Permela SQUIRES

  General Notes:

Photo: The given name of the first wife of Joseph Seaman is found spelled in various ways, including "Permelia" and "Permela." The latter is on her gravestone at Old Concord Cemetery in Morris Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. She died at approximately 20 years leaving one son, Ezra Seaman, who migrated from Washington County, PA to Scott County, IA with his father Joseph and stepmother, Bethia (Teagarden) Seaman, in 1846. Ezra is buried at Oakdale Cemetery in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, a victim of a yellow fever epidemic when he was a Civil War soldier.
Credit: Greene County, Pennsylvania Cemeteries CD No. 5 by James Fordyce, 2004



BOOK: SEAMAN-HUNT-WRIGHT GENEALOGY compiled by William M. Seaman in collaboration with Irene Macy Strieby, Helen Vogt and others, privately published by Jobbers Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1957, page 20:

"Joseph Seaman, b. Sept. 3, 1816 in Washington County, Pa., d. Feb. 4, 1889, bur. Oakdale emetery, Davenport, Iowa, m. 1st Pamela Squier, Dec. 15, 1841, in Washington, Pa. (dau. Odel ad Pamela Squier of New Jersey and Washington, Pa.; b. 1822, d. Oct. 9, 1842 in childbirth, bur. Old Concord Cemetery)"



CONTRIBUTOR to this page:

Carolyn Seaman (marriage date of Joseph and Permela)

Permela married Joseph SEAMAN, son of William SEAMAN and Mary NICKESON, on December 15, 1841 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. (Joseph SEAMAN was born on September 3, 1816 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, died on February 4, 1889 in Scott County, Iowa and was buried on February 7, 1889 in Oakdale Cemetery, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.)