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Seavers In the News Mrs. Rachel B. Seaver Died in Boston in 1857
It s time for another edition of Seavers in the News - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.
This week s entry is from the
Boston [Mass. ] Investigator newspaper dated 15 July 1857:
The transcription of the article is: Obituary Died In this city, on the 8th inst., after a painful and a lingering illness (occasioned by cancer,) Mrs. Rachel B. Seaver, widow of the late James N. Seaver, and daughter of the late Mr. Adna Bates, aged 50 The remembrance that departed friends have led useful and upright lives furnishes consolation to rational and reflecting minds when death removes from them the objects of their affection and regard. In this respect, the memory of Mrs. Seaver is soothing to her relatives and friends. Her whole live was passed in good a