History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 549.
[Bourbon County]  [North Middletown Precinct]

PRESTON J. SEAMANDS, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; is a native of
Bourbon County, and was born Aug. 7, 1809; his father, Major Seamands, was
born in Albemarle County, Va., and emigrated to Kentucky about the year
1800 and settled in Bourbon County.  Major Seamand's commanded a company
in the war of 1812, and served with honor and credit to himself, and after
the termination of the war he returned to Kentucky, and in a short time
afterward bought what is now known as Seamands' Mill on Stoner Creek, with
about 100 acres of land attached.  He was married in Virginia in 1797 to
Elizabeth Newton; she died at the old mill place in 1822.  By this marriage
there were seven children, five of whom were raised to maturity, and four
of them are still living--three daughters: Malinda, widow of James Lindsay,
of Bourbon County; Elizabeth, widow of Kinzea Stone, also of Bourbon, and
Marilda, widow of John G. Sims, of Jessamine County, and one son, Preston
J., who is the subject of this sketch.  Major Seamands died July 7, 1856,
leaving an estate of 650 acres of land, which he divided among his children
by his last will and testament.  Preston J. assisted his father about the
homestead till [sic] about twenty years of age, at which time his father
put him in charge of the mill and farm; he was married April 27, 1830, to
Mary Ann Skinner, who was born in Virginia, but had moved to Kentucky with
her father about the year 1816.  This union was blessed with four
children--two sons: William H., who died in infancy, and James M., who died
when only five years old, and two daughters, Elizabeth A., who was born
July 24, 1831, and was married July 23, 1846, to John W. Kerr, and Mary F.,
who was born April 6, 1843, and was married to Dr. W. R. Davis April 6,
1868.  Preston J., in 1861, at an expense of several thousand, put his mill
in first-class repair, which rendered it in every way worthy of the
reputation it had of being the best mill in the county.  He has been very
successful in farming also, and now owns 500 acres of land besides his
mill, town residence, etc.; he has recently moved to North Middletown,
rented out his farm, and proposes to retire from active work and enjoy
some of the fruits of his labor.  He and wife, and their two children, and
also two grandchildren, are members of the Christian Church.  He is a
Republican in politics.

Seamands Newton Lindsay Stone Sims Skinner Kerr Davis
=
Jessamine-KY Albemarle-VA

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