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Wichita Pioneer Dies; Recalls City of 10,000
Henry G. Seelye, 91, a Wichita resident for 70 years, died Wednesday at St. Francis hospital.
A native of Middlebury, Conn., Dr. Seelye came to Wichita in 1886 shortly after graduating from Pennsylvania University. He established dental office where the Bitting building now is located.
Before his death, Seelye said when he came to Wichita what is now the Riverside district then was the Stackman Farm and there were only seven houses along the Little Arkansas River. There was only one railroad, the Frisco, and the city population was 10,000 at the time.
Dr. Seelye was a dentist until the early 1900's when he became deputy assessor for Sedgwick County, He was a charter member of the College Hill Congregational Church, now the Plymouth Congregational.
A winner of the 5-year pin from the Albert Pike Masonic Lodge, he was post master in 1916. He was also a member of Midian Shrine.
Survivors are a daughter, Ellice Seelye of Grand Rapids, Mich.; a son, Preston, of Denver, Colo. and two grandchildren.
Published in the Wichita Beacon, Wednesday, February 8, 1956, Page 8
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