Reverend Joseph Irvin Seward Reverend Joseph Irvin Seward  ‎(I48)‎
Surname: Seward
Given Names: Joseph Irvin
Prefix: Reverend

Gender: MaleMale
      
Birth: 9 February 1817 26 22 Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio
Death: 9 April 1903 ‎(Age 86)‎ Chesterfield, Madison County, Indiana
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 9 February 1817 26 22 Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio
Marriage Charlotte Hopper - 31 December 1837 ‎(Age 20)‎ Rush County, Indiana
Marriage Julia A. Good - 9 December 1888 ‎(Age 71)‎
Death 9 April 1903 ‎(Age 86)‎ Chesterfield, Madison County, Indiana
Globally unique Identifier 96565AC4A776D34A8265686A0452CB97B590
Last Change 1 May 2008 - 01:00:00
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Parents Family  (F40)
Obadiah Seward
1790 - 1867
Mary Polly Sparks
1795 - 1870
Reverend Joseph Irvin Seward
1817 - 1903
Samuel Seward
1819 -
Francis C. Seward
1820 -
Sarah Seward
1824 - 1874
Elcey Seward
1826 -
Luann P. Seward
1830 -
Andrew Seward
1830 - 1874
Ruth Seward
1832 - 1885
William Seward
1833 -

Immediate Family  (F38)
Charlotte Hopper
1820 - 1887
Wesley William Seward
1838 - 1862
Thomas Benton Seward
1842 - 1905
Freman H. Seward
1842 - 1932
John B. Seward
1844 - 1903
Sarah S. Seward
1850 - 1936
Alonzo Leonidas Seward
1852 -
Ida Adelaide Seward
1854 - 1876
Margaret Mary Seward
1862 - 1874
Icy Dora Seward
1877 - 1942
Lorenzo Dow Seward
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Immediate Family  (F39)
Julia A. Good
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Notes

Note 		Joseph Irvin Seward came to Madison County, Indiana from Rush County, Indiana; and it is believed his ancestors migrated to this country from England. In his early years, Joseph Seward was associated with Frederick Bronnenberg in the cattle and horse business and accumulated considerable wealth; which was reduced considerably in later years due to business reverses. Joseph Seward became a minister late in life, and in the year 1897 was one of the founders of the Chesterfield Christian Church.

One of Reverend Joseph Irvin Seward's sons, Wesley William Seward, served as a First Sergeant in Company F, 57th Indiana ‎(Volunteers)‎ Infantry Regiment, Union Army USA during the American Civil War. On December 31, 1862, during the Battle of Stones River - a.k.a. Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; the captain of the regiment was killed, and Wesley took his place and was also killed in action during the battle. The Reverend Seward traveled to Tennessee in a horse drawn buggy and brought Wesley William's body back along with a small cedar tree, which was planted at his grave site in the Mechanicsburg, Indiana Cemetery. Wesley William Seward has a grave marker identified as A-112 in the Stones River National Cemetery located within the Stones River National Battlefield near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Both Wesley William Seward and his brother Thomas Benton Seward enlisted in the army on November 18, 1861, and served in the same army unit during the war.
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Sources

Source		 Author's Genealogical Research

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Comment: Family documents, notes, verbal accounts, library information, public records, and information technology resources.


Source		 Velma ‎(Isanogel)‎ Click Descendants - Genealogical Notes and Records
Publication: The personal notes, records and recollections of the maternal grandmother of the author

Source		 SEWARD Family Surname
Publication: GEDCOM Data - Various Genealogical Databases - RootsWeb.com
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Family with Parents
Father
Obadiah Seward ‎(I231)‎
Birth 18 September 1790 25 25 North Carolina
Death 21 February 1867 ‎(Age 76)‎ Hancock County, Indiana
4 years
Mother
 
Mary Polly Sparks ‎(I232)‎
Birth 5 January 1795 New Jersey
Death 20 February 1870 ‎(Age 75)‎ Hancock County, Indiana

Marriage: about 1815 -- Hamilton County, Ohio
2 years
#1
Reverend Joseph Irvin Seward ‎(I48)‎
Birth 9 February 1817 26 22 Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio
Death 9 April 1903 ‎(Age 86)‎ Chesterfield, Madison County, Indiana
2 years
#2
Brother
Samuel Seward ‎(I876)‎
Birth about 1819 28 23 Hamilton County, Ohio
Death  
14 months
#3
Brother
Francis C. Seward ‎(I875)‎
Birth 22 February 1820 29 25 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Death  
4 years
#4
Sister
Sarah Seward ‎(I869)‎
Birth about 1824 33 28 Ohio
Death about 1874 ‎(Age 50)‎ Texas
3 years
#5
Sister
Elcey Seward ‎(I872)‎
Birth 26 June 1826 35 31 Rush County, Indiana
Death  
4 years
#6
Sister
Luann P. Seward ‎(I871)‎
Birth about 1830 39 34 Rush County, Indiana
Death  
#7
Brother
Andrew Seward ‎(I874)‎
Birth about 1830 39 34 Indiana
Death 10 May 1874 ‎(Age 44)‎ Madison County, Indiana
2 years
#8
Sister
Ruth Seward ‎(I870)‎
Birth 25 February 1832 41 37 Rush County, Indiana
Death 28 February 1885 ‎(Age 53)‎ Madison County, Indiana
14 months
#9
Brother
William Seward ‎(I873)‎
Birth 29 April 1833 42 38 Ohio
Death  
Family with Charlotte Hopper
Reverend Joseph Irvin Seward ‎(I48)‎
Birth 9 February 1817 26 22 Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio
Death 9 April 1903 ‎(Age 86)‎ Chesterfield, Madison County, Indiana
3 years
Wife
 
Charlotte Hopper ‎(I49)‎
Birth 10 July 1820 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Death 26 June 1887 ‎(Age 66)‎ Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas

Marriage: 31 December 1837 -- Rush County, Indiana
7 months
#1
Son
Wesley William Seward ‎(I50)‎
Birth 30 July 1838 21 18 Madison County, Indiana
Death 31 December 1862 ‎(Age 24)‎ Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee
4 years
#2
Son
Thomas Benton Seward ‎(I55)‎
Birth 5 May 1842 25 21 Madison County, Indiana
Death 12 February 1905 ‎(Age 62)‎ Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
#3
Son
Freman H. Seward ‎(I51)‎
Birth 5 May 1842 25 21 Madison County, Indiana
Death 13 July 1932 ‎(Age 90)‎ Madison County, Indiana
2 years
#4
Son
John B. Seward ‎(I107)‎
Birth 13 February 1844 27 23 Madison County, Indiana
Death 20 May 1903 ‎(Age 59)‎ Chesterfield, Madison County, Indiana
6 years
#5
Daughter
Sarah S. Seward ‎(I52)‎
Birth 29 June 1850 33 29 Madison County, Indiana
Death 22 April 1936 ‎(Age 85)‎ Madison County, Indiana
18 months
#6
Son
Alonzo Leonidas Seward ‎(I47)‎
Birth about 1852 34 31 Madison County, Indiana
Death  
2 years
#7
Daughter
Ida Adelaide Seward ‎(I57)‎
Birth 1 March 1854 37 33 Madison County, Indiana
Death 18 January 1876 ‎(Age 21)‎ Madison County, Indiana
8 years
#8
Daughter
Margaret Mary Seward ‎(I53)‎
Birth 7 February 1862 44 41 Madison County, Indiana
Death 9 January 1874 ‎(Age 11)‎ Madison County, Indiana
15 years
#9
Daughter
Icy Dora Seward ‎(I54)‎
Birth 9 February 1877 60 56 Madison County, Indiana
Death 1 March 1942 ‎(Age 65)‎ Madison County, Indiana
#10
Son
Lorenzo Dow Seward ‎(I56)‎
Birth Madison County, Indiana
Death  
Family with Julia A. Good
Reverend Joseph Irvin Seward ‎(I48)‎
Birth 9 February 1817 26 22 Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio
Death 9 April 1903 ‎(Age 86)‎ Chesterfield, Madison County, Indiana
Wife
Julia A. Good ‎(I235)‎
Death  

Marriage: 9 December 1888