Severance, John Franklin

  • Posted on: 25 November 2014
  • By: mread
Primary Name
First Name: 
John
Middle Name: 
Franklin
Surname: 
Severance
Alternate Names
Alternate Surname: 
Severens
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Month: 
March
Birth Day: 
12
Birth Year: 
1817
Birth Note: 
Shelburne Falls, Franklin, MA
Citation for Birth Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/59980520/person/30054404660
Death Info
Death Month: 
January
Death Day: 
19
Death Year: 
1898
Citation for Death Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://archive.org/stream/generalbiographi00adamuoft/generalbiographi00adamuoft_djvu.txt
Relationships
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Marriage and Children Info
Biographical Information
Seward Context: 
Official/Professional
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 
According to the Auburn Theological Seminary records for the year 1858, Severance did not successfully graduate. But there follows a summary of his life. *JOHN FRANKLIN SEVERANCE, born in Shelburne, Mass., Mar. 12, 1817. Lived in Amherst in1848. Teacher in Somerville, N. J. from 1848-50, and in Broomfield from 1850-2. Was in Auburn from Sept. 1855-Jan. In 1856, married Hannah M. Lindsley of S. Orange. Ord., by Presb., Wilson, N. V., Oct., 1857. Lived in Franklin from 1861-3, Hebron from 1863-4, Milford, Del. from 1866-7; La Porte City, la., 1868-9; Sherman, N. Y., 1870; Floyd, la., 1871 ; Elmwood, Del.; Geneva; Marengo. In his later years Severance resided in Chicago.
Citation Notes: 
http://archive.org/stream/severansgenealog00seve/severansgenealog00seve_djvu.txt
Biography: 
Mentioned in 18600328WSJ_FMS1. "Mr Mc Clellan came to me yesterday and requested that I should give him a discharge & receipt for $2000 from John Severance to C. A Seward , stating that Mr Severance was here and ready to give up the note which he holds against Mr Mc for $2500..."
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Editorial Information
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