Joseph Sidney Seaman and Hannah Alice Slater

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Husband Joseph Sidney Seaman ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Apr 1839 - Harmony, Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Elias Seaman (1812-1842) 2 4 5
         Mother: Margaret Charlotte Goehring (1814-Aft 1895) 2 6

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       Marriage: 23 Mar 1863 7

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Wife Hannah Alice Slater ²

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           Born:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: William Slater (      -      ) 7
         Mother: Ruth Simons (      -      ) 7

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Children

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1 F Alice Grace Seaman ⁸

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         Spouse: James H. Hammond (      -      ) 8

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2 M Charles B. Seaman ⁸

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         Spouse: Maggie R. Johnson (      -      ) 8

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3 M Joseph Sidney Seaman, Jr. ²

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Sidney Seaman

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He was educated in the public schools of Zelienople, Pennsylvania, to which village his parents removed when he was quite young. At the age of seventeen he went to Pittsburgh, and served an apprenticeship of three years at roll-turning. By his energy and close application to business, he advanced step by step, until he became a member of the firm of J. B. Young & Company. This firm was prosperous and successful from its inception, and after some changes it was recognized as one of the most important manufacturing establishments in Pittsburgh, and became known as the Phoenix Roll Works, of Seaman, Sleeth & Black. Mr. Seaman was elected the first president of the company. He was a stanch Republican and was president of the Lincoln Club beginning from its organization. For some years he was president of the school board of his ward, and took a deep interest in educational matters; was a charter member and director of the Pennsylvania National Bank and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He was a prominent member and trustee of Grant Street Lutheran church, and was a member of the building committee of that and the East End Mission church. [HBC 1895, 1095]

He was born in Harmony, Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he received his education. Upon the conclusion of his studies he came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and there learned the trade of roll turner. He commenced at the bottom of the ladder, a position he did not long retain, as his energy and application soon enabled him to rise from the ranks and make his way to the front. He held the position of foreman for a time and then became superintendent of the iron mills, continuing in that office until 1864, when he became identified with the firm of Bollman & Bagley, of which he was virtually the organizer. The firm name underwent various changes, being known successively as: Bagley, Young & Company, James B. Young & Company, and later as Seaman, Sleeth & Black. It was incorporated and styled the Seaman-Sleeth Company in 1895, Mr. Seaman being the president and general manager and R. L. Sleeth vice-president. These two gentleman were the sole proprietors of the property.
It should be said, in enumerating the causes of Mr. Seaman's success, that he combines with an exceptional degree of ability, personal qualities that insure him the respect of all with whom he comes in contact, especially that of his employees, who have always shown a devotion to his interests rarely accorded to the employer.
In addition to holding the office of president of the above concern, Mr. Seaman was president of the Pennsylvania National Bank and the Pennsylvania Savings Bank, and a director in the Superior Steel Company, which he organized in 1891. He was a member and an officer in the First Lutheran church for almost half a century. In all his enterprises Mr. Seaman has proved himself to be a man born to his task, alert and watchful, deciding quickly and grasping situations almost intuitively. He possessed, also, the rare faculty of controlling large bodies of men and of inspiring them with his own enthusiasm. In politics he was a Republican. Unostentatiously charitable, no good work done in the name of philanthropy or religion sought his cooperation in vain. [GPHWP, 91]

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1095.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 91, 185.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 91.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 661.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1095, 1167.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1167.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 92.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 185.