John Seater

SEATER

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Date: 11/8/2022 at 19:19:24

John Seater

John Seater came to Northwood township, Worth county, in 1871. He was born in Westra, Orkney Islands, in 1823. His parents were Robert and Jane (Logie) Seater, natives of Westra, where they lived and died; the mother in 1877, the father in 1879, each aged almost one hundred years. John received a limited education. He learned the trade of shoemaker. He married Isabell Meil, whose death occurred in 1859. He was again married to Mary Randall, a native of Scotland. He emigrated to Chicago May 8,1869, following his trade two years. He then came to Northwood, bought property and opened a shoe shop, which he sold in 1875 and bought a farm in Kensett. He moved to his present farm in 1875. His wife died in 1880. The children by his first marriage were-Ann, Robert, Jane and James. By second marriage-George. Mr. Seater has been a member of the Baptist Church thirty-five years. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.849