William Thurman Seaver

William Thurman was born on July 16th, 1837 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   William Thurman's father was Jeremiah Seaver and his mother was Nancy Thurman.  His paternal grandfather was Seaver; his maternal grandparents were William Thurman and Mary Dickenson. He had nine brothers and a sister, named William, Joseph, Henry Clinton, John B., Wiley Hinton, Jeremiah Dickenson, William Fulton, George Curry, James Thomas and Nancy Susan.  He was the fourth oldest of the eleven children. He had three half-brothers and five half-sisters, named Christopher, Campbell Walter, Ap Percell, Mary, Frances, Matilda, Margaret Elizabeth and Lillie Bell.  He died at just 20 days old on August 5th, 1837 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹