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Archmedus C. Seright

9 Oct 1839 – 25 May 1919

Birth	9 Oct 1839
Death	25 May 1919
Cemetery	Greenhill Cemetery Sullivan , Moultrie County , Illinois , USA
Added by	janet donner on 04 Feb 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33534090

Bio

MOULTRIE NEWS 5/30/1919 A. C. SERIGHT ARCHMEDUS C. SERIGHT DIED AT HIS HOME IN THIS CITY SUNDAY AT THE ADVANCED AGE OF EIGHTY YEARS. HE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF MOULTRIE COUNTY FOR SEVENTY YEARS AND HAD SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE ON A FARM. FOR ABOUT THIRTY YEARS HE HAD LIVED IN SULLIVAN. HIS WIFE DIED A FEW YEARS AGO AND HE IS SUVIVED BY TWO SONS, AMOS WHO LIVES HERE AND GRANT, WHOSE HOME IS SIOUX CITY IOWA. TWO OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN, ROY SERIGHT OF HARRISBURG, ILLINOIS AND MRS. MAE ROSE OF SULLIVAN HAVE ALSO BEEN MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY IN SULLIVAN. THEY ARE CHILDREN OF GRANT BY HIS FIRST MARRIAGE. DECEASED WAS BORN IN RUSH COUNY INDIANA, OCTOBER 9 1839. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO THIS COUNTY WHEN A YOUNG BOY, SETTLING ON A FARM NORTHWEST OF SULLIVAN. HE MARRIED IN 1861 TO MISS MARTHA JANE CUNNINGHAM AND THEY SETTLED ON A FARM NORTHWEST OF TOWN WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL THEY BECAME RESIDENTS OF SULLIVAN IN 1891. MR. SERIGHT WAS A QUIET DISPOSITION, NOT TAKING ANY ACTIVE PART IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND WAS NOT A MEMBER OF ANY SOCIETY OR ORDER. THE FUNERAL TOOK PLACE FROM HIS RESIDENCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SERVICES BEING CONDUCTED BY REV. W. B. HOPPER. BURIAL WAS IN GREENHILL CEMETERY.

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Family

Parents

• David Seright 1799–1888
• Catherine Sommers Seright 1805–1873

Spouse

• Martha J. Cunningham Seright 1846–1911 FaG

Siblings

• Nancy Seright Monroe 1824–1911
• Joseph Seright 1827–1910

Children

• David Grant Seright 1864–1943 FaG
• Amos Seright 1868–1938 FaG

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