Biographical Sketch of L. L. Seaburn, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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L. L. Seaburn, dealer in furniture, coffins, stoves and general house
furnishing goods, Pacific, Mo., was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in
1835 and is the fourth in a family of eight children born to Samuel and
Mary (Fouts) Seaburn, natives of Pennsylvania.  Samuel Seaburn, a son
of Andrew Seaburn, also a native of Pennsylvania, and in an early day a
teamster over the mountains, died in 1887, aged about eighty years. 
Mrs. Mary Seaburn died in 1885, aged eighty-four years.  L. L. Seaburn
was reared on a farm until his seventeenth year, when he went to Warren,
Ohio, to learn the cabinet maker's trade, in which capacity he worked
three years.  About 1856 he moved to Summit County, Ohio, where he work-
ed at his trade, and two years later went to Keithsburg, Ill., contin-
uing at his trade until 1859, when he moved to Lebanon, Mo.; he follow-
ed his trade at the latter place until 1863, when he moved to Pacific
and assumed charge of the bridge building on the 'Frisco Railroad for
two years. He then went to St. Louis, and engaged in the freight office
for the 'Frisco Railroad, six months later returning to Pacific, where
he engaged in general merchandising.  He was appointed postmaster about
the same time.  In 1878 he sold his stock of goods, resigned his posi-
tion as postmaster, and for the following four years was occupied in no
particular business.  In October, 1886 he established his present busi-
ness.  Besides his stock of furniture Mr. Seaburn owns four town lots,
his residence, and three and one-half acres of the celebrated "white
sand"; he also owns an additional twenty-six lots.  He was married on
December 18, 1859, to Mollie S. Stafford, a native of Callaway County,
Mo., and a daughter of Thomas and Caroline (Cleveland) Stafford, the
latter a cousin of President Cleveland.  One child was born to this
union, Charles E., who died in 1864.  Mr. Seaburn is a Republican in
politics, and is a Master Mason.

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