Nancy Ann Seaman (1829 - 1853)

Born 24 May 1829 in Jackson County, MS

Wife of Lazarus Seymour — married [date unknown] in Biloxi, MS

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Died 4 Jun 1853 at age 24 in Jackson County, MS

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Biography

Nancy was born in 1829. Nancy Seaman ... She passed away in 1853.

SEAMON/SEAMAN FAMILY: Nancy Ann Seamon lived to be only 27 years old. She bore four children during her short life. Nancy’s father, William Christopher Seamon (also spelled Seaman), was a native of Staten Island, New York. He was born about 1801. He is shown on the 1820 Census of Jackson County, Mississippi. Nothing is known about Nancy’s mother. Nancy is shown on the Census with her father’s new wife, Catherine Sheffield, and family. William Seaman received a land patent for a 45 acre tract of land in West Jackson County on Back Bay, Biloxi. Seaman Road is named for him. William C. Seaman served as Justice of the Peace, Clerk of Court from 1824-1827, and was a member of the Mississippi legislature in 1827. In 1832, he was a member of the Constitutional Convention for the State of Mississippi. He also served as President of the Board of Police, known called the Board of Supervisors, in Jackson County, in 1841. Mr. Seaman moved to Harrison County sometime in the early 1840’s where he continued to hold public office. His office building was located on the east side of Lameuse Street near the beachfront, and the family resided on the north end of Lameuse Street facing the Back Bay.

In May, 1844, William C. Seaman was authorized to operate a public ferry across Back Bay: Ordered by the Board that there be and there is hereby established a public ferry in the rear of the village of Biloxi to start from the end of the road commonly called “Lameuse Road” on the property now owned by W.C. Seaman, Esq. and to cross the said Back Bay in the most direct and convenient way, and the said W.C. Seaman, Esq. on his entering into bond in the sum of two hundred dollars conditional according to the law shall have the right to charge and collect the following rule of ferriage and no more, to wit: For foot passengers Twenty five cents each For man and horse Fifty cents For one horse cart Seventy five cents For a two horse carriage One dollar For meat cattle Twelve and a half cents each For hogs and sheep Six and a quarter cents each

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