Person Information
-
Show Citations
Frances Adeline Seward (Miller)
Birth: 9-24-1805
Death: 6-21-1865
Nickname: Mother
RelationshipsChildrenSeward, Augustus Henry (AHS)
Seward, Frederick William (FWS)
Seward, William Henry Jr. (WSJ)
Seward, Cornelia (CxS)
Seward, Frances Adeline (FAS)
Biography
Frances Adeline Miller Seward (1805 – June 21, 1865) was born in 1805, the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller and Hannah Foote Miller. She studied at the Troy Female Seminary (now known as Emma Willard School). She married New York attorney William Henry Seward on October 20, 1824, after meeting him through his sister, a classmate, in 1821. In his lifetime, William served as a senator in the New York legislature, Governor of New York, a senator from New York and United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
The couple raised five children: Augustus Henry Seward (1826-1876), Frederick William Seward (1830-1915), Cornelia Seward (1835-1836), William Henry Seward, Jr. (1839-1920) and Frances Adeline "Fanny" Seward (1844-1866). Some years after his wife's death, in 1870, William formally adopted his companion Olive Risley Seward (1841-1908).
On April 14, 1865, her husband and two of their sons, Frederick and Augustus, and Fanny, were injured in an assassination attempt on her husband in their house.[1] The man responsible for this ordeal was Lewis Powell a.k.a. Lewis Paine, a conspirator of John Wilkes Booth; Booth had shot and killed President Lincoln the same night. The attack put Frances into a state of great anxiety about her family. She thought that Frederick would die of his injuries, although he survived. She died on June 21, 1865, of a heart attack.
BJS calls Frances Sis Fanny in his letter to WHS in 1833 (18330931BJS_WHS1). Not called this otherwise.
Letter References
Telegram from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, May 17, 1865
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, May 26, 1868
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, October 23, 1867
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, September, 1867
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, June 20, 1865
Telegram from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, May 13, 1865
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, April 20, 1865
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Adeline Seward, January 27, 1865
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, December 25, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, December 30, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. and Janet Watson Seward, December 17, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Adeline Seward, December 22, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, December 22, 1864
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 14, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, July 4, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, June 20, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., June 5, 1864
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 7, 1849
Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to William Henry Seward, January 1, 1837
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, Jr., November, 1846
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 18, 1865
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frederick William Seward, November 23, 1864
Letter from George Frederick Seward to William Henry Seward, October 14, 1865
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, June 4, 1864
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden to Lazette Miller Worden, November 23, 1849
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, December 3, 1837
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1849
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, September 9, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 16, 1849
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden to Lazette Miller Worden, December 5, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 7, 1849
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, September 6, 1849
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, August 21, 1849
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, Febuary 26, 1849
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, February 15, 1849
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, July 21, 1846
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, April 17, 1860
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, March 31, 1860
Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., March 20, 1860
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, December 13, 1848
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, 1849
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, December 13, 1846
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, November 13, 1844
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Augustus Henry Seward, September 22, 1844
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Lazette Miller Worden, August 29, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, May 28, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, February 9, 1844
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 9, 1844
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, September 23, 1843
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Lazette Miller Worden, April 9, 1843
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Augustus Henry Seward, October 1, 1843
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 24, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 23,
1836
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1837
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 1, 1831
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1831
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 18, 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, April 6, 1834
Letter from Frances Tuthill Grier to William Henry Seward, February 5, 1840
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, December 17, 1831
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 1834
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 29, 1832
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1832
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1837
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, December 11, 1837
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward and Marcia Armstrong Seward to George Washington Seward, September 30, 1827
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, October 26, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, Novemer 17, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 17, 1832
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 1, 1828
Letter from George Washington Seward to Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield, April 21, 1827
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to George Washington Seward, December 31, 1827
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 6, 1825
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 15, 1823
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 12, 1823
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, February 19, 1833
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, January 23, 1834
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, March 20, 1834
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, January 18, 1834
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, March 13, 1834
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 17, 1834
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, October 9, 1834
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, April 7, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield and Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1831
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 30, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 7, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 23, 1837
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, October 18, 1837
Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, December 13, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, September 2, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 12, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, April 28, 1837
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 23, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 30, 1837
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, April 19, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 19, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 17, 1837
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, January 29, 1837
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 19, 1837
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 26, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 13, 1838
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, November 13, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 5, 1838
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 27, 1838
Letter from Frederick William Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, October 16, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, December 17, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 12, 1838
Letter from Rachel Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, December 5, 1838
Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, December 26, 1838
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August, 1838
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, June 5, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 10, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 24, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 16, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, January 18, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 3, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 14, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, January 10, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, February 9, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 24, 1838
Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, November 14, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 13, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 20, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 31, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 6, 1839
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, November 26, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 5, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, August 16, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 20, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 18, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 28, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 8, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 24, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 20, 1839
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, December 4, 1836
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 1, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 22, 1836
Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, February 22, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 7, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, February 17, 1839
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, October 9, 1836
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 10, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 17, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, September 10, 1836
Letter from Lousia Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 12, 1836
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, October 7, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 27, 1836
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1836
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, April 7, 1835
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, November 4, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 14, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 11, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 15, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 24, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 12,
1835
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, April 12, 1835
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, June 23, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 9, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 3, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 10, 1834
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 2, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 10, 1834
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 6, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 27, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 26, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 25, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 4, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 6, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 10, 1834
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 21 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 25, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, November 29, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 31, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 15, 1833
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 15, 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 22, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 18, 1833
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 13, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 4, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 7,
1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, April 3, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 9, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 25, 1833
Letter from William Henry Seward to Alvah H. Worden, March 19, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 12, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 27, 1833
Letter from Frances Elizabeth Tuthill Grier to William Henry Seward, July 25, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 26, 1832
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 19, 1832
Letter from William Henry Seward to Elijah Miller, January 15, 1832
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, January 30, 1832
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, February 1, 1832
Letter from William Henry Seward to Elijah Miller, January 22, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 22, 1832
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, July 13, 1840
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, November 16, 1840
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 26, 1830
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 23, 1829
Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, March 2, 1841
Letter from Mary Louisa Mumford Seward to William Henry Seward, April 30, 1841
Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, October 4, 1841
Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1841
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, May 27, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 17, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 7, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 24, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 21, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 11, 1827
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 23, 1826
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 6, 1826
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, August 11, 1842
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 19, 1842
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, June 5, 1842
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, November 21, 1842
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, June 11, 1842
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, October 19, 1842
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, July 24, 1842
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, June 28, 1842
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 9, 1842
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 19, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, April 29, 1825
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, May 19, 1825
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 30, 1825
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 14, 1825
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 19, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, October 13, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 31, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 19,1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 19, 1831
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, October 22, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 28, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, July 30, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 26, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 21, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, August 23, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 4, 1831
Citations
Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: Frances Adeline Miller Seward (1805 – June 21, 1865) was born in 1805, the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller and Hannah Foote Miller. She studied at the Troy Female Seminary (now known as Emma Willard School). She married New York attorney William Henry Seward on October 20, 1824, after meeting him through his sister, a classmate, in 1821. In his lifetime, William served as a senator in the New York legislature, Governor of New York, a senator from New York and United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
The couple raised five children: Augustus Henry Seward (1826-1876), Frederick William Seward (1830-1915), Cornelia Seward (1835-1836), William Henry Seward, Jr. (1839-1920) and Frances Adeline "Fanny" Seward (1844-1866). Some years after his wife's death, in 1870, William formally adopted his companion Olive Risley Seward (1841-1908).
On April 14, 1865, her husband and two of their sons, Frederick and Augustus, and Fanny, were injured in an assassination attempt on her husband in their house.[1] The man responsible for this ordeal was Lewis Powell a.k.a. Lewis Paine, a conspirator of John Wilkes Booth; Booth had shot and killed President Lincoln the same night. The attack put Frances into a state of great anxiety about her family. She thought that Frederick would die of his injuries, although he survived. She died on June 21, 1865, of a heart attack.
BJS calls Frances Sis Fanny in his letter to WHS in 1833 (18330931BJS_WHS1). Not called this otherwise.Citation Type: WebsiteCitation URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Adeline_SewardWebsite Viewing Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 21:00Website's Last Modified Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 21:00
,
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation for Death Info:
ChildrenSeward, Augustus Henry (AHS)
Seward, Frederick William (FWS)
Seward, William Henry Jr. (WSJ)
Seward, Cornelia (CxS)
Seward, Frances Adeline (FAS)
Seward, Augustus Henry (AHS)
Seward, Frederick William (FWS)
Seward, William Henry Jr. (WSJ)
Seward, Cornelia (CxS)
Seward, Frances Adeline (FAS)
Biography
Frances Adeline Miller Seward (1805 – June 21, 1865) was born in 1805, the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller and Hannah Foote Miller. She studied at the Troy Female Seminary (now known as Emma Willard School). She married New York attorney William Henry Seward on October 20, 1824, after meeting him through his sister, a classmate, in 1821. In his lifetime, William served as a senator in the New York legislature, Governor of New York, a senator from New York and United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. The couple raised five children: Augustus Henry Seward (1826-1876), Frederick William Seward (1830-1915), Cornelia Seward (1835-1836), William Henry Seward, Jr. (1839-1920) and Frances Adeline "Fanny" Seward (1844-1866). Some years after his wife's death, in 1870, William formally adopted his companion Olive Risley Seward (1841-1908). On April 14, 1865, her husband and two of their sons, Frederick and Augustus, and Fanny, were injured in an assassination attempt on her husband in their house.[1] The man responsible for this ordeal was Lewis Powell a.k.a. Lewis Paine, a conspirator of John Wilkes Booth; Booth had shot and killed President Lincoln the same night. The attack put Frances into a state of great anxiety about her family. She thought that Frederick would die of his injuries, although he survived. She died on June 21, 1865, of a heart attack. BJS calls Frances Sis Fanny in his letter to WHS in 1833 (18330931BJS_WHS1). Not called this otherwise.
Telegram from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, May 17, 1865
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, May 26, 1868
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, October 23, 1867
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, September, 1867
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, June 20, 1865
Telegram from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, May 13, 1865
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, April 20, 1865
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Adeline Seward, January 27, 1865
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, December 25, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, December 30, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. and Janet Watson Seward, December 17, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Adeline Seward, December 22, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, December 22, 1864
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 14, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, July 4, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, June 20, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., June 5, 1864
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 7, 1849
Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to William Henry Seward, January 1, 1837
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, Jr., November, 1846
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 18, 1865
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frederick William Seward, November 23, 1864
Letter from George Frederick Seward to William Henry Seward, October 14, 1865
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, June 4, 1864
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden to Lazette Miller Worden, November 23, 1849
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, December 3, 1837
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1849
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, September 9, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 16, 1849
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden to Lazette Miller Worden, December 5, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 7, 1849
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, September 6, 1849
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, August 21, 1849
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, Febuary 26, 1849
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, February 15, 1849
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, July 21, 1846
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, April 17, 1860
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, March 31, 1860
Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., March 20, 1860
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, December 13, 1848
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, 1849
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, December 13, 1846
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, November 13, 1844
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Augustus Henry Seward, September 22, 1844
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Lazette Miller Worden, August 29, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, May 28, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, February 9, 1844
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 9, 1844
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, September 23, 1843
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Lazette Miller Worden, April 9, 1843
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Augustus Henry Seward, October 1, 1843
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 24, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 23, 1836
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1837
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 1, 1831
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1831
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 18, 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, April 6, 1834
Letter from Frances Tuthill Grier to William Henry Seward, February 5, 1840
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, December 17, 1831
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 1834
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 29, 1832
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1832
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1837
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, December 11, 1837
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward and Marcia Armstrong Seward to George Washington Seward, September 30, 1827
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, October 26, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, Novemer 17, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 17, 1832
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 1, 1828
Letter from George Washington Seward to Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield, April 21, 1827
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to George Washington Seward, December 31, 1827
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 6, 1825
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 15, 1823
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 12, 1823
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, February 19, 1833
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, January 23, 1834
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, March 20, 1834
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, January 18, 1834
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, March 13, 1834
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 17, 1834
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, October 9, 1834
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, April 7, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield and Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1831
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 30, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 7, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 23, 1837
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, October 18, 1837
Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, December 13, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, September 2, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 12, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, April 28, 1837
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 23, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 30, 1837
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, April 19, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 19, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 17, 1837
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, January 29, 1837
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 19, 1837
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 26, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 13, 1838
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, November 13, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 5, 1838
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 27, 1838
Letter from Frederick William Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, October 16, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, December 17, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 12, 1838
Letter from Rachel Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, December 5, 1838
Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, December 26, 1838
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August, 1838
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, June 5, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 10, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 24, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 16, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, January 18, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 3, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 14, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, January 10, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, February 9, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 24, 1838
Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, November 14, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 13, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 20, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 31, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 6, 1839
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, November 26, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 5, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, August 16, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 20, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 18, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 28, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 8, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 24, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 20, 1839
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, December 4, 1836
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 1, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 22, 1836
Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, February 22, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 7, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, February 17, 1839
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, October 9, 1836
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 10, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 17, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, September 10, 1836
Letter from Lousia Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 12, 1836
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, October 7, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 27, 1836
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1836
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, April 7, 1835
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, November 4, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 14, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 11, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 15, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 24, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 12, 1835
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, April 12, 1835
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, June 23, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 9, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 3, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 10, 1834
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 2, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 10, 1834
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 6, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 27, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 26, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 25, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 4, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 6, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 10, 1834
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 21 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 25, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, November 29, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 31, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 15, 1833
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 15, 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 22, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 18, 1833
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 13, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 4, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 7, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, April 3, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 9, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 25, 1833
Letter from William Henry Seward to Alvah H. Worden, March 19, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 12, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 27, 1833
Letter from Frances Elizabeth Tuthill Grier to William Henry Seward, July 25, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 26, 1832
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 19, 1832
Letter from William Henry Seward to Elijah Miller, January 15, 1832
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, January 30, 1832
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, February 1, 1832
Letter from William Henry Seward to Elijah Miller, January 22, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 22, 1832
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, July 13, 1840
Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, November 16, 1840
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 26, 1830
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 23, 1829
Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, March 2, 1841
Letter from Mary Louisa Mumford Seward to William Henry Seward, April 30, 1841
Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, October 4, 1841
Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1841
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, May 27, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 17, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 7, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 24, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 21, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 11, 1827
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 23, 1826
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 6, 1826
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, August 11, 1842
Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 19, 1842
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, June 5, 1842
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, November 21, 1842
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, June 11, 1842
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, October 19, 1842
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, July 24, 1842
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, June 28, 1842
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 9, 1842
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 19, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, April 29, 1825
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, May 19, 1825
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 30, 1825
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 14, 1825
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 19, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, October 13, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 31, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 19,1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 19, 1831
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, October 22, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 28, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, July 30, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 26, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 21, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, August 23, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 4, 1831
Citations
Biography and Citation Information:
,
Biography:
Frances Adeline Miller Seward (1805 – June 21, 1865) was born in 1805, the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller and Hannah Foote Miller. She studied at the Troy Female Seminary (now known as Emma Willard School). She married New York attorney William Henry Seward on October 20, 1824, after meeting him through his sister, a classmate, in 1821. In his lifetime, William served as a senator in the New York legislature, Governor of New York, a senator from New York and United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
The couple raised five children: Augustus Henry Seward (1826-1876), Frederick William Seward (1830-1915), Cornelia Seward (1835-1836), William Henry Seward, Jr. (1839-1920) and Frances Adeline "Fanny" Seward (1844-1866). Some years after his wife's death, in 1870, William formally adopted his companion Olive Risley Seward (1841-1908).
On April 14, 1865, her husband and two of their sons, Frederick and Augustus, and Fanny, were injured in an assassination attempt on her husband in their house.[1] The man responsible for this ordeal was Lewis Powell a.k.a. Lewis Paine, a conspirator of John Wilkes Booth; Booth had shot and killed President Lincoln the same night. The attack put Frances into a state of great anxiety about her family. She thought that Frederick would die of his injuries, although he survived. She died on June 21, 1865, of a heart attack.
BJS calls Frances Sis Fanny in his letter to WHS in 1833 (18330931BJS_WHS1). Not called this otherwise.
Citation Type:
Website
Citation URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Adeline_Seward
Website Viewing Date:
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 21:00
Website's Last Modified Date:
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 21:00
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation for Death Info: