“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


F.A. SEAVER,  knife manufacturer, Lake Mills; born in Vermont, Nov. 
8, 1822; came to Wisconsin in 1845; located at Lake Mills, and engaged 
in blacksmithing; in 1875, went into his present business; in 1852, went 
to California, where he worked at his trade and mining, returning in 
1855.  Is one of the Board of Village Trustees.  Married, at Lake Mills, 
Jan. 1, 1846, Sarah A. Miller, of Massachusetts, whose family were 
among the early settlers; they settled at Lake Mills in 1845.  Mr. Seaver 
has two children -–Harriet, born Jan. 21, 1848; Fred M., July 18, 1856.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel