Husband: Thomas Jefferson SEILEY
Birthdate: Mar 1859
Birthplace: , Rapides, LA
Death date: 2 Feb 1921
Place of death: Spring Prairie, Evangeline, LA
Burial:
Father: John Jefferson SEILEY (Abt 1817-1868)
Mother: Elizabeth Melissa DUNNAM (1831-1910)
Other Spouses: Cleymen GUILLORY (1882-1963) Date: After 1907

Marriage date: 23 Feb 1882
Marriage place: Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

Wife: Margaret J. PARNELL
Birthdate: 3 Nov 1860
Birthplace: Monticello Twp, Lawrence, MS
Death date: 7 Jan 1907
Place of death: Caney Creek, St. Landry, LA
Burial: Caney Creek, St. Landry, LA
Father: James PARNELL (Abt 1806-Bef 1880)
Mother: Frances CHANDLER (Abt 1828-After 1880)
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Ada SEILEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: Dec 1883
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Child No. 2: Unknown SEILEY
Sex: U
Birthdate: Abt 1885
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Death date: Bef 1900
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Child No. 3: Alfred Lee SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: Aug 1886
Birthplace: LA
Death date: 11 Feb 1957
Place of death: Oakdale, Allen, LA
Burial: Oakdale, Allen, LA
Marriage date: [1] Abt 1909 [2] 16 Feb 1924
Marriage place: [1] [2] Oakdale, Allen, LA
Spouses' names: [1] Mary Terice McDONALD (1896-1982) [2] Floye DOYLE (Abt 1910-1983)

Child No. 4: Joseph SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8 Feb 1888
Birthplace: LA
Death date: 10 Jan 1966
Place of death: Jackson, East Feliciana, LA
Burial: Kinder, Allen, LA
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Child No. 5: Addie SEILEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 28 Jun 1889
Birthplace: Caney Creek, St. Landry, LA
Christened: 27 Jul 1909 - Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
Death date: 1 Jun 1911
Place of death: LA
Burial: Caney Creek, St. Landry, LA
Marriage date: 18 Dec 1907
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: John Dorcinia MARCANTEL (1883-1944)

Child No. 6: William James SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 12 Dec 1892
Birthplace: , St. Landry, LA
Death date: 13 Nov 1970
Place of death: Oakdale, Allen, LA
Burial: Oberlin, Allen, LA
Marriage date: [1] 27 Feb 1913 [2] 13 Feb 1926
Marriage place: [1] Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA [2] Oakdale, Allen, LA
Spouses' names: [1] Dorise DESHOTEL (1895-1924) [2] Amy SONNIER (1900-1973)

Child No. 7: Teddie J. SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 Aug 1894
Birthplace: , St. Landry, LA
Death date: 14 May 1979
Place of death: Oakdale, Allen, LA
Burial: Oakdale, Allen, LA
Marriage date: [1] 11 Feb 1915 [2] 21 Oct 1917
Marriage place: [1] LA [2] , Allen, LA
Spouses' names: [1] Delice DESHOTEL (1898-1915) [2] Ezora REED (1898-1991)

Child No. 8: Minnie SEILEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 7 Apr 1896
Birthplace:
Death date: 29 May 1962
Place of death:
Burial: Oberlin, Allen, LA
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Spouses' names: Armas O. FUSELIER (1894-1948)

Child No. 9: Edward Edison SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 Apr 1898
Birthplace: Oakdale, Calcasieu, LA
Death date: 24 Dec 1947
Place of death: League City, Galveston, TX
Burial: Winnfield, Winn, LA
Marriage date: 21 Jul 1926
Marriage place: Smackover, Union, AR
Spouses' names: Ada Mae SHIREY (1892-1979)

Child No. 10: Thomas Ray SEILEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1 Sep 1901
Birthplace: Mamou, St. Landry, LA
Death date: 16 Jul 1964
Place of death: Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
Burial: Mamou, Evangeline, LA
Marriage date:
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Spouses' names: Lona QUINILTY (1905-1990)
 
 
Documentation:
General Notes: Husband - Thomas Jefferson SEILEY
* SWLR CD-101:
SEILEY, Thomas J. m. 23 Feb. 1882 Marguerite J. PARNEL (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Mar. #12256).
* 1880 St. Landry Parish, LA, census roll 470, page 384, shows Thomas J. Seily, age 21, living with his brother John's family in the 6th Ward. About 20 houses away was living his future wife, Margaret Parnell and her family. His occupation was working at a sawmill, probably the same sawmill as Margaret's brother, Daniel.
* The Opelousas Courtier, Opelousas, Louisiana, Saturday, February 6, 1897, page 4:
Police Jury Assigns Road Overseers -
T. J. Sealey, from Nezpique bridge near Gustin Bellair's, to the parish line, near Cow-pen gully.
* 1900 St. Landry parish, LA, census, roll #581, page 269A as family # 142. Shows Thomas J. Seiley, head, born March 1859, age 41, married for 18 years, born in LA, father born in SC, mother born in AL. His wife, Margaret J., and children; Ada (age 17), Lee A. (age 13), Addie (age 10), Teddie J. (age 5), Mamie (age 4) and Edward E. (age 2); were listed in the household located in Police Jury Ward 6. Margaret's brother, Daniel W. Parnell, age 37, was living next door with his family.
* The Opelousas Courier, October 13, 1900, page 1:
Judicial Advertisements - Notice
U. S. LAND OFFICE, NEW ORLEANS, LA., Oct. 3, 1900.
Complaint having been entered at this office by Thomas Jefferson Seiley against Allen H. Bailey for abandoning his Homestead Entry No. 14268, dated Nov. 22, 1892, upon the S. E. Section 25 Township 3, S. Range 2 W. Louisiana Meridian in St. Landry Parish, La., with a view to cancellation of said entry, the said parties are hereby summoned to appear before Frank Wharton at Bayou Chicot, La., on the 15th day of Nov., 1900, at 9 o'clock a. m., to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment.
Charles P. Johnson, Receiver.
Return day fixed for Nov. 19, 1900.
October 6, 1900.
* 1910 St. Landry Parish, LA, census, roll 530, page 225, 6th Ward, Beaver District, shows Thomas J. Seiley, head, age 51, widowed, born in LA, with occupation as farmer. His children; Ada (age 26), Willie J. (age 17), Mamie (age 14), Eddie E. (age 11), Thomas R. (age 8); and Elizabeth, (age 78), his mother, were listed in the household located in Beaver, Police Jury Ward 6.
* Weekly Town Talk, Alexandria, Louisiana, Saturday, January 20, 1917, page 3:
Beaver Items, Jan. 18 - Baptist Church
Mr. Tom Seiley of Caney Creek attended church here Sunday.
* 1920 Evangeline Parish, LA, census, ED 112, page 2A, family #28, shows Thomas J. Seiley, age 60, with occupation of farmer living in Police Jury Ward 3. His wife, Cleman, and daughter Ethel were listed in the household. He was living next door to his son, Teddie J. Seiley and the Marshall Seiley family.
* Death: Louisiana State Board of Health, 1921, vol. 17, #8486.
* The Town Talk, Alexandria, Louisiana, Saturday, February 26, 1921, page 7:
Beaver Creek Items - Feb. 22:
The many friends here of Mr. Tom Seiley of Caney Creek, were pained to learn of his death, which occured at his home on February 3, 1921. Mr. Seiley was a member of the Beaver Creek Baptist Church and lived a Christian life.

General Notes: Wife - Margaret J. PARNELL
* Known as "Sis" to family and friends. Beulah Seiley states that the family name is "Jordan" in her memoirs written in 1976. But census records show that her mother, Frances, was married first to Allen Jordan and then to James Parnell.
* Birth place assumed from the 1860 census that shows her parents, James and Frances Parnell living in Monticello Township, Lawrence County, Mississippi, in 1860.
* 1870 Claiborne Parish, LA, census, roll 5510, page 246B, shows Margarett Parnell, age 9, born in Mississippi, living with her mother and siblings; Daniel and Caldonia; near Lisbon, LA. Her mother's given name is not show and her half-brother, Samuel Jordan, is shown as "S. A. Jordan Parnell".
* 1880 St. Landry Parish, LA, Census roll 470, p383, shows Margaret, age 20, born in Louisiana, living in 6th Ward with her mother; Frances, age 50; sister Caldonia, age 14; and brother Daniel, age 17.
* 1900 census shows Margaret J. Seiley, wife, born Nov 1860, age 39, married for 18 years, mother of nine children with seven living, born in MS, parents born in MS. Note: Margaret's brother Daniel lived next door and he lists his father as born in Ireland.
* Birth and death information taken from headstone. Seiley Cemetery listing was published in la voix des Prairies, Vol. 21, No. 82.

Last Modified: 24 Aug 2018