history of luzerne co. seiwell, george, forman on the reading railroad. he was born at the beautiful and picturesque "switzerland of america", mauch chunk, pa. on sept 17, 1837, s/o michael and mary (warner) seiwell. george being the oldest. he was a civil war vet. he had been married twice, 1st to sarah e., d/o michael and catharine clark, native of schuylkill co., they had 7 children, viz; gertrude, william, calvin, robert h., franklin, jennie, and stanley. he married 2nd to catharine zacharias of stroudsburg. seiwell, valentine, born in black creek, nov. 2, 1844, s/o michael and mary ann (warner) seiwell. children; george, charles, martin, valentine, william, jacob, michael, tobias and james. of these jaob was scalded in a railroad wreck, died a day or so after the accident. our subject was reared in black creek, spent 20 years at lehighton, carbon co, and in 1887 he returned to black creek, he died oct. 2, 1892, death being caused by an accident. his wife violetta, was a d/o daniel and mary (koehler) REX, of carbon co., and he had 9 children, mary, george, lillie, almira, harry, oliver, laura, howard and garrett. Best Wishes, Geri