Washington County Biographies



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S. M. Seeley

S. M. Seeley, of the firm of Rowell & Co., manufacturers of plows and cultivators, Hartford, is the son of Smith and Mehitable (White) Seeley; he was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Jan. 18, 1831; came to Hartford in the fall of 1857; worked at carpenter and machine work till 1862, when he engaged with Mr. L. F. Rowell in the manufacture of plows, under the firm name of Rowell & Co., continuing this business till the spring of 1864; he sold out to J. C. Place and E. G. Rowell; in 1864, he built a foundry in company with Thomas Ewing; continued this connection only a year and a half, when he sold out, and bought a quarter interest in the plow works, since which time he has continued a member of the firm of Rowell & Co. Mr. Seeley was married at Syracuse, N. Y., July 8, 1852, to Miss Olive J. Ward, daughter of Spencer B. and Mary Ward. Mrs. Seeley was born in Madison Co., N. Y.; they have three children-Ida A., now Mrs. W. L. Amidon, of Hartford; Edward A. and William J. Mr. Seeley is an active member of the temperance organization of Hartford, and is foreman of the fire engine company.

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