Bertha TEAGARDEN

  General Notes:

Photo: A close-up of the large monument with engraving pertaining to Joseph Seaman and his wife "documents in stone" her given name as Bertha instead of Bethia. "Bethia" is the name provided on pages 346 and 347 in the book GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM TEAGARDEN, From Arrival in America, Including European Background, by Helen Elizabeth Vogt, published 1967. In fact, among her descendants are at least two females named "Bethia." I HAD used Bethia in this online file then found her name "Bertha" in census documents--except for year 1860 in which she is "Bethya." Thus, "the preponderance" is BERTHA. The stone is in Oakdale Memorial Gardens in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.

Photo taken by DeeAnna Allum Granston in June, 2006

Bertha married Joseph SEAMAN, son of William SEAMAN and Mary NICKESON, on December 19, 1843 in (Probably) 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.)