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: Margaret J. PARNELL (1860-1907)
  Date: 23 Feb 1882 - Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

Marriage date: After 1907
Marriage place:

Wife: Cleymen GUILLORY
Birthdate: 1882
Birthplace: Oakdale, Calcasieu, LA
Death date: 19 Feb 1963
Place of death: Ligonier, Westmoreland, PA
Burial: Ligonier, Westmoreland, PA
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Ethel SEILEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1917
Birthplace: , Evangeline, LA
Death date: 1965
Place of death: Ligonier, Westmoreland, PA
Burial: Ligonier, Westmoreland, PA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Paul A. PETERSON (????-????)
 
 
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 - Cleymen GUILLORY
* Name provided by John Desmond Seiley via email on 7/27/2000.
* 1920 census shows Cleman, age 38, living with husband, Thomas J. Seiley, and daughter, Ethel.
* Note as follows: "Uncle Tom's second wife, was Cleymen Guillory who had been an old maid. They had one child named Ethyl. Ethyl was last heard from as being on the East Coast."
* The Ligonier Echo, Ligonier, Pennsylvania, Thursday, February 21, 1963, page 2:
Mrs. Sleyman Seiley, who had made her home for the past 3 1/2 years with her daughter, Mrs. Paul A. Peterson of RD 3, Ligonier, died there Tuesday. She was 81. Born in Oakdale, La., she had lived there and in Texas before coming here. She was the widow of Thomas J. Seiley who died 42 years ago. Besides her daughter, she is survived by three stepsons, three brothers and a sister, all living in Louisiana or Texas.
Rev. Benton McKee presided at final rites Sunday in Sibel-Wolford Funeral Home, and burial was in Ligonier Valley Cemetery.

Last Modified: 24 Aug 2018