Walter Lawrence Seary (1887 - 1948)

Born 25 Jan 1887 in Jacksontown, Licking, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 12 Jan 1948 at age 60 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Walter Lawrence Seary was born in Jacksontown, Ohio on January 25, 1887 to Andrew Hupp and Nettie Seary.^[1]

It is not known where Walter spent his childhood. His mother married James Frush in 1897 but Walter was not living with the family in the 1900 census.

By 1910, Walter had moved in with his mother, step-father, and half siblings in Bowling Green Township, Ohio. He was a laborer working odd jobs.^[2]

In 1917, Walter had moved to Newark, Ohio and was working for the American Bottle Company.^[3]

By 1930, Walter was an inmate of the Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Bath Township, Ohio.^[4] He was still incarcerated in the facility in 1940.^[5]

Walter passed away on January 12, 1948 at the Columbus State Hospital in Columbus, Ohio due to cirrhosis of the liver. He was 60 years old. He is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newark, Ohio.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6JP-WJC : 9 March 2018), Walter Seary, 25 Jan 1887; citing Birth, Jacksontown, Licking, Ohio, United States, multiple county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 384,320.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFQ-B5W : accessed 22 February 2020), Walter Seary in household of James W Frush, Bowling Green, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1203; FHL microfilm 1,375,216.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6N9-17T : 24 August 2019), Walter Lawrence Seary, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X49P-7YM : accessed 22 February 2020), Walter L Seary, Bath, Allen, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 7B, line 54, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1746; FHL microfilm 2,341,480.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWD6-Z4T : 16 December 2019), Walter L Seary, Bath Township, Allen, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-9, sheet 11B, line 56, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3020.
6. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6R9-GYJ : 15 August 2019), Walter L Seary, 12 Jan 1948; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,246,453.

• "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6JP-WJC : 9 March 2018), Walter Seary, 25 Jan 1887; citing Birth, Jacksontown, Licking, Ohio, United States, multiple county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 384,320.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFQ-B5W : accessed 22 February 2020), Walter Seary in household of James W Frush, Bowling Green, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1203; FHL microfilm 1,375,216.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6N9-17T : 24 August 2019), Walter Lawrence Seary, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X49P-7YM : accessed 22 February 2020), Walter L Seary, Bath, Allen, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 7B, line 54, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1746; FHL microfilm 2,341,480.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWD6-Z4T : 16 December 2019), Walter L Seary, Bath Township, Allen, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-9, sheet 11B, line 56, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3020.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6R9-GYJ : 15 August 2019), Walter L Seary, 12 Jan 1948; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,246,453.