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The Tampico Area Historical Society encompasses parts of Whiteside County and Bureau County in Illinois. Focus is on Tampico, Hume Twp., Hahnaman/Deer Grove, & Prophetstown in Whiteside County & Yorktown & Thomas in Bureau County.
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Denise
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Aug 03, 2006
4:43 PM
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Thanks for the information Brian. I contacted the webmaster of the site for permission to reprint part of it here. He was very gracious. Here it is:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycattar/1879history/napoli.htm
THE HISTORY OF CATTARAUGUS COUNTY,NEW YORK
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers
Philadelphia: L. H. Everts, 1879
CHAPTER on the TOWN of NAPOLI
Pages 475-484
Transcribed by Mary Anne Lee - August 2004
NAPOLI
Jeduthan Seely came from Genesee County in 1823, and located on lot 45. He died in Illinois in 1832. Mr. Seely had five sons, who came to this town with him. Their names were, Ebenezer, Jeduthan, Alexander, Horace, and Norman. They were all expert hunters, and gave much time to the chase. Once upon the track of deer, bear, or wolf, there seldom was an escape for the animal. In 1833, having driven two wolves into a piece of swampy woods, they rallied as many of the neighbors as possible to surround the swamp; but the wolves made their escape, and were pursued by Horace and Norman Seely, who followed them nine days, passing through several towns of Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties. One of the wolves finally took shelter in a small low cave in the town of Napoli, at a point called Cat Rock, from its having been the harbor for wild-cats. The question now arose, "Who is to imitate the example of General Putnam, and follow the wolf into the cave?" Horace claimed this right. A strong hook was accordingly attached to the end of a pole of sufficient length to reach from the bottom of the cave to where the wolf was. Mr. Seely then firmly fastened the hook to the wolf, and those at the mouth of the caf‚ drew the animal out over the body of the adventurous hunter, as he lay flat upon his face. The five brothers moved to Whiteside Co., Ill., and have never since returned to the scenes of their hunting exploits.
Reprinted with permission
Dick Allen, Cattaraugus County Coordinator, NYGenWeb
Visit our web site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycattar/
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Denise
Family History Coordinator
Tampico Area Historical Society
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LesN
64 posts
Aug 05, 2006
9:20 AM
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There was another SEELEY [this is the spelling used in the Tampico Tornado] who was married to May LOVE dau of William J. & Margaret nee UNDERHILL, LOVE; Frank SEELEY.
I don't know her who his parents were, but he had a brother, Clayton.
Frank was born in 1863, Clayton in 1871.
Frank and May resided in Chicago in 1893:
Tampico Tornado
April 8, 1893
Mrs. May SEELEY, of Chicago, is at present visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. LOVE of this place.
and, in New Mexico in 1901:
Tampico Tornado
October 26, 1901
Mrs. May SEELEY of Raton, New Mexico, arrived in Tampico last Monday evening for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. LOVE.
and, in Colorado in 1916:
Tampico Tornado
August 3, 1916
Mrs. Mae NEALY [sic May SEELEY] of Pueblo, Colorado, arrived here last week and is visiting her father, W.J. LOVE and her brothers Claude and Arlie. Mr. NEALY {sic SEELEY] went on to Pittsburg where he had some business to look after and is expected to arrive in Tampico the latter part of this week.
I would be interested in finding out if Frank and Clayton are related to the SEELYs mentioned above.
Les
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