident to all new countries. For this his sound judgment, careful study and close, discriminating observation, eminently fitted him, and made him a great benefactor to the community in which he had cast his lot. Not only as an able physician, but as a Christian gentleman will Dr. Seely be missed by all who knew him. For many years he was an Elder in the Presbyterian church, and few men ever better illustrated in life and character the religion they professed than Dr. Seely. A good man, full of years and usefulness has passed away to his reward.
Published in The Evening Gazette (Port Jervis, NY), May 19, 1877, front page
[SGS # 1733 – Townsend (#1733); Jonas; Josiah; Ebenezer, Jonas; Obadiah]
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