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Family History - Benjamin & Mary Ann (Lones) Seiber
Family
Seiber Paternal Line Fort
Seybert Charles
& Lydia Seiber Samuel &
Elizabeth Seiber
Philip & Catharina Seiber Charles
& Rebecca Lones Lones
to Seiber Line (Cavett Sta Massacre) James
& Harriet Cox
Benjamin
Franklin Seiber was born in Anderson County, Tennessee, on March 26,
1849, to Samuel Wesley Seiber and his second wife, Elizabeth Wilkins Chiles
Seiber. Benjamin was the last of fourteen children born to Samuel and the
last of nine born to Elizabeth. Samuel's first wife, Isabella Frost Seiber,
had been killed by lightening on October 2, 1832, less than two months after
the birth of the eighth child born to her and Samuel. Two years after
Isabella's death, Samuel married Elizabeth Wilkins Chiles, a widow (fifteen
years his junior) who already had three children, creating a new combined
family with eleven children. Over the next fifteen years, Sam'l and
Elizabeth had six more children--the last of whom was Benjamin. By the time
Ben was born in 1849, the only children remaining at home were the six born
to Sam and Elizabeth, and Columbus, the child of Isabella who was an infant
when she was killed. (Three of the older children had died and the rest had
married by the time of the birth of Benjamin.)
On September 12, 1880, at the age of 31, Benjamin married Mary Ann Lones, a
29-year-old from Knox County. Over the next 16 years, the couple had 6
children: Charles Frederick (1881), Lenora (1883), Samuel Edward (1885),
Elizabeth Rebecca (1888), Mary Pauline (1890), and Delia Kate (1896). In
1988, Mary Pauline's daughter, Evelyn Carter Foote, wrote a historical
fiction, The Saga of Samuel Seiber,
based upon known family information and on her recollection of stories
related to her by her grandfather Benjamin.
Mary Ann Lones was the 5th
child, but the 1st daughter, of Charlie and Rebecca Lones, and although she
was only eleven years old in 1863 when her mother died, she shouldered the
household responsibilities of an adult. She took charge of managing the
house and overseeing the care of her four younger siblings whose ages ranged
from 4 to 10. For the next 18 years, Mary Ann filled the shoes of mother and
homemaker for her family. Finally, when her youngest sister was 19, Mary Ann
married Benjamin Seiber and started a household of her own. At the time of
her marriage, her dad deeded to her and Benjamin a parcel of land {as he
also did for Jeffrey, James, and Samuel when they married. Youngest daughter
Sally (Dowell) ultimately inherited the "mansion," all other buildings, and
the bulk of the real estate. Although the will specified that all personal
property was to be equally distributed, that, too, remained with Sallie in
the mansion and other buildings.}
Mary Ann died in 1915 at the
age of 64 and Benjamin in 1938 at the age of 89.
Below 1899: Pauline, Nora, Charles, Mary Ann, Katie, Benjamin, Ed, Lizzie Seiber
Below c.a.1927: Katie,
Lizzie, Pauline, Edward, Nora, Charles, Benjamin Seiber
 
BENJAMIN
SEIBER'S WILL
To Whom It May Concern:
State of Tennessee County of Knox 410 Ailor Ave BF Seiber I make this my
Will an Testament
First I give my soul to God Who Gave it. Second my Funral expences is to Be
Paid from the Proceeds of the house an lot I now own at 410 Ailor St
Second I give my Trunk and contents with all my papers to my Two Sons
Charles an Ed Seiber.
Third I give my Household goods to my 4 girles Nora Lizie Mary an Kaity. I
Dont want any extriy expence as I have Lived a plane Life all ways.
I Leave the Rest with all hoping to meet you all again in a better World. Be
of good cheer.
Pend with my one hand. Signed (BF. Seiber)
Sept 20th 1934
Prayer is a Desire from our Hearts
take 5-10 minutes in prayer with Family Read the Bible
No lost soul ever was saved except some body pray
I pray that we may have a Great Revival
Jesus pray He praid to the Father to Forgive them for they know not what
they do
I pray for a Revival Ever one pray at a certain time ever day
CENSUS RECORDS/CHRONOLOGY |
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Benjamin Franklin Seiber
1850 Sub16, Anderson
Co TN, R869, P38
SEIBER (Benjamin 1, living with parents)
1860 TN, Anderson Co, TN Robertsville P.O., R1239, Bk1, P37a
SEIBER (Benjamin 11, living with parents)
1870 Dist 8 Knox, TN, Roll 1541, P158-59
SEIBER (Seriber) (Benjamin 21 living with parents)
1880 Knox TN, Dist 12, P481a
SEIBER (Benjamin 29 living with widowed mother Eliazabeth)
***Married Mary Ann Lones September 12, 1880
1890 - Census not available
1900 12th District, Knox, TN, R1583, B1, P20
SEIBER Benjamin 56, Mary A 49, Charles F 18, Nora 16, Samuel E 14, Lizie R
12, Mary P 9, Delia K 4.
Owned farm free and clear. Charles & S E farm laborers. All children except
Charles attended school 9 months. All born in Tennessee except Benjamin's
dad. All can read and write except four-year-old Delia Kate. Neighbors:
James Anderson, Samuel Lones, William Henry, Shephard Way, Louis Baker, John
Porter, Joseph Shudan, William Gibbs, George Jones
1910 Knox Co TN Dist 8, Elliott Street, R1508, B3, P91a
SEIBER Benjamin F 60 TN Germany [should be MD] TN, Working for wages as a
house carpenter; Mary 57 TN TN TN married 20 years [should be 30], 6
children-all living; Elizabeth 21; Mary P 19; Delia 14
****1915 Mary Ann died
1920 Knox Co Dist 8, Wd22, Elliott Street, R1750 B1 P179a
SEIVER Ben F, Laborer, Owns home, 71 Can RW; COMPTON Charles S (son-in-law),
Sawyer at furniture factory, 34 TN SC TN, Can R W; Nora Compton 36, Can R W;
Jessie M Compton (granddaughter) 7, In school; Simon P (grandson) 4 7/12;
Mary A (granddaughter) 1 6/12; Elizabeth Seiver (sister) 80, Cannot R W;
Malinda Seiver (sister) 70, Can R, Cannot W;
1930 Knox Co, Dist 8, WD 22 Knoxville, TN, R2259, ED, 54, P14a (101a)
SEIBER Benjamin F $1800 home on Ailor Ave, 81 TN MD TN, W; Nora Compton 46
(m at 24); Jessie M 17, waitress at drugstore; Paul (grandson) 15; Mary A
11; All read & write; All others TN TN TN
Neighbors: Cardwell, Samuel Mays, Ben Fortenberry, Aubrey Cardwell, Nell
Breeden, Lee Jordan, Ray Dawson, James Simmon, Lewis Odum Note: Charles
Compton in Knox County Poor Asylum
***Benjamin died April 11,
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Mary Ann Lones Seiber
1860 Knox County TN Dist 12 RE
$20,000 Per $15,000; all school-aged children attended school
Charlie 45 farmer, Rebecca 38, Jacob 18, Jeramiah 16, Charles 13, Jeffrey
11, Mary 9, Elizabeth 7, James 5, Samuel 3, Sarah 1
***1863 Brother Jeremiah died in May; Mother died in August
1870 Knox County TN, Dist 12 RE $20,000 Per $2000;
Charles 54 farmer, Jacob 27, Charlie 22, Jeffry 20, Mary 18, Elizabeth 16,
James 14, Samuel 13, Sarah 11
1880 Knox County TN, Dist. 12
Charles 69 farmer, Mary A 28 keeping house, James K 26, Lizi 21 has asthma,
Samuel 20, Sally 18, Vick 9
***Mary Ann died May 12, 1915. |
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