Seward French

Male 1856 - 1909  (52 years)


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  • Name Seward French 
    Birth 28 Feb 1856  East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1909  West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Ionia/Millers' Corners Cemetery, West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Seward French, West Bloomfield, was born at East Bloomfield February
      28, 1856. He was preparing for Hamilton College when his father died,
      and he was called home to attend duties there. He became a school
      teacher and later a deputy sheriff, in which office he was successful
      in apprehending thirty-one men out of thirty-three warrants had in one
      year. In 1879 he began the study of law in the office of the noted
      criminal lawyer, Hon. George Raines of Rochester, with such close
      application that on an examination three and a half years later for
      admission to the bar, he was one of the foremost in his class of
      thirty. He practiced in Rochester until 1889, then removed to
      Miller's Corners where he has one of the finest law offices in the
      county, and which has a museum of criminal relics and implements
      secured by his perseverance, as evidence in cases. He has also two
      other offices at East Bloomfield and Victor, and branch offices in
      Chicago and Sioux Falls for divorces for parties wishing these
      facilities. Mr. French devotes himself most especially to criminal
      law, and within five years was successful council in ninety-two
      criminal and that line of cases, one of the most important being the
      celebrated John Kelly homicide case, which was three years in the
      courts. He tries a case with boldness and skill, and is a rapid
      thinker. His father, Reuben E., was born in East Bloomfield, and
      married Maria H. McMichael, born in Canandaigua, of Scotch-Irish
      descent. Reuben was three times supervisor and owned a fine farm near
      Miller's Corners, now owned by his son Seward, was born in
      Massachusetts and came to Victor among the early settlers. Subject is
      a 32d degree Mason, is notary public for Ontario, Livingston and
      Monroe counties. He married in 1876 Jennie L. Jefferson, daughter of
      John Jefferson of Miller's Corners, and they have three children
      living: Reuben, Lyra and Florine. One daughter, Floice, is deceased.
    Person ID I21028  OurNorthernRoots
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2011 

    Father Reuben E. French,   b. Abt 1825, East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1875, East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Maria H. McMichael,   b. 1817, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1908, West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1840 
    Family ID F5937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jennie L. Jefferson,   b. 1865   d. 1944, West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 1876 
    Family ID F5939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Feb 1856 - East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1909 - West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Ionia/Millers' Corners Cemetery, West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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