Mary (Palmer) Seelig (abt. 1835 - 1916)

Born about 3 Jan 1835 in Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Seelig — married 20 Feb 1853 in Ross Co., Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1916 at about age 81 in Huntington Twnp., Ross Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Mary Palmer was born in January 1835 in Ohio, probably Ross County. She was the daughter of Milburn Palmer and Rachel Cowgill.

1840 census-- Ross County, Ohio, USA

Name: Milford Palmer

Home in 1840: Huntington, Ross, Ohio

Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 (Daniel)

Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (Isaac)

Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 (?,?)

Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 (?)

Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 (Milburn)

Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 (Mary, Sarah)

Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 (?)

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (?)

Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 2 (Rachel)

Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2

Free White Persons - Under 20: 9

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3

Total Free White Persons: 12

Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 12^[1]

1850 census -- Huntington Twnp., Ross Co., Ohio, USA

Milbourn Parmer, age 53, male, , farmer, $700 real estate, born Virginia; Rachel Parmer, age 45, female, , born Virginia; Isaac Parmer, age 18, male, , laborer, born Virginia; Mary Parmer, age 15, female, , born Ohio; Daniel Parmer, age 13, male, , born Ohio; Sarah Parmer, age 12, female, , born Ohio; Rachel Parmer, age 7, female, , born Ohio; Hariet Parmer, age 4, female, , born Ohio; Eliza Kough, age 19, female, , born Virginia.^[2]

She married Joseph Seelig 20 February 1853 in Ross Co., Ohio.^[3]

1860 census -- Huntington Twnp., Ross Co., Ohio, USA

Joseph Seelig, age 38, male, , farmer, $1500 real estate, $500 personal property, born Ohio; Mary Seelig, age 25, female, , born Ohio; James Seelig, age 7, male, , born Ohio, attended school; Edward Seelig, age 4, male, , born Ohio; Ellen Seelig, age 4, female, , born Ohio; Lewis Seelig, age 1, male, , born Ohio.^[4]

1870 census - Huntington Twnp., Ross Co., Ohio, USA

Joseph Selig, age 49, male, white, farmer, $3000 real estate, $900 personal property, born Ohio; Mary Selig, age 35, female, white, keeping house, born Ohio; James Selig, age 16, male, white, works on farm, born Ohio, attended school; Edward Selig, age 14, male, white, works on farm, born Ohio, attended school; Ellen Selig, age 14, female, white, attending school, born Ohio, attended school; Louis Selig, age 11, male, white, works on farm, born Ohio, attended school; Georg Selig, age 9, male, white, works on farm, born Ohio, attended school; Fletcher Selig, age 7, male, white, attending school, born Ohio, attended school; Andrew Selig, age 5, male, white, attending school, born Ohio, attended school; Jane Selig, age 3, female, white, at home, born Ohio; Casper Selig, age 1, male, white, at home, born Ohio.^[5]

1880 census -- Huntington Twnp., Ross Co., Ohio, USA

Joseph Seelig, white, male, age 59, married, farmer, born Ohio, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania; Mary Seelig, white, female, age 46, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father Virginia, mother born Virginia; Ellen Seelig, white, female, age 24, daughter, single, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; George Seelig, white, male, age 20, son, single, farming, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Fletcher Seelig, white, male, age 18, son, single, laborer, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Jane Seelig, white, female, age 13, daughter, single, -----, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Casper Seelig, white, male, age 11, son, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Addie Seelig, white, female, age 10, daughter, single, -----, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Charles Seelig, white, male, age 5, son, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Effie Seelig, white, female, age 5, daughter, single, -----, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; William Seelig, white, male, age 3, son, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Strawder Seelig, white, male, age 1, son, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; ^[6]

1900 census -- Huntington Twnp., Ross Co., Ohio, USA

Joseph Seelig, head, white, male, born Feb 1821, age 79, married 47 years, born Ohio, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Maryland, farmer, own free farm; Mary Seelig, wife, white, female, born Jan 1835, age 65, married 47 years, 15 children/13 living, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Charles Seelig, son, white, male, born Feb 1875, age 25, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, farm laborer; Effie Seelig, daughter, white, female, born Feb 1875, age 25, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Strander Seelig, son, white, male, born Jun 1879, age 20, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, farm laborer; ^[7]

1910 census --- Huntington Twnp, Ross Co., Ohio, USA

Charles Seelig, head, white, male, age 35, married 4 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, farmer, rent farm; Ethel E Seelig, wife, white, female, age 21, married 4 years, 0 children/0 living, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Clarence E Seelig, adopted son, white, male, age 1 9/12, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Mary Seelig, mother, white, female, age 75, widow, 15 children/12 living, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, own income.^[8]

She died 21 December 1916 in Huntington Twnp., Ross Co., Ohio.^[9] Her death certificate states she was buried in Green Wood. She is buried in Seelig Cemetery in Ross Co., Ohio.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTT-DQX : accessed 10 June 2015), Milford Palmer, Huntington, Ross, Ohio; citing p. 372, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 424; FHL microfilm 20,175.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX73-DN5 : accessed 16 June 2015), Mary Parmer in household of Wilbourn Parmer, Huntington, Ross, Ohio, United States; citing family 224, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD2N-RBQ : 29 September 2021), Joseph Seelig and Mary Palmer, 1853.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCLQ-V9R : 18 February 2021), Mary Seelig in entry for Joseph Seelig, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VY-54X : 28 May 2021), Mary Selig in entry for Joseph Selig, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8SK-5VL : 28 November 2021), Mary Seeley in household of Joseph Seeley, Huntington Township, Ross, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 149, sheet 270D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,062.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM6T-VT3 : accessed 11 December 2021), Mary Seelig in household of Joseph Seelig, Huntington Township (south & east part), Ross, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 88, sheet 11B, family 228, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,317.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLDS-GND : accessed 11 December 2021), Mary Seelig in household of Charles Seelig, Huntington, Ross, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 158, sheet 8B, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1227; FHL microfilm 1,375,240.
9. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8NN-952 : 8 March 2021), Mary Seelig, 21 Dec 1916; citing Huntington Twp., Ross, Ohio, reference fn 77336; FHL microfilm 1,983,842.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131762906/mary-seelig : accessed 11 December 2021), memorial page for Mary Palmer Seelig (3 Jan 1835–21 Dec 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #131762906, citing Seelig Cemetery, Ross County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by T. L. Holden (contributor 48459806) .