Debbie has been putting bios on the Iowa list, and many are from Virginia and other states. If you have people that went to Iowa, you might want to check the Iowa genweb site. M Calvin >X-Real-To: <margaret@jced.org> >Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 06:33:39 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: Bare67deb@aol.com Fri Oct 31 06:33:36 2003 >From: Bare67deb@aol.com >Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:33:25 EST >Old-To: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [IOWA] 1903 Bio of William H. Seevers >To: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/23073 >X-Loop: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: IOWA-L-request@rootsweb.com > >WILLIAM H. SEEVERS was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, April 8, 1822. >His boyhood was passed on his father's farm and his education was acquired in >the common schools. He began to read law in 1843 and removed to Oskaloosa, >Iowa, in 1844, where he began practice. Mr. Seevers was elected Prosecuting >Attorney in 1848, serving one term. In 1852 he was elected judge of the Third >Judicial District, serving until 1856. In 1857 he was elected to the House of >the Seventh General Assembly and was chairman of the judiciary committee. In >1872 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention which nominated >General Grant for President the second time. He was a member of the >commission >to revise the laws of the State and was editor of the Code of 1873. In 1875 >he was again elected to the General Assembly. In 1876 he was appointed Judge >of the Supreme Court to fill a vacancy where he served until 1888. Judge >Seevers died at his home in Oskaloosa, March 24, 1895. > > > >Debbie Clough Gerischer >Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County >http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ >IAGENWEB: Special History Project: >http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm >Gerischer Family Web Site: >http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ > > >==== IOWA Mailing List ==== >The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub >instructions, list rules and other useful information. >Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237