SEELIG, Henry died 1909

SEELIG, FERRIS, FORDNEY, LUCE, MILLER

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 9/11/2019 at 17:25:38

Late Henry Seelig Buried at Kingsley, Michigan

The Review is in receipt of a copy of the Kingsley (Mich.) Echo, containing a notice of the funeral of the late Henry Seelig, the young man who was killed in the Dover mill two weeks ago. The Michigan paper says:

"Perhaps no young man in Kingsley had more friends than Henry Seelig and the same can be said of him in his western home as was demonstrated by the floral offerings that covered the casket upon it's arrival here. His friends were proud to be claimed as such. It is said of him he never had an enemy. Henry Seelig was 32 years of age. He left Kingsley eight years ago and took up his residence at Sandpoint, Idaho, where he has since resided.

He leaves three sisters, Mrs. Ferris of Church, Iowa; Mrs. Minnie Fordney, of Grand Forks, N.D.; Mrs. Elizabeth Luce of Traverse City, and a brother, L.I. Seelig, of Waukon, Iowa. His father, Fred Seelig, also survives. All were present at the funeral except the one sister in North Dakota who was unable to make the trip.

The funeral services were held from the Baptist church under the auspices of the I.O.O.F., Rev. McGregor of Traverse City officiating.

~Pend Oreille Review, Sandpoint, ID; Friday, October 29, 1909

Note: The family of Fritz 'Fred' Seeling & his wife Henrietta, with sons Lewis (age 5, b. KS) & Henry (age 3, b. IA) and step-daughter Lizzie Miller (age 12, b. IA) are living in Lansing, Allamakee co. as of the 1880 U.S. Census. The 1885 Iowa State census, Ackley twp., Hardin co., IA enumerated the family living there. Henry's place of birth was given as Makee, Allamakee co.; Lewis & Lizzie in Clayton co. IA