SEAMAN, Dwight S. 1889-1963

SEAMAN, SCOTT, ALLISON

Posted By: Michael J. Kearney (email)
Date: 12/16/2002 at 09:40:08

The Clinton Herald Friday January 11, 1963 p. 11 Dwight S. Seaman, 73, founder of the Clinton Wire Cloth Co., died at 6:30 a.m. today at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Mr. Seaman, who lived at 516 5th Ave. S., had been ill for about six weeks. Dwight Scott Seaman was born Aug. 30, 1889 in Clinton, the son of Halleck W. and Helen Valeria Scott Seaman. He attended Clinton public schools and the Chicago Latin School. In 1912 and 1913, he was associated with the American Wire Fabrics Co. at Niles, Mich., later transferring to the Mount Wolf, Pa. plant where he was superintendent. He assumed the duties of office manager and cashier of the Clinton plant of American Wire Fabrics in 1915 and remained in this post until 1920 when he organized the Clinton Wire Cloth Co. He was married March 23, 1934 to Alma Allison in Morrison, Ill. A veteran of World War I, he was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He also was a member of the Clinton Manufacturers and Shippers Association and had served as a city councilman and chairman of the Police and Fire Commission. Seaman was a past director of the Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Clinton Skeet and Gun Club and a member and past president of the Eastern Iowa Sportsmen's Association. He also was a member of the Clinton Country Club, the Odeon Club, the Ship's Wheel club of Moline, Ill. and was affiliated with Lodge 199, B.P.O.E., and the Masonic order. The body will be returned to the Bragonier-Fay chapel where friends may call after noon Saturday.