My dad

I haven't posted anything in while, so I'm posting a photo of my dad when he served in WWII. My dad, Johnney Seagraves, is on the right and his brother, Endel Seagraves, is on the left.
My dad passed away thirty-three years ago this month.

More Seagraves photos

I got some more Seagraves photos but not all of these are Seagraves family. Some are with neighbors and the second one is with a church group. I think Church of Christ but I'm not sure.

Thursday's thirteen: My Dad

Johnnie B Seagraves 1922-1982

Photo taken at the Salton Sea (dad's last fishing trip)

(the pretty lady on the left is my mom, Jeannetta.)

It's almost Father's day and I find myself thinking about my dad. He's been gone for nearly thirty years, but I still miss him.

1. My dad, Johnnie B Seagraves, was born in 1922 in Mount Pleasant,Tennessee. But was raised on a farm near Pulaski.

2. My dad was raised on a farm and rode a horse before he could walk, but all his life he disliked horses.

3. My dad and his family came to Madera, California in 1936, when my dad was fourteen.

4. My dad learned to skate in an old barn, where he had nailed down ten can lids over the knot holes in the floor. He leaned to be a good skater, so he could skate with the girls at the roller rink that we still have in town.

5. He was drafted into the Army and served his tour in Hawaii as a ambulance driver and later a medic, taking care of the boys hurt in the war.

6. After the war when he came home, he used his Vet benefits to learned to be a Body and Fender man (that's someone who hammers out the dents and paints cars). According to his good friend Harmon Henderson, my dad was the best Body and Fender man in Madera.

7. In 1960, my dad met and married my mom, Jeannetta.

8. In 1961, I was born. :) In 1962 my sister Deanna was born.

9. My dad loved to fish and was very good at it too.

10. One time my dad went deep sea fishing and caught a shark. After wrestling with the thing for what seemed like hours (and may have been), he finally got it on board and decided to keep it. He took it home and cut it up. Soon all his friends found out Johnnie had a shark and came over to ask for a steak so they can try shark. My dad's good nature was his undoing, he gave everyone who asked a shark steak, until he realized he had given it all away.

11. Dad taught me how to fish, but I'm not very good at it on my own and don't fish anymore.

12. In 1980 my dad found out he had colon cancer.

13. In 1982, my dad passed away in the Veteran's hospital in Fresno. He was 60 years old. I was twenty-one. It was a very wet year and it seemed like the very skies wept.

Captain Seagrave

From The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: London, 1757 - 1775

Will it be permitted me to adduce, on this Occasion, an Instance of the like Honour in a poor unenlightened African Negroe. I find it in Capt. Seagrave's Account of his Voyage to Guinea.

He relates that a New-England Sloop, trading there in 1752, left their second Mate, William Murray, sick on Shore, and sailed without him.


Murray was at the House of a Black, named Cudjoe, with whom he had contracted an Acquaintance during their Trade. He recovered,and the Sloop being gone, he continued with his black Friend, till some other Opportunity should offer of his getting home.

In the mean while, a Dutch Ship came into the Road, and some of the Blacks going on board her, were treacherously seized, and carried off as Slaves. Their Relations and Friends, transported with sudden Rage, ran to the House of Cudjoe to take Revenge, by killing Murray.


Cudjoe stopt them at the Door, and demanded what they wanted?

The White Men, said they, have carried away our Brothers and Sons, and we will kill all White Men; -- give us the White Man that you keep in your House, for we will kill him.


Nay,said Cudjoe; the White Men that carried away your Brothers are bad Men, kill them when you can catch them; but this White Man is a good Man, and you must not kill him. 


-- But he is a White Man, they cried; the White Men are all bad; we will kill them all.

-- Nay, says he, you must not kill a Man, that has done no Harm, only for being white. This Man is my Friend, my House is his Fort, and I am his Soldier. I must fight for him. You must kill me, before you can kill him. -- What good Man will ever come again under my Roof,if I let my Floor be stained with a good Man's Blood! 


-- The Negroes seeing his Resolution, and being convinced by his Discourse that they were wrong, went away ashamed.

In a few Days Murray ventured abroad again with Cudjoe, when several of them took him by the Hand, and told him they were glad they had not killed him; for as he was a good (meaning an innocent) Man, their God would have been angry, and would have spoiled their Fishing. 


-- I relate this, says Captain Seagrave, to show, that some among these dark People have a strong Sense of Justice and Honour, and that even the most brutal among them are capable of feeling the Force of Reason, and of being influenced by a Fear of God (if the Knowledge of the true God could be introduced among them) since even the Fear of a false God, when their Rage subsided, was not without its good Effect.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Even though the name Seagraves has it roots in England (spelled Segrave back then), the Seagraves family in the US has roots in Ireland too.

There's a village named Seagrave which may or may not been given to one of my ancestors.

Either that or I'm a dirt relative.

And with my luck digging around in the family tree that's probably it.

(Dirt relative is someone that has the same name as say the lord or knight, but they got the name from the town not the family.)

Then some of the Segrave line moved to Ireland.

Two Segrave's men moved to the US from Ireland at around 1700 or so. One was a minister, Francis Segrave, who settle in the Isle of Wright with his four kids (his two sons later married had thirteen children each), and the other arrived here in chains.

James Segrave was a bad boy, his father's will reflected that. I'm not sure what James did but he ended up in a penal colony here in the US.

James escaped or finished his time and made his way to New Jersey, where he opened a pub and started brewing beer. And called himself George.

It turns out he was a Master Brewer back in Ireland (a family business). And where James the convict couldn't get a licence to run a pub---George could.

Respectable minster or the convict--Guess which one I'm descended from?

If you have a glass of green beer today to honor St. Paddy make a toast to my ancestor James (George) Seagraves Brewery Master and escaped convict, without whom I wouldn't be here.

The Seagraves and Powel family connection

I have been given permission to post the following.

Subject: Seagraves/Powell Genealogy Family Connections
Hello Janice,

Pat Powell, Springer here,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,tried to contact you on the Seagraves/Graves website about these families in Giles County, Tn.

The Powell's that are related to the Seagraves family are Ambrose Powell and his 2 daughters that married Joal Seaton Seagraves, which were Martha R. Powell, and a Emma D. Powell. We believe they were sisters.

I am in contact with a Suzy Inman in Nevada (I think), and she has this info posted on http://www.facebook.com/l/619bfK7yLo50uL_22R2qHJP3FWg;Ancestry.com

Sorry, to just now tell you why I am emailing you, I was wanting to fill you in on all the Powell Family from Virginia, Hall Co. Ga., Dade,Walker, Elbert, Wilkes, Hart Counties, Georgia.

Susy Inman and I made a connection with Ambrose Powell and the daughters that married Joal Seaton Powell, and one of their children were Lewis Riddle Seagraves.

It just so happends that the Powells were in Walker County, Georgia, and moved to Giles, County, Tennessee in 1854. Lewis Riddle Powell Jr. also moved to Giles or Lawrence Co. Tn. also, about the same time, and his son is buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, in Maury Co. Tn., he married Janie Hinson. Ambrose Powell married a Mary Ann Carroll from Giles Co. Tn. and also another lady, and had these Children:
Keziah Caroline (Powell) Lanier, Fleming
Pressly Carroll Powell
James Powell

The Parents of Ambrose Powell was Lewis Riddle Powell and Sarah??? There are at least 10 or 12 children from 2 wives:

A female before 1820 in Hall Co. Ga.
Ambrose Powell
Pressly Powell
Green Oliver Powell
Lewis Riddle Powell Jr.
Newton Powell
Sevier Powell
Keziah Caroline Powell, born in the 1830's

Lewis Riddle Powell married a Elizabeth Burke, around 1845 to 1850 and their Children were:

Morning Francis (Powell) Cogins, Clements.
Nancy Powell
Lewis Ervin, or Irvin Powell (my Gr. Grandfather)
Upson Powell.

I just wanted to give you a little background on these 3 families, and I have a cousin, through Keziah Caroline (Powell) Lanier, Fleming, Ambrose Powell's daughter, by the name of Edward Graves Corlew, living at this time in Camblesville, Tennessee.

Just wanted to be of some help in trying to fill in some of the blanks of your Seagrave and Graves Family Genealogy. Am looking forward to hearing from you.

I am also on face book, under the name of Linda Springer. My email is springerpc (at) msn.com and would like to contact all the people on your Seagraves site, if they should like to know more about the Powells.. The Seagrave family lived close to Anderson Creek, and Ambrose Powell lived on Anderson Creek. Ed Corlew is going to try and survey the Seagraves Cemetery for family history purposes.

Looking so forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Pat (Powell) Springer

Could the Nasty Ol' Sheriff of Nottingham have been a Seagraves?

This is for my Seagraves in history series. I'm not sure if these Seagraves are in our genealogy, but its fun reading about them.

Could the mean ol' Sheriff of Nottingham have been a Seagraves?

Well, lets see . . . if you've read or at least saw a movie of Robin hood and there are lots of them, you'll know that there is something missing. Namely the name of the Sheriff.

It's true.

He is only called the Sheriff or Sheriff or Nottingham and nothing else.

Let's delve a little deeper shall we?

The Sheriff of Nottingham is an important figure in the legend of Robin Hood, and the archenemy of Robin and his Merry Men. The holder of the office of Nottingham's Sheriff, it is his task to capture outlaws such as Robin Hood, either to ensure the safety of trade routes through Sherwood Forest, or to keep them from poaching the King's deer. In some stories, the Sheriff of Nottingham is portrayed as having a lecherous desire for Robin Hood's lady, Maid Marian. He is widely considered to be the principal villain of the Robin Hood stories, appearing frequently, alongside such enemies of Robin Hood as Sir Guy of Gisbourne or Prince John (though rarely both).

The story takes place in 1200-1400

That's a awfully big time frame.

So who was Sheriff during that time?

The legends are generally set far from Nottingham, one explanation being that a short-staffed King of England placed the Sheriff of Nottingham in charge of law enforcement for much of northern England. This is the case in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in which the Sheriff's influence has grown so great he attempts to take control of the throne.

In some versions, the Sheriff is more a cowardly schemer while his assistant, Sir Guy of Gisbourne is a more competent and determined physical threat to Robin. In other versions, the Sheriff answers to Prince John who is the main villain.

It has been suggested that the historical sheriff upon which the stories are based was William de Wendenal, Roger de Laci, or William Brewer.

Or are they?

The Sheriff of Nottingham was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Nottingham and bringing criminals to justice. For years the post has been directly appointed by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham and in modern times with the existence of the police force, the position is entirely ceremonial and sustained to boost tourism due to the legendary connection to the tales of Robin Hood. However the historical position goes back to Anglo-Saxon times. The office is sometimes confused with that of the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Before this, during 1068 until 1449 the position existed as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests.

So the office isn't necessarily called Sheriff of Nottingham.

Previously, from 1068 until 1449 the position existed as "High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests."

And this is the time in question. So if I expand my search to include this office . . .

http://books.google.com/books?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA484&lpg=PA484&dq=sheriff+stephen+de+segrave&source=bl&ots=iyGt-bdAhZ&sig=_hlsKsqoQFHLNDkGS72_ex-VrIE&hl=en&ei=0rF8TKa5G4SKlwfY0KTtCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CDwQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=sheriff%20stephen%20de%20segrave&f=false

Sorry couldn't copy and paste this. But it says here that Stephen de Segrave was at one time the Sheriff of Nottinghamshire during the time of December 12, 1264 which is in the time frame for the Robinhood story.

• 1223-1223 Stepehen de Segrave here's another link that says Stephen de Segrave was sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

Okay, so maybe I'm reach just a bit. But you have to admit it is very interesting. *wink*

Here's another interesting link.

Good-bye Arnold Seagraves

A wake for Arnold Seagraves was held at his son

David Seagraves's house in Granite Bay, CA.

"Do not pray for me and don't sing any hymns. I don't want a memorial service. Just have a party and remember me."

~Arnold Seagraves~

Arnold was in WWII as a cook.
He cooked for generals, and at the end of the war he was in Germany when Hitler fell.

After he came home he worked at Sears repairing appliances for twenty years, and raised his family.

After his retirement his mother (my grandmother Hattie Seagraves) became ill. He and his little sister Regina decided to take care of her. They at first worked as apartment managers, taking turns taking care of their mom. Then later at a mobile home park. Regina was the manager and Arnold was the assistant manager. Both remarried, but Arnold second marriage was not to last.

His mother passed away in 1985 and he retired fully.

Later he married his high school sweetheart Vi
and settled in the city of Pleasanton.

He is survived by his wife Vi and his four lovely children (2 girls and 2 boys) several grandchildren and a few great-grandchildren.

His last words were to his oldest daughter Suzy's husband, "You better take care of my little girl."
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~The trip to Granite Bay~

My husband Dave, my daughter Sarah and I got a late start from Madera because of the fog. It's a three hour drive from my house when the weather is nice.

The Google maps got us as far as the
American river bridge, that we crossed this on the way

to David's house.

And then we completely missed their house.

We finally stopped when we realized we went too far.

I looked across the street saw a deer in some one's yard.

My Daughter took it's picture.

This is were we stopped when we realized we went too far and called Dave.
"Hi Dave, I'm your cousin Janice. We're lost."
He gave us the names of two streets to look out for on the way back.
Thank goodness he did. I think we were at least ten miles off course, if not more.

Dave's house is in a very scenic area.
Pretty.

Lovely houses were on every side of the road.

A cement flume crossed the road.

We finally got there and here's my nephew Brian posing with my hubby Dave (yes another David).

~

I don't know the exact number of guests, but when I arrive (almost two hours late) the place was filled with such a buzz of voice I had to lean close to someone just to hear them speak.

My daughter Sarah, Brian and Dave again.

Eli and Mike Seagraves (Uncle and nephew).

Deanna (My sis) Seagraves-King, Eli Seagraves and Robin

Deanna and Brain sharing memories with Tukey (Dave Seagraves's wife).

Suzy Inman and Dave.

Sarah and Suzy.

All of Arnold Seagraves wonderful children.

They are, everyone, just as sweet and wonderful as he was.

Eli Seagraves, Anny Randal, Suzy Inman, David Seagraves.

Eli and his wife Thea.

Eli and family had to leave early.

Eli, Thea and his daughter Rabbit (online name).

Deanna and Anny.

Arnold Seagraves passing

I have very bad news.

I just got an e-mail from Anny the youngest daughter of Arnold Seagraves. She told me that her father and my Uncle Arnold has passed away peacefully in his sleep today, Thanksgiving day, at @ 12:3o.

I believe Suzy was by his side. She has been faithfully sitting by his side for a while now keeping him company while his health declined. He was in the hospice hospital at the end.

Please take a moment and say a prayer for Arnold's family and his wife Vi during this time. Or if you like spare a good thought or two, or maybe light a candle if that is your belief (This link goes right to a virtual candle lighting site.)

Thank you everyone and God bless.
Janice~

(((((((((((((((((A correction))))))))))))))))

Hi Janice - just a small correction, Dad (Arnold) was at home where he had been living with Dave, Tukey, Mike, Ruth, Georgia, Maya, Kendra and for the last 4 months me (Suzy). He passed knowing that his family all love and charish him. We are thankful for all the kind words, thoughts, and prayers we have received from so many. Hospice was wonderful, coming to the house to monitor his progress through the transition. Dad went his own way and in his own time. I would not have given up the last 4 months of caring for him for anything. It has been a gift to me.

Suzy

Update No.5 on Uncle Arnold

I recieved anther email update.

Please pray for Arnold Seagraves and his family while they go through this rough time.

Arnold seems to be doing better.

It's been a bit of a roller coaster ride...some days are good and some are bad.

This week he's had some pretty good days. He's had a lot of visitors which we think really helps and Sue spends most of her time with him so he always has someone around. We have been very blessed to have her here.

At this point it's really hard to say how long he'll live. I will stay in touch but please don't hesitate to call. Thanks again for your love and support.

Tukey

Update No. 4 on Uncle Arnold

I got this email from Tukey.

This is another update.

It seems that the good times didn't last long as Arnold is now back to what we believe is the verge of death.

The hospice nurse told us that he probably wouldn't last more than a week or two.

He is sleeping most of the time and he is eating and drinking very little.

Sue has changed her airline tickets so she can stay with us longer. She has really been a big help.

We appreciate your love and support.

Update No. 3 on Arnold Seagraves

I got another email from Dave Seagraves on his father Arnold Seagraves.

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We just wanted to give you another update on the health of Arnold.

For a while we really thought he was on the verge of death but he seems to
have rallied. While he hadn't eaten any solid food for about three
weeks he is eating some now.

He is much more alert even though at times he is a bit confused. At times there is even a twinkle in his eyes.

He still spends most of the time in the chair in his room but will get up
once in a while and go to the bathroom. When he's feeling weak he uses
the porta-potty in his room.

If you want to talk to him there is a phone in his room and you will just have to talk loud for him to be able to hear you.

Much love, Dave and Tukey

Update No 2. on Arnold Seagraves

This is update on my Uncle Arnold. This is another email this time from my cousin Suzy.

Hi Jan - I tried to post to your blog, but you have to be smarter than the blog to do that. So, email I can handle. We have put Dad on Hospice, and are going to be putting him on morphine probably some time today. We think the time is coming soon and wanted to let the extended family know. If you could post the message on your site, we would appreciate it.

Suzy

Uncle Arnold's health

Arnold and Vi Seagraves

Arnold Seagraves has been at his son's Dave Seagraves house for the past few months. Dave and his family have been taking care of him.

This is an email from Dave on the state of his father's health.


Hello All,

I'm sorry to report that Dad's health seems to be getting progressively

worse. We've been to the doctor, it seems, about every other week, and
run blood and urine tests, but the doctor cannot find any treatable
condition. Yet every day, Dad seems further away: more lethargic, less
acute, sleeping more, less responsive. I'm not an expert, but it seems
to me that his body and his mind are just shutting down.

Over the past several days, Dad has been sleeping in his chair, and has
not gotten out of his robe and dressed, as was his custom. He is still
able to get to and from the bathroom on his own, but his visits seem
less frequent. It has been very difficult to get him to the table to
eat. Sometimes we bring the meal to him, but I think it is better for
him to get up once in a while. He has missed several meals entirely,
and claims at each meal that he just isn't hungry. When he does eat, it is
just a few bites. At the doctor's recommendation, we have added Ensure
to his diet a couple of times a day to compensate. Although he still
seems cogent most of the time, he is often confused about what time it
is, and forgets within minutes that we have called him to breakfast,
lunch or dinner. We have to remind him several times, and sometimes
just stand there until he gets out of his chair, though this seems to
frustrate him. He complains frequently about having difficulty
breathing, and often sits holding a pillow to his chest and breathing
laboriously. There is no chest pain or pain in the arms, and his lungs
are clear each time the doctor checks. There are no signs of edema or
other indications of heart failure. We are tracking his condition
carefully with the doctor.

All these symptoms are consistent with end of life. Barring the
discovery of a treatable condition, or a miraculous turnaround, I
believe Dad may be in the last stages of his life. It is very difficult

to say how long he will last, but I would say it is days or weeks, not
months, based on previous experience. The good news is, he does not
appear to be in any extraordinary pain, other than the pain in his neck

and hands with which he has lived for the past several years. He is as
comfortable as possible, and has the loving support of myself, Tukey,
Ruth and Mike, and an occasional hug from his 18-month old
granddaughter, Kendra.

I will let you all know if there is any dramatic change in his
condition.

Love,
Dave

My dad's birthday--Johnnie B Seagraves--March 3, 1922--1982

Johnnie B Seagraves with a striper. I think this one was caught at Don Pedro.

He was always proud when he caught one of these it's the pentacle of fishing to bring in a fish of this size from a fresh water lake and my dad was quite good at it too.

The best way to describe him was my dad was a fisherman.

A really good fishing trip; Blue gills, large mouth bass, trout, and one cat fish.

My mom with friends Bonnie in background and Brad at the Salton sea CA.

More Blue gill and my dad's hand.
This little girl is me when I was I think seven, it must have been in 1968.
I think theses were caught in Exchequer Chowchilla CA.

And yet more blue gill some of these were the size of dinner plates.

I know it seems like an awful lot of fish, but most of these were caught in the mid to late sixties. This photo had the date 1964 back when there were no limits on the fish caught.

My mom Jeanetta and my dad at the Salton sea probably 1982.

Do you see how he held his arms in as he holds the fish? He had painful arthritis in both his arms and hands.

I think this might have been the last fishing trip my dad went on before he died in September 1982 from colon cancer.

My dad Johnnie B Seagraves loved to go fishing. My mom found these down in a box and let me scan them in to my computer. I posting these with her permission.

Seagraves Men in WWII

Our branch of the family was very lucky in that all the Seagraves sons(and fathers, and husbands) who went away to war came back home again.

Alton Seagraves--Navy WWII

(He was the baby of the family)
Picture courtasy of Suzy (Seagraves) Inman

Left Lionel Seagraves--Navy WWII

Right Johnnie Seagraves(My dad)--Army WWII

Picture courtesy of Suzy (Seagraves) Inman

(Betsy) Dean's Seagraves (Basil's wife) brother Grover Williams--Army WWII

Middle Aubry Seagraves--Army(desk Jockey?) WWII

Right Lionel Seagraves--Navy WWII

Photography by my father Johnnie Seagraves; while they were all on leave together on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Photo Courtesy of my mom Jeannetta Rockholt

The war is over and the whole Seagraves clan is finally back together again. This photo was taken in front of my Grandparent's (Jerome Milton and Hattie Seagraves) home on Sierra Street, Madera CA.

Their staggered so I'll do my best and hope I down confuse any one. Starting on left back row Alton, front row Aubry, back row Johnnie(my dad), front row Regina(aka Ricky--the only sister), back row Arnold, front row Basel, back row Endel, off to the right Lionel Seagraves.

Photo courtesy of Suzy (Seagraves) Inman

Bad News About Grandma's house

Hi Cousins, I have some news I thought you should know---bad news about grandma's house.

The old house on Sierra street behind and to the side of the old Bridge store, and the last house that Jerome Milton and Hattie Seagraves owned is now unfortunately gone!

Hattie Seagraves in front of house on Sierra st. Madera(she must have been in her late sixties--look how slim she was)

The above pictures are found by my mom in a box somewhere for me.

My mom had drove through the old neighborhood and saw that the house was gone, completely gone. No house, no foundation, no garage, no trees even. Everything leveled. Even that old palm tree that my dad (John Seagraves) and his brothers use to jump over is gone too.

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Here's something you may not have know about the old house.

It was the second they had here in Madera, the first one burned down and that was located just across the street from Basil and Dean's old country house (they later got a house in town). The barn is still there but not the house.

The second house they lived in they bought, and it was located on Sierra street , and it was build by a man for his sweetheart and he later married her around 1900 (The turn of the century).

Hattie Seagraves sold the house after her husband died (Jerome Milton died in 1961) and it sold in 1962 for a whopping nine thousand dollars (I know but it was the '60's okay).

The little old couple that bought it had thrown a wedding for a friend of there's (sweetheart house indeed).

Then the Leal family bought it and raised their children in it, and later moved out and used it for a number of years as a rental.

Seagraves Family reunion in California

Arnold and Vi Seagraves
My little branch of the family no. 1
And number 2 Brian Van Vleet(my nephew) Sarah Harrell(my daughter) Janice (me) John Seagraves(my brother) Deanna King(my sister and Brian's mom) All the second cousins together

Annie's family that's Arnold's youngest daughter

All our Seagraves noses in profile.

I got it I got it! A Picture of my great-grandfather--Joel Seaton Seagraves

O-oh, was that too enthusiastic?

My Cusin Suzy Inman sent me this photo and gave me permission to post it and what she wrote.
Thank you Suzy!

Hi Jan,

I wanted to send you this photo that Aunt Regina identified as her Grandfather Joel Seaton Seagraves. This was not long before her death, but she was absolutely sure.

Suzy

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I also got this e-mail from Steve Seagraves, he contributes to the Seagraves family tree web sight.
Thank you Steve

Janice,
Thank you so much for your blog address!
I was on it and reading (enjoyed it very much, thank you!) when your grandfather's picture came through.
That IS fantastic! I'm happy for you!
I grabbed my "book"...the list of everyone in my database...and YEP! There he is! Joel Seaton SEAGRAVES...father of Jerome Milton SEAGRAVES (b. 1885).
But, I also have (and you might know this about my records already from the Family Tree Website I posted so long ago) 2 marriages for Joel Seaton SEAGRAVES. They are:
1) Martha POWELL (mar. 31 Oct 1871, Giles Co, TN)
- I only show 1 child of this marriage: Will SEAGRAVES (no birth/death dates known)
2) Mary Emmedean POWELL (mar. 4 July 1877, also in Giles Co, TN)
- I only show 1 child of this marriage, also: Jerome Milton SEAGRAVES (b. 27 Feb 1885).
Now...this does not mean there weren't more children from either marriage, it just means these 2 are Joel's only children that I show.
I'll keep in touch...but, my schedule is going to begin to pick up and my hobby time will diminish until after the holidays. But, that is probably the way it will be for all of us. You reckon? haha.
Thanks again,
Steve Seagraves

Seagraves Family Reunion in California!!!!!

Date: October 21, 2007, Noon

Place: Frankie, Johnny, and Luigi too

Menu

Pizza--Cheese, Pepperoni, Salami

Pasta--Spaghetti with Marinara Sauce and Rigatono with Bolognese sauce

Salad--garden greens w/3 dressing choices on the side

Chicken--Roasted, Barbeque

Bread

1 soda each.

For the wine drinkers:

Robin and Larry are donating the wine,

and asking for donation of $5 for the corkage charge.

(any additional orders will be the responsibility of the person ordering.)

Cost information:

$25.00 per person to cover family style meal,

including tax and gratuities

Kids: $12.00 per person age 10,11, 12 years.

$10.00 per person under the age of 10 years.

Hope to see you all there!

Please RSVP

Any questions, please call Suzy (Suzanne) Inman at 480-949-0747

or cell phone 480-748-9854