Alfred Louis Seale (1851 - 1900)

Born 31 May 1851 in Mississippi, USA

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1900 at age 48 in Mississippi, USA

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Biography

Alfred was born in 1849. He passed away in 1900.

Research Notes

The first source cited below is a 1973 book by Katie Maud Seale Ellis. She was the only daughter of Alfred Louis Seale and Jemima Cassandra Williams. She states that her father was born 31 May 1851. Find a Grave has a photograph of the headstone that shows the correct date of death, 8 Apr 1900; however, the stone shows a 6 Apr 1849 date of birth. The 1900 U.S. enumeration, also cited below, shows a birth date of May 1852. It seems most likely that the 31 May 1851 is the correct one—we may never learn where the 6 Apr 1849 came from—and I suspect that headstone was placed after Katie Maud's death in 1982.

Sources

• Ellis, Katie Maud Seale; NADAR, NSCDA. Williams and Allied Families. Clarksdale, MS, 1973; limited library availability. Section on Ezekiel Williams and his descendants, pp. 22-61. Errata: note that the inclusion of a fifth brother, Calvin Philby Williams, has been widely believed for over two decades to be in error. In the files of Ed Williams; digital copies of select pages available upon request.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9XJ-D4X : accessed 26 July 2021), A L Seale household, Beat 3 Lodi Lodi town, Montgomery, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 2A, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,820. See also Ancestry Record 7602 #28196257. Household members:
  • A L Seale, 50, Head, born Mississippi
  • Geinima Seale, 32, Wife, born Mississippi
  • Louis Seale, 10, Son, born Mississippi
  • Katie Maud Seale, 6, Daughter, born Mississippi
  • Sam H Seale, 3, Son, born Mississippi

• Find a Grave, database and images Find A Grave: Memorial #22162065 : accessed July 2021. Memorial page for A. L. Seale (6 Apr 1849–8 Apr 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22162065, citing Kilmichael Friendship Cemetery, Kilmichael, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Beth Austin (contributor 46931774).