I recently read an essay called "How To Live Your Dash" By Linda Ellis. This refers to the dash on a headstone, between the birth and death dates. In this blog, I hope to bring to light the meaning behind the dash for my ancestors.

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Sunday, October 3, 2010

Isaac Seeley 1798-abt 1885

The parents of Jonas Seeley were Isaac Seeley and Polly "Mary" Swingle.  They were both born in the South Canaan, PA area and were married around 1830.  It appears that they had 13 children:
Jonas (1831-1920)
John (1832-?)
Joseph (1835-?)
Benjamin (1837-?)
Samuel (1839-?)
Charles (1841-?)
Sarah (1843-?
Adam (1845-?
Anna (1846-?
Isaac (1848-1929)
Andrew (1849-?)
William (1852-?
Jacob (1854-?)

I don't know much more about this family.  Like most men of that time and place, Isaac was a farmer.  His parents were probably John & Dorothy, but I have not found anything to confirm that yet.   There are several men named Samuel Seeley at this time, one in Bradford County PA or one in Bucks County PA could be the same man, but I have been unable to prove that yet.  One of my future projects will be to survey the South Canaan Bible Protestant Cemetery where Jonas is buried.  There are many Seeleys there and I may be able to find some of Isaac's other children, and maybe even Isaac.  I know that my aunt Shirley was somehow descended from one of Jonas' brothers, but they lived off the beaten path and do not shoe up on many census records.  My search will continue.