Levi Seeley was born March 20, 1843, in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and about 1856 went to Sauk county, Wisconsin, where his parents died. He enlisted and served from 1861 till war ceased. In 1880 he came to Prior: his farm contains 160 acres. Married Mary Hagaman in 1865; three children: James W., Harriet E. and Charles E.

Page 982, “History of the Minnesota Valley, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota” by Rev. Edward D. Neill and Charles S. Bryant, North Star Publishing Company, Minneapolis 1882.