WEST EATON – Death of Zebina Seely–Personal Matters.
Jan. 17- On Tuesday, Jan. 9th, at 7:30 P.M. occurred the death of Ira Zebina Seely following an operation for appendicitis. He was born in Lebanon, April 26th 1857, and the third child of John G. and Sylvia Ann Seely. He was married Mar. 8th, 1888, to Mary Frances Waite and lived for nine years in Lebanon, coming to this place about fifteen years ago, and leaves to mourn his loss a widow and two children, Wayne G. and Zada B. Seely; also a brother, Eugene W. Seely of Syracuse, and two sisters, Mrs. Cornelius W. Downey of South Lebanon, and Mrs. Allison Gates of Lebanon. Funeral services were held on Friday at his late home west of this village, conducted by Rev. Mr. Perkins of the Baptist church. Burial was made at Lebanon.
Published in the Madison County Leader and Observer (NY), undated from 1911
