Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . dsome brick residence. Thisabode is furnished tastily, and is presided overb) a most intelligent and worthy lady. Mr. Seely makes dairj- fanning his chief occu-pation, and has between seventy and eighty his experience as a farmer is not ofsuch long standing as many of the citizens of thecounty, he is widely known and highly regarded,and
Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . dsome brick residence. Thisabode is furnished tastily, and is presided overb) a most intelligent and worthy lady. Mr. Seely makes dairj- fanning his chief occu-pation, and has between seventy and eighty his experience as a farmer is not ofsuch long standing as many of the citizens of thecounty, he is widely known and highly regarded,and is classed among its best residents. Whenready to establish a home of his own, Mr. Seelywas married, in December, 1873, to Miss RuthA., daughter of Cornelius B. and Julia Ann(Young) Davis, both natives of Orange father is still living, at the venerable age ofeighty-two, while his wife is many years his jun-ior. Mr. and Mrs. Seely have been blessed bythe birth of four children, named, respectively,Howard, Julia Y., Floyd and Fred B., Jr. Theyare bright and intelligent, and are all attendingschool, it being the desire and ambition of theirparents that they may be well educated. Withtheir three eldest children the parents are mem-. m iz; X o Q g PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAI^ RECORD. bers of the Presbyterian Church at Chester. Inpolitics Mr. Seely is a Democrat, and is conse-quently opposed to monopolies of all kinds. Hehas never to official honors, yet is alwaysready and willing to do his part in advancing thebest interests of the community. (Ton AS Du BO IS has followed the occupationI of an agriculturist upon the land in the town\~) of Montgomery which he purchased in 1875,and since that time he has, by his untiring indus-try and indefatigable labor, been enabled to ac-quire considerable property and to lay the foun-dation of a competence that will remove the neces-sity of further labor when he reaches old situation of his farm, one mile from Walden
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