Biography

11/11/1830 - 09/10/1906

Doctor George B. Seamans (R20) Luzerne (Part) County 1877-1878 (R20) Lackawanna and Luzerne and Counties 1879-1882 

Early Life:

Doctor George B. Seamans, born November 11, 1830, Abington, Luzerne (now Lackawanna) County, Pennsylvania; son of Davis H. and Eliza Potter Seamons; academic education; Pennsylvania Medical College, Philadelphia; physician, surgeon, 1853-1870; married, Sarah Samantha Gardner, 1855, children, Nellie Ella Seamans and Jane “Jennie” Seamans Elms; coroner, Luzerne County, 1872-1874; physician, surgeon, private practice; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1877-1882; died, September 10, 1906  (aged 75) Avoca, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, interment Sunnyside Cemetery Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Coroner of Luzerne County, 1872-1874

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 20th district, Luzerne County 1877-1878.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 20th district, Lackawanna and Luzerne (Part) Counties, committee assignments: Accounts, Agriculture Education and Military Affairs, Pensions and Gratuities, Vice and Immorality. 

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1879). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 704, 710-712, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 663.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1881). Smull, W.P., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 673, 680-682, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 647.

Tunkhannock New Age Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania Thursday September 13, 1906 • Page 3.

Dr George B. Seamans (1830-1906) - Find a Grave Memorial