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Frances Adeline Seward (Miller)
Find A Grave Memorial ID # 16085966
Frances Adeline Miller was the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller and Hannah Foote Miller. She married William Henry Seward, Sr. in 1824 who was then the Governor of New York (1839–1843), later U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (1861-1869).
They had five children: Augustus Henry, Frederick William (Assistant Secretary of State 1861-1869, 1877-1879) Cornelia, Brig. Gen. William Henry, Jr. and Frances "Fanny" Adeline as well as one adopted daughter, Olive.
On April 14, 1865 her family was attacked by assassin Lewis Powell a.k.a. Paine in their home. U.S. Secretary of State William Seward and Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Fred Seward where both seriously injured, along with Augustus, Fanny, Sgt. George F. Robinson (her husband's caretaker) and Emerick Hansell (a messanger). President Abraham Lincoln was also shot that same day by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died the next morning. Frances went into a state of shock and worry over the recent events and died two months later.
Lewis Powell was executed for his crime July 7, 1865.
Descendant of Springfield, Massachusetts founder Deacon Samuel Chapin through the Catherine Chapin line. U.S. Secretary of State Seward sent a note to the Chapin family meeting coordinators in 1862
The following are a few of the letters received from persons not able to attend the meeting:
LETTER FROM HON. WILLIAM H. SEWARD
Department of State, ) "Washington, 8th August, 1862. ) S.C. Bemis, Esq., Springfield, Mass. — Sir: Your invitation to me to attend a gathering of the Chapin family at Springfield, on the 17th of September next, has been received, together with the pleasing information that, further, it is my marriage that has brought me within that extensive and respected circle. I regret that I shall be unable to participate in the proposed festivities, which I regard as not merely innocent but also beneficent in their influences. Just now I am engaged in the endeavor to preserve the integrity of a family even larger than that over which you preside, and one upon whose salvation the safety and happiness of all domestic relations in the country depend, and am therefore unable to be absent from the Capital. I am, sir, your obedient servant,
William H. Seward.
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Frances Adeline Seward's Timeline
| 1805 |
September 25, 1805
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Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States
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| 1826 |
October 1, 1826
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Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States
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| 1830 |
July 8, 1830
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Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY
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| 1836 |
1836
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Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States
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| 1839 |
June 18, 1839
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Auburn, Cayuga County, NY, United States
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| 1844 |
December 9, 1844
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Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States
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| 1865 |
June 21, 1865
Age 59
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Fort Hill Cemetery, 19 Fort Street, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, 13021, United States
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