Robert Livingston Seaman (abt. 1817 - 1904)

Born about 1817 in Catskill, Greene County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Cochran) Seaman — married 5 Apr 1895 in Chicago, Illinois

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Biography

Robert Livingston Seaman (1822 – March 11, 1904) was an American millionaire industrialist who was the husband of investigative journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran (better known as Nellie Bly), whom he married in 1895 in Chicago.

Born in Catskill, Greene County, New York to William and Ellen Seaman, he owned the Ironclad Manufacturing Company, which prospered during his lifetime and for a number of years after his death under his wife's management. Later, however, embezzlement on the part of employees destroyed the company and his wife had to return to journalism.

Sources

• Robert Seaman
• Old News
• "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7X3-KBS : 10 March 2018), Robert Seaman and Elizabeth Cochrane, 05 Apr 1895.
• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WX2-WLJ : 3 June 2020), Robert Seaman, 11 Mar 1904; citing Death, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,044.