John Robert Sealock, son of Daniel and Mary Brook (McConahay) Sealock, was born in Wayne Co., IN, 2 Jan 1830 and was twin to
Rebecca Elizabeth (Kirlin)
He married Elizabeth Stauffer, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Hine)
Stauffer, 9 Oct 1855, in Wayne Co., IN. Soon after their marriage, they
moved to North Judson, Starke Co., IN to work for Isaac Lamb, a
cranberry merchant. All of their children were born in this area. John
Robert Sealock enlisted in Co. E, 58th Indiana Reg't. at the outbreak of
the Civil War and survived the war. On March 1, 1884, the family loaded
everything they owned, including livestock, on a train and moved to
Kansas, leaving their oldest child, Hannah Mary Bell Sealock, a
schoolteacher, behind. The male children rode in the cattle cars to take
care of the cattle. In Kansas, they settled in Harvey County, just
north of the town of Sedgwick. On the 8th of Nov 1892, John Robert
purchased a total of 86 acres of land just north of the Little Arkansas
River from Robert and Mary Field. A few years later, due to failing
health, he and his family moved into Sedgwick, where he died 26 Jun
1899. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a member of the
Stephenson Post #255, GAR. He was also a member of Sedgwick Lodge No,
139, AF and AM and Sedgwick Chapter No. 210, OES. At his funeral
service, the Masonic rites were observed, after which the remains were
laid to rest with Masonic honors at Hillside Cemetery. John Robert
Sealock's will, dated 28 May 1897, is recorded in the Harvey Co., Kans.
courthouse.
