Seeley – Monday morning, Dec. 13, an aged man, Ulysses S. Seeley, fell at the steps of the little house just west of the old Utah street livery barn, and expired. Soon after, he was discovered by drayman Fosbrink. Orrin Guinn telephoned Yosts, who took the body to their undertaking rooms, to prepare for burial, which took place Wednesday. The G.A.R. had charge of the services. Mr. Seeley came to Hiawatha early last spring, and for a while lived with his step-daughter, Mrs. George Potter, at 907 Shawnee street. Afterwards he and F.A. Morgan batched it over the Yort livery stable, but lately the two had lived in the little house where he fell. He was been married three times, his last wife having died a year ago, at Ardmore, in Lyon county. His first wife survives him, but she is married again. His only son is supposed to be in California, and is of the first marriage. It was probably heart failure and not the ice, that caused him to fall, as Mr. Morgan says he thought he would die in a smothering spell, during the night, many of which he has had. Dr. Alexander was called once to help him out of one of these. He enlisted in Co. D, 91st Illinois Volunteers Aug 12, 1862, and was discharged at Mobile, Ala., July 12, 1865. According to his military papers he was 78 years old. At the time of the fall, Mr. Morgan was having Squire Wilson write a letter to the soldiers home, to get Mr. Seeley admitted there. Mr. Morgan says Seeley, though receiving $20 pension, never seemed to have any money, but he was as wild as a boy about attending every show, and other occasions that required a fee.
Published in the Brown County World (Hiawatha, Kansas), Friday December 17, 1909
