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Elizabeth Seelye (born Eggleston)

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Gender: Female

Date of Birth: December 15, 1858

Birth Place: St. Paul, MI

SEELYE, Elizabeth Eggleston (Mrs. Elwynn Seelye), Joshua’s Rock, Lake George, N.Y.

Author; b. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 15, 1858: dau. Rev. Edward Eggleston, A.M.. S.T.D., L.H.D. (distinguished author), and Elizabeth (Smith) Eggleston; during childhood, when her father was a Methodist minister, lived In several Western towns, attended schools at Evanston, Ill., but educated chiefly at home and by private teachers; m. Nov. 21, 1877, Elwynn Seelye. Contributor of short stories to the magazines. Author: Saratoga and Lake George In History; The Story of Columbus; The Story of Washington. Also (In collaboration with Edward Eggleston), Brant and Red Jacket; Montezuma and the Conquest of Mexico; The Story of Pocahontas; Tecumseh and the Shawnee Prophet.

Page 729, “Woman’s Who’s Who of America, A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada 1914-1915,” John William Leonard, Editor-in-Chief, The American Commonwealth Company, New York.

[Wife of son of Reuben SGS # 2502 – Elwyn; Reuben (#2502); Reuben (#915); David; Justus; John; Benjamin; Nathaniel; Robert]

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