George W. SEAGRAVES

1861 - 1924  (63 years)

• Name	George W. SEAGRAVES  [1]
  Birth	16 Apr 1861	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania   [1]
  	The Seagraves surname presented for this person is based on the dominant spelling found in the various records researched, but primarily on the name carved on the person's gravestone. HOWEVER, for the common variations of the Seagraves family name of which there are over 20, such as Cegrave(s) Segrave(s), Seagreave(s), Seegrave(s), Segrove(s), Seagrove(s), etc. all of which have been given the Seagraves spelling for clarity and ease of analysis. Certain variations are used so consistently within a family that they have been retained in this analysis, specifically, SAGRAVES (which also includes Sagrove(s)) and SEAGRAVE. Sagraves was adopted by the early settlers of eastern Kentucky about 1800. Seagrave was the version brought to Massachusetts by the John & Sarah Seagrave family who settled there about 1725. The Seagraves version is the most common found (about 39%) of all those found on the 1940 census. A discussion of the name spelling variations can be found on the Home Page of this website.
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Nov 1924  [1]
  Burial	Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I3211	Seagraves Database
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Charles SEAGRAVES,   b. 8 Jan 1798, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania d. 10 Jun 1872 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Lydia Louise WEAVER,   b. 12 Dec 1824   d. 15 Jul 1894, Pennsylvania (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	24 Jul 1857	Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F1046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary L. COOPER,   b. 7 Mar 1865, Pennsylvania d. 27 Oct 1950 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	6 May 1886	Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania   [3]
  Children	1. baby son SEAGRAVES,   b. 1889   d. 1889, "died at birth" (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   2. Kathleen SEAGRAVES,   b. 26 Feb 1890, Pennsylvania  [Birth]
  Family ID	F2506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Apr 1861 - Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Marriage - 6 May 1886 - Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Burial - - Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S729] Faye S. Seagraves, Genealogy of Seagraves and Sampson Families and Kindred Lines, (self, 1969). [S1] FindAGrave.com (FAG). [S1011] Pennsylvania Marriages, 1852-1968, (Ancestry.com).