SEAVEY, WILLIAM S. (deceased) pg. 1094 For many years a well-known photographer of Canton, Fulton County, he was born in Sandwich, N.H., on January 22, 1823, a son of John M. and Sophie (Bean) Seavey, natives of North Carolina and New Hampshire, respectively. John M. Seavey died when his son William was five years old. At the age of ten years the subject of this sketch was taken to New York and subsequently spent five years in Canada. After visiting various places at different periods, in 1851 he located in Canton. During the Civil War he enlisted in the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry under the command of Colonel William Pit Kellogg, and served during the entire war. His health having become impaired, General Grant made him Official Photographer of the army. Mr. Seavey voted for General Grant for President, this being the only Republican vote he ever cast. He had over $500 worth of valuable war photos destroyed in his gallery by fire. He was the first photographer in Canton, an at the time of his decease was the oldest operator in that line in the city. He was very successful in his business, and during his long residence in Canton, made hosts of friends, who entertained for him a profound esteem. On July 1, 1851 Mr. Seavey was united in marriage with Harriet E. Culton, who was born in Lexington, KY., Sept. 24, 1830, and was brought to Canton in 1836, at six years of age. Her father, Robert C. Culton, was a native of North Carolina,and her mother, Ann (Ferguson) Culton was born in Lexington. In politics Mr. Seavey was a supporter of the Democratic party and fraternally was affiliated with the G.A.R., and I.O.O.F. His decease occurred July 1, 1896. He was a man of irreproachable character and a highly respected citizen. Joan