Seward, Virgil Barber

Sessions Served

Other Information

Senate 1907-10 (District 17)

Party when first elected: Republican

Counties Served: Lincoln, Lyon, Yellow Medicine

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 10/4/1854

Birth Place: Larwill, Indiana

Birth County: Whitley

Birth Country: United States

Date of Death: 12/25/1919

Gender: Male

Religion:

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names:

City of Residence (when first elected): Marshall

Occupation (when first elected): Enaged in the Practice of Law

EDUCATION

Mankato Schools; Elementary School;
University of Minnesota; College Graduate;
Studied Law; With M.G. Willard in Mankato, Minnesota; Admitted to the Bar and Congressman J.N. Castle, Admitted to the Bar, September 1878

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

County Attorney: Marshall, Minnesota (1885, 1886, 1889, 1892, 1895, and 1896); 1885 to 1896

Municipal Council/Aldermen: Marshall, Minnesota (Village Council, President); 1898 to 1899

Municipal Mayor: Marshall, Minnesota; 1902 to 1902

Municipal Mayor: Marshall, Minnesota; 1915 to 1917

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Mellie Eliza Hillyer (married on March 29, 1881; divorced in 1893, before he served; she died on January 26, 1939); Edna Goodwin (wife while in office, remarried on October 22, 1893)
Children: Four children (while in office) and another adopted daughter (after he left office): Grace Blanche, Eleanor Louise, Theodore Hillyer, and Alcy Eliza (with his first wife); Frances Bell (adopted daughter, after he left office)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He was born on a farm near Larwill, Indiana.

He moved to Mankato, Minnesota in 1855. He moved to Marshall, Minnesota in 1879.

He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution. (Case/A.P. Rose History of Lyon County)

He died of a heart attack and was buried in Marshall Minnesota.

Birth county, birth place, death date, middle name, education, other government service, family data, cause of death, burial place, and year he came to Marshall, Minnesota provided by the granddaughter of his law partner.