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    George Washington Seward

    Birth: 8-26-1808

    Death: 12-7-1888

    Nickname: Uncle George

Relationships

Spouse

Seward, Temperance Wicke | Marriage Date: 4-17-1832

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Seward, Julia Caroline (JHS) | Marriage Date: 8-18-1852

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Children

McKittrick, Julia Humphrey

Seward, Charles Humphrey (CHS2)

Shields, Mary Jennings

Parents

Seward, Mary (MJS)

Seward, Samuel Sweezey (SSS)

Biography

George Washington Seward was born on August 26, 1808. He was the youngest child of Mary Jennings and Samuel Sweezey Seward and brother of William H. Seward. George resided in Florida, New York, in a home he built adjacent to the Seward homestead for the duration of his life.



In contrast to his brother, William H. Seward, George lived a relatively quiet life, taking little interest in either politics or business.  George married Temperance Wicke Laddell in 1822, with whom he had five children. After Temperance's death in 1843, George married Julia Caroline Humphrey in 1852, with whom he had three children.



George died at his home in Florida, NY, in 1888, of old age.   





 

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, September 23, 1857

Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to William Henry Seward, October 7, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 2, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 1, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21, 1856

Letter from William Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, May 3, 1856

Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to William Henry Seward, April 14, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 23, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, April 19, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, May 4, 1855

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, April 26, 1855

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, November 12, 1854

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 20, 1854

Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Seward, October 2, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 1836

Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, November 10, 1861

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 30, 1861

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 3, 1858

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, August 17, 1858

Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to William Henry Seward, May 23, 1858

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 18, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 19, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 24, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 13, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 15, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 14, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Maria Worden, January 31, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 25, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, September 24, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, October 20, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 17, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, June 25, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 25, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, July 29, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 24, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield, June 24, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 11, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 20, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 8, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, June 9, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 20, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 18, 1851

Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 9, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 31, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 3, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 30, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 23, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 16, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 1, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 26, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 19, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, January 13, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 18, 1850

Letter from Mary Seward Jayne to William Henry Seward, December 2, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 16, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 23, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 2, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, October 18, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 28, 1849

Telegram from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 15, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 23, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, September 16, 1849

Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Augustus Henry Seward, August 5, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, August 12, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, August 5, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 9, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, November 19, 1848

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 22, 1848

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 4, 1848

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 14, 1845

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, February 8, 1845

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 7, 1844

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, April 20, 1825

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 10, 1838

Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to Frances Miller Seward, July 26, 1847

Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, January 29, 1839

Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, September 5, 1872

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, September 5, 1845

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 10, 1844

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, February 27, 1844

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, July 23, 1843

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 23, 1843

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 27, 1864

Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 23, 1863

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 19, 1841

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 29, 1834

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 7, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 5, 1841

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, December 30, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 11, 1842

Letter from Frances Tuthill Grier to Frances Miller Seward, February 1, 1841

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 6, 1825

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Warden, April 9, 1832

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, April 29, 1838

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 7, 1841

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 26, 1841

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, May 11, 1840

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, July 24, 1833

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, August 1, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 5, 1841

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 13, 1840

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 20, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 4, 1839

Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, March 26, 1865

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 4, 1835

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, September 9, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 25, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 2, 1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 15, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 22, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 7, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 13, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 23, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 26, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 14, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 7, 1829

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Canfield to Samuel Sweezey Seward and Mary Jennings Seward, August 13, 1825

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Canfield to Samuel Sweezey Seward, March 20, 1826

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 17, 1827

Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, April 13, 1828

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, April 28, 1825

Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, February 21, 1825

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, February 12, 1825

Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, June 21, 1824

Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, April 20, 1865

Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, December 14, 1864

Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, December 22, 1864

Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, December 11, 1864

Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 12, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., July 1, 1860

Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, April 3, 1843

Letter from Augustus Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 27, 1843

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 2, 1831

Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, June 23, 1831

Letter from Frances Tuthill Grier to Frances Miller Seward, March 23, 1833

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 2, 1837

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, November 30, 1836

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 17, 1832

Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, February 18, 1831

Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 7, 1837

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, November 7, 1837

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 14, 1837

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1837

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 23, 1837

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 21, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 11, 1838

Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 15, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 13, 1838

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, March 14, 1838

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 20, 1839

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, December 4, 1836

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, October 30, 1836

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 17, 1836

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 22, 1836

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, February 13, 1839

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 28, 1839

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 12, 1839

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, October 9, 1836

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 17, 1836

Letter from Lousia Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 12, 1836

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1836

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 11, 1835

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 12, 1835

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 15, 1835

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 12, 1835

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 9, 1835

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1835

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 15, 1834

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 1834

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1834

Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 27, 1834

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 25, 1834

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 3, 1834

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 21 1833

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 2, 1833

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 31, 1833

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 21, 1833

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, August 22, 1833

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 15, 1833

Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 15, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 21, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 5, 1833

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 18, 1833

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 25, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 13, 1833

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, May 19, 1833

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 7, 1833

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 25, 1833

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 28, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 19, 1832

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, May 6, 1832

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 28, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 24, 1832

Letter from Frances Elizabeth Tuthill Grier to William Henry Seward, July 25, 1832

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, April 18, 1832

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, May 13, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 22, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 13, 1832

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, February 27, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 19, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 26, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 13, 1829

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 21, 1829

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, February 25, 1828

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, May 27, 1828

Letter From Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 26, 1828

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 17, 1828

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 11, 1827

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 6, 1826

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, December 4, 1825

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 14, 1825

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 19,1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 26, 1831

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, July 30, 1831

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 26, 1831

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 21, 1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 19, 1831

Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, May 14, 1831

Citations

Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 

George Washington Seward was born on August 26, 1808. He was the youngest child of Mary Jennings and Samuel Sweezey Seward and brother of William H. Seward. George resided in Florida, New York, in a home he built adjacent to the Seward homestead for the duration of his life.

In contrast to his brother, William H. Seward, George lived a relatively quiet life, taking little interest in either politics or business.  George married Temperance Wicke Laddell in 1822, with whom he had five children. After Temperance's death in 1843, George married Julia Caroline Humphrey in 1852, with whom he had three children.

George died at his home in Florida, NY, in 1888, of old age.   

 
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Journal or Newspaper Title: 
Rockland County Journal
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Adam C. Haeselbarth
Article Title: 
"George Washington Seward"
Month: 
December
Day: 
15
Year: 
1888
Start Page: 
1
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1
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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Genealogy of the Swasey Family
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Benjamin Franklin Swasey
Publisher Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio
Publisher Name: 
Ambrose Swasey
Year: 
1910
Start Page: 
63
End Page: 
64
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Ancestry
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Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
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Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Genealogy of the Swasey Family
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Benjamin Franklin Swasey
Publisher Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio
Publisher Name: 
Ambrose Swasey
Year: 
1910
Start Page: 
63
End Page: 
64
Citation Notes: 
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Ancestry.com
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Ancestry
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Source Citation New York Department of Health; Albany, NY; NY State Death Index Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: NY State Death Index, New York Department of Health, Albany, NY.