Frances Adeline MILLER

1805 - 1865  (59 years)

• Name	Frances Adeline MILLER  [1]
  Born	24 Sep 1805  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Jun 1865  [1]
  Buried	Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I14795	Michelle Walczak Dads Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family	William Henry SEWARD           b. 16 May 1801           d. 10 Oct 1872  (Age 71 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1824
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F5017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: 1805 Death: Jun. 21, 1865 Frances Adeline Miller was the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller and Hannah Foote Miller. She married William Henry Seward, Sr. in 1824 who was Governor of New York (1839-1843) and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (1861-1869). They had five children: Augustus Henry, Frederick William (Assistant Secretary of State 1861-1869, 1877-1879) Cornelia, Brig. Gen. William Henry, Jr. and Frances "Fanny" Adeline as well as one adopted daughter, Olive. On April 14, 1865 her family was attacked by assassin Lewis Powell a.k.a. Paine in their home. Secretary of State William Seward and Assistant Secretary Fred Seward where seriously injured along with Augustus, Fanny, Sgt. George F. Robinson (her husband's care taker) and Emerick Hansell (a messanger). President Abraham Lincoln was also shot the same day by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died the next morning. Frances went into a state of shock and worry over the resent events and died two months later. Lewis Powell was executed for his crime July 7, 1865. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16085966 October 26, 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S367] Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;). Record for Frances Adeline Miller Seward