US Seward, Frances Adeline Miller

Frances Adeline Miller Seward
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Born: September 25, 1805

Birthplace: Cayuga County, New York

Father: Judge Elijah Miller 1772 – 1851
(Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York)

Mother: Hannah Foote 1784 – 1811
Buried: Westlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Massachusetts)

Husband: Secretary of State William Henry Seward 1801 – 1872
(Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York)​

Married: October 20, 1824 in Auburn, New York

Children:

Lt. Colonel August Henry “Gus” Seward 1826 – 1876​
(Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York)​
Frederick William Seward 1830 – 1915​
(Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York)​
Cornelia/Frances Seward 1836 – 1837​
(Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York)​
William Henry Seward Jr. 1839 – 1920​
(Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York)​
Frances Adeline “Fanny” Seward 1844 – 1866​
(Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York)​

Life Events:

1824 – 1865: Wife of William Henry Seward​
1839 – 1842: First Lady of the State of New York​
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Opened her home to fugitive Slaves​
Leader in the Auburn, New York Abolitionist Movement​
1861 – 1865: Wife of United States Secretary of State​
1865: Suffered from Shock and Anxiety after her family was attacked​

Died: June 21, 1865

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Age at time of Death: 59 years old

Burial Place: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York

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She'd been ' sickly ' for quite awhile before that. There was a niece who stood in for her when she wasn't up to helping host social events. I've never been able to track down what she suffered from although it's somewhere- these long term illnesses could be anything from TB to Bright's Disease.

Seward had an awful war, between those he lost, accident and attacks. Capping it off losing his wife must have added to what killed him only 7 years later.
 
A good example how looks can improve with age. She was a beautiful elderly woman, but in her youth ...
In that painting she looks like a young man with a woman's whig. Or as if the painter had mistakenly portrayed her brother, complete with Adam's apple, side burns and broad shoulders, and then became aware that it was the girl he should have painted. So he quickly changed what could still be changed ...
 
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