Typed by: Theresa Carhart
SEELY, DAVID, DR.
Surnames: SEELEY, STULL, GRAY, MOORE, COLLINS, BARRON, BUSBY, WELCH,
OUTLAW, CHEEK
Dr. David Seeley, b August 8, 1812 in Bridgeton,Cumberland County, New Jersey, d
1848 at Alto Springs, Falls County, Texas — was a son of James M. and Elizabeth
(Stull) Seeley. He married, ca 1837, to Sarah L. Gray, b ca 1815 in New Jersey,
d 1858 in Alto Springs, Falls County, Texas.
Dr. and Mrs. Seeley, along with her siblings, Dr. Darwin P. Gray of Milam
County, Texas; David H., Gray, Daniel W. Gray, and Burton T. Gray, immigrated to
The Republic of Texas by 1840, via Illinois, where the Seeley’s only son was
born. Their two daughters were born at Alto Springs, Texas.
Dr. Seeley purchased nearly one-half league of land in present-day Falls County,
where the couple lived until their deaths. Their three children were
Darwin Gray Seeley, b 1838 in Illinois, d 1863 in Arkansas while serving in the
Confederate States Army. His family were not notified of his death, as estates,
it was mentioned that he was “presumed both parents were deceased. In the
settlement of their dead.”
Henrietta A. Seeley, b August 30, 1842 at Alto Springs — married first in 1859
to Sylvester Cheek and had two children; married second in 1866 to T. S. Moore,
and had issue.
Lucia A. Seeley, b July 17, 1845 at Alto Springs, d November 4, 1879 at Alto
Springs — married in 1868
to Thomas B. Collins. They lived at Alto Springs, and
had issue.
Dr. Seeley was a highly respected physician in
Falls County; and a son of Captain Thomas Hudson
Barron was named David Seeley Barron, in his honor.
After Dr. Seeley’s death, Sarah L. (Gray) Seeley
was married second in 1851 to David T., Busby, and
they were the parents of a son, William Busby, who died as a infant.
After the death of her second husband, David T. Busby, in 1853, Sarah L. (Gray)
Seeley Busby was married third to Reverend M. R. T. Outlaw — a Methodist
minister who died in 1859— a year after her own death.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these
Falls County Families to this Web page
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission,
page 409, column 2 and page 410 column 1
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