Wyandotte County Biographies
"Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas--Historical and Biographical"
Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, 1890
Judge L. L. Sebille, attorney and justice of the peace of Armourdale, Kas. Judge Sebille was originally from Tama County, Iowa,
where his birth occurred on August 10, 1862, and is the son of A. and
Pauline (Jacquot) Sebille, natives of France. The parents came to
America in about 1850, settled in Connecticut, and there the father
followed his trade that of collier, burning charcoal, etc., for some
time. He made a trip through several States working at his trade,
but finally settled down in Tama county, Iowa, where he was engaged in farming for a number of years. He is now engaged in
merchandising in Armourdale, having moved there in 1886. To his
marriage were born seven children � four now living: Joseph, Mary
and Emily. Judge L. L. Sebille was principally reared in Iowa, and
supplemented a good college education by attending Drake University,
at Des Moines, Iowa, where he graduated on June 17. 1886. In 1888
he came to Osborn, Kas.,was admitted to the bar, and there practiced his
profession for a short time. From there he moved to Armourdale and
was elected justice of the peace in April, 1889. He drafted the bill
that created an additional justice in 1889, in Kansas City, Kas., and
was appointed by the governor for a period of about one month, being
elected to the office at the regular election. He was appointed city
attorney for Downs, Kas., but served only a short time on account of
removal. He practices in the courts of Kansas and Missouri, is a
practical thinker, and a young man well versed in the usages and intricacies of law. Politically he is a Republican, and socially he is a
member of the K. of P., having joined that society in 1885.
John Seemann is a practical farmer and horticulturist of Wyandotte County, Kas., but was born in Wirtemburg, Germany, December 17, 1828, his brothers and sisters being as follows: Martin (a
resident of Ohio), Christina (who resides in her native land), and
Agnes (who also resides in Germany). The parents of these children
were natives of Wirtemburg, the father being a farmer, but both are
now deceased. John Seemann obtained his early educational training
in the common schools of Germany, after which he became an apprentice at the tailor's trade, after which he served as a soldier in the German army for seven years, and in 1854 emigrated to America, landing
at New York City, in the month of March, of that year. From this
place he went to Warren County, Ohio, where he engaged in tailoring
for fifteen years, and was married in Montgomery County, of that
State on March, 17, 1870, to Miss Barbara Voegele, a native of Germany, who received her education in the German language in her
native land and in Maryland, in the English. Soon after their marriage they came to Wyandotte County, Kas., where they purchased
thirty acres of land at $45 per acre, from an Indian by the name of
"White Crow," the land at that time being heavily covered with timber. He has a fine fruit farm comprising twenty-seven and a half
acres, aud raises on the same, apples, peaches, cherries, pears, quinces,
Siberian crabs, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants and
grapes. This land is situated within two miles of Kansas City, and
as it is admirably kept, it is very valuable, and although he considers
it worth $800 per acre, it gives every promise of rapidly increasing in
value. His house and barns are neat and comfortable, and here they
wish to spend the rest of their days with their children whose names
are as follows: John A. (an intelligent young man of nineteen), George
C. (aged sixteen), and William M. (aged thirteen). Mr. Seemann is
a Democrat, casting his first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas,
aud he and his wife are members of the German Lutheran Church.
Martin Seemann, a leading retail grocer, and a worthy resident of
Kansas City, Kas., was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 3,
1855, he being a son of Martin and Anna Catherine (Ruoff) Seemann,
who were born in Wirtemburg, Germany, but who came to America
while still single, aud were married in Warren County, Ohio, there
becoming the parents of eight children, seven of whom are now living:
Martin, John (who died in childhood), Mary, Anna B., George J., Anna
Catherine, Christina aud Jacob. The parents of these children are
both living, their home now being in Butler County, Ohio, where the
father is following farming. When the subject of this sketch was ten
years old his parents removed to Butler County, Ohio, and during his
early life he labored upon his father's farm, in summer, and attended
the district school in winter, thereby receiving a fair education. Upon
reaching manhood, he took up the duties of life for himself, and after
working by the month on a farm in Montgomery County, Ohio, for one
season, began farming for himself , and one year was devoted to the
raising of tobacco. He was then engaged in the same pursuit for three
seasons, in Warren County, Ohio, after which ho again worked two
seasons as a farm hand, in Butler County. In the fall of 1885 he emigrated to Wyandotte County, Kas., for the purpose of visiting his
uncle, John Seemann, a well to-do farmer residing some miles west of
this city, and returned home at the end of a few weeks. However, he
had been much pleased with the country here, and he returned in March,
1886, with the intention of making this his future abiding place. Upon
locating in Kansas City he entered the employ of Theodore Teepen, a
successful grocer of this place, and remained with him for about one
year and eight months, being his principal clerk. The winter of 1887-88 he spent at the home of his uncle, mentioned above, and in the
spring of the latter year he began clerking for Albert Schmitz, with
whom he remained for eight mouths. He then made his parents in
Ohio a visit, returning to Kansas in October, 1888, and the following
December he opened a grocery establishment of his own, at No. 845
Minnesota Avenue, and has conducted a first-class grocery at that point
ever since. By his courteous and accommodating manner, and his desire to satisfy the public, he has built up a good patronage, and has
acquired a large circle of friends. His marriage to Miss Mary Schmidt
was consummated September 19, 1889, she being a daughter of Jacob
Schmidt. Mr. Seemann is a self-made man, and the property he now
owns, has been made by his own exertions. He and his wife are members of the German Lutheran Church, and rank among that class of
citizens that go to make Kansas City the desirable place of residence
that it is. Mr. Seemann's store is well stocked with fresh groceries,
and he commands a large patronage, as he is recognized as an honorable man of business. He also deals in flour and feed.
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