Richard H. (Seward) Seaward (1840 - 1899)

Born 10 Oct 1840 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA

Died 30 May 1899 at age 58 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA

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Biography

Richard (Seward) Seaward was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Richard was born in 1840. He was the son of Richard Seward and Sarah Patch.

Richard married Mary Tobey on Aug 30, 1865 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.^[1]

He passed away in 1899^[2] and is buried at First Christian Church Cemetery Kittery, Maine.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDKX-J6R : 10 February 2018), Richard H. Seawards and Mary L. Tobey, 30 Aug 1865; citing reference p38; FHL microfilm 986,097.
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCDK-BQS : 24 September 2017), Richard Seaward, 30 May 1899; citing Kittery, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 7256141

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Seward

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V8-3XP : 12 April 2016), Henry Seawards in household of Richard Seawards, Kittery, York, Maine, United States; citing family 174, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCM-QLR : 12 December 2017), Richard H Seaward in entry for Joseph J Sawyer, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQC-MLT : 15 August 2017), Richard H Seward, Kittery, York, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 194, sheet 328B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0491; FHL microfilm 1,254,491.

• "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SF-8M9 : 11 March 2018), Richard H Seaward, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,165.

• "United States Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP82-2Z1 : 8 December 2014), Richard H Seaward, 1861-1910; from "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows' Certificates), 1861-1910," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); certificate 13491, NARA microfilm publication M1279, roll 18626-18650.

• "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQZ-VWY : 13 March 2018), Richard H Seaward, 30 May 1899; citing Death, Kittery, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,834.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV7-SY4S : 13 December 2015), Richard Henry Seward, 1899; Burial, Kittery Point, York, Maine, United States of America, First Christian Church Cemetery; citing record ID 7256141, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Medal_Of_Honor_Recipients_of_Maine