Seaton family papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Seaton family papers
- Date
- 1788-1956 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 21 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Railroad companies -- United States.
- Iron industry and trade -- Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Organized into the following series: Family and Business Papers (1788-1951, undated), Financial Materials (1794-1940, undated), Journals (1839-1927, undated), Scrapbooks (1841-1929, undated), Legal Materials (1897-1898), School Notebooks (1843-1887), Topical Files (1859-1956, undated), Genealogical Materials (1830-1914, undated), and Oversized Materials (1846-1928, undated).
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], Seaton Family papers, 1788-1956, 56M307, Special Collections and Digital Programs, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Means family played a dominant role in the development of the iron industry in the Hanging Fork region of southern Ohio and in eastern Kentucky. They also played a prominent part in the development of both river and rail transportation in the area and in the formation of Ashland, Kentucky as an industrial city.
- John Means' grandfather, Colonel John Means, was a wealthy South Carolina upcountry planter, who migrated from Bucks County, Pennsylvania and settled in the Union District of South Carolina (Spartanburg). Though a slaveholder, Means had little sympathy for the institution and in 1819 he migrated to Manchester, Adams County, in southern Ohio, where he granted freedom to his twenty-five slaves. In Ohio, he engaged in farming and was a land agent of Albert Gallatin. He also built and operated of one of the first iron furnaces in the Hanging Rock region.
- His son, Thomas W. Means, after a brief apprenticeship as a store keeper at Union Furnace, Ohio, formed a partnership in 1837 with David Sinton and took over operation of the furnace. Throughout the 1840s and 1850s, Means and Sinton came into control of several furnaces in southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky. The Ohio Furnace, purchased in 1847, was reportedly the first charcoal furnace in the country to produce as much as tens tons of iron a day.
- Hugh Means joined his brother Thomas in 1831 at Union Furnace, first as store manager and then assisting in the sale of iron. After spending a short time in Alabama on a merchandizing project, he returned in 1837 to Ohio to settle his father's estate. Together with Thomas Means and William Culbertson, he built the Buena Vista Furnace in 1847 in what is now Boyd County, Kentucky. Throughout his life, he maintained a close personal and financial relationship with Thomas and with his nephew John Means.
- John Means was born at West Union, Adams County, Ohio in 1829. After leaving Marietta College in 1848 because of poor health, he began his apprenticeship as a store keeper at the Ohio Furnace. In 1851 he went to Buena Vista Furnace which was then under the control of his father. There he served in various capacities until 1861 when the furnace was shut down due to the Civil War. In 1854, acting as his father's agent, he purchased the land upon which the city of Ashland, Kentucky now stands. In 1856, John, along with his father Thomas, uncle Hugh, and several other businessmen, formed the Kentucky Iron, Coal and Manufacturing Company to develop the town of Ashland. In the same year, the Meanses formed the Cincinnati and Big Sandy Packet Company, a river line made up of big iron freighters. They also bought up the bankrupt eastern division of the Lexington and Big Sandy Railway and, organizing the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway, extended its lines to their vast timber and coal lands to aid in the development of the area.
- Aside from the role in which the Means family played in the development of the iron industry, the development of transportation, and the establishment of the industrial city of Ashland, they also founded several banking institutions and personally supported various civic and religious organizations.
- John Means married Mrs. Harriet Hildreth Perkins on October 25, 1854. She was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Prescott Hildreth, of Marietta, Ohio, a member of the state legislature, assistant State Geologist, and local historian. Together, John and Harriet had six children: Thomas Hildreth, Eliza Isabella, Lillian, Rosalie, Harold, and Ellison Cooke (E.C.).
- Inheriting a vast industrial and financial empire from his father, E.C. Means, after attending Marietta College andthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating from the latter in 1887. He began his career as assistant to the manager of the Low Moor Iron Company which his father had helped form in 1873 in western Virginia. He also served as superintendent of the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway from 1891 to 1901, when he then became general manager of Low Moor. In 1916 he returned to Ashland to accept the position of president of the Means Realty Company. He also held various executive positions with the Yellowstone Poplar Lumber Company, the Ashland Steel Company, Norton Iron Works, and the Clinton Fire Brick Works. Aside from his business associations, Means was also active in civic affairs of the community, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, and served as chairman of the Ashland Water Works from 1921-1931.
- William Biggs Seaton, son of Mary Rice and John Seaton, was born July 18, 1855, in Greenup, Kentucky. After a formal education, he began his business career in 1872 as a store keeper at the Bellefonte Furnace near Ashland. There he served in various capacities until 1881 when he became manager of the Mount Savage Furnace. In 1886 he took a position of cashier and general manager of the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway Company. The following year he assumed charge of the Bellefonte Furnace for the Means and Russell Iron Company and later became the company president. He held the position of secretary and general manager of the Kentucky Iron, Coal and Manufacturing Company, was a leading factor in the organization of the Independent Telephone Company, and was principle owner of the Park City Telephone Company. In 1908 he became President and general manager of the Ashland Iron and Mining Company and the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway. He also served as the vice-president of the Norton Iron Works, president of the Clinton Fire Brick Company, and director of the Ashland National Bank and the Merchants Bank and Trust Company.
- In 1885, William Biggs Seaton married Elizabeth Isabella Means. Elizabeth was born August 8, 1855, a daughter to John Means and Hildreth. William and Elizabeth had five children: Harriet Hildreth, born June 18, 1886; Isabella Seaton, born May 17, 1888; John Means Seaton, born April 15, 1891; Kendall Seaton, born February 26, 1893; and Edward William Seaton, born April 26, 1894.
- William Biggs Seaton died in 1926.
- Scope and Content
- These papers are primarily those of John Means (1821-1910); his wife, Harriet Hildreth Perkins Means (1826-1895); their son E.C. (Ellison Cooke) Means (1864-1956); his brother William (d. 1837); his uncle Hugh Means (1812-1884); his grandfather, Colonel John Means (1770-1837); his aunt, Margaret A. Means (d. 1921); and his son-in-law, William Biggs Seaton (1855-1927). Materials include both personal and business-related correspondence, financial records, legal documents, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, journals, scrapbooks, and photographs.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.
Contents of the Collection
FAMILY AND BUSINESS PAPERS, 1788-1951, undated
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically, these materials include both personal and business-related correspondence, as well as other miscellaneous papers of the Means and Seaton families.
1788-1813
1818-1839
Scope and Contents note
The papers of this period relate primarily to Col. John Means' work as an attorney and land agent for Albert Gallatin, including a letter from Gallatin expressing appreciation for his services. There is also a letter from Means to his son Thomas Williamson concerning Means' work as a member of Ohio's state legislature in 1825.
1840-1849
Scope and Contents note
These papers include primarily business correspondence and receipts of Hugh Means and James W. Means, a merchant at Portsmouth, Ohio. There are also several land indentures of Thomas W. and Hugh Means.
1850-1859
Scope and Contents note
This period includes the business papers of Hugh Means while he was a store keeper at Buena Vista Furnace; of John Means relative to the formation of the Kentucky Iron, Coal and Manufacturing Company; and of John's partnership in the Ashland Steam Ferry Company. There is some correspondence dealing with the purchase of stock in the Lexington and Big Sandy Railway by the Kentucky Iron, Coal and Manufacturing Co. and miscellaneous papers of John Means.
1854
1860-1869
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence from this period is primarily comprised of business letters of John Means concerned with various facets of the iron industry and commercial expansion in the Ashland area. There are a few papers relating to a law suit between the Kentucky Iron, Coal and Manufacturing Company and the Lexington and Big Sandy Railway and on the formation of the Ashland Home Guard. Correspondence between Harriet Means and her mother concerns the Civil War, mentioning the presence of troops and war preparations in Marietta, Ohio.
1870-1879
Scope and Contents note
Mostly business correspondence. A few letters to Jesse D. Bright in Frankfort requesting favorable legislation action concerning the Lexington and Big Sandy Railway Company. Includes business papers of the Norton Iron Works.
1880-1889
1890-1909
Scope and Contents note
Included here are papers concerning the affairs of the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway, the People's Telephone Company, the Ashland Fire Brick Company, and the newly formed Ashland Iron and Mining Company. There are also several letters to W.B. Seaton from E.C. Means at Low Moor. Other papers concern John Means' donation of land for a public school in Ashland and the estate of Elizabeth Means.
1910-1919
Scope and Contents note
Included here are papers describing the condition of the Ashland Iron and Mining Company, as well as the iron industry in general, prior to World War I and the effect of the war on a declining market. They also describe the expansion of plant facilities in order to meet war demands and government restrictions on the economy, especially price regulation and the effect of the cancellation of large government contracts upon the industry. Some papers concern the negotiations of the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway with various members of the Means family. Papers relating to the Ashland Water Company are also included.
1920-1929
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between W.B. Seaton and Charles Means of the Means and Russell Iron Company. Condition of the Ashland Fire Brick Company and the liquidation of the Kentucky Coal, Iron and Manufacturing Company. There are tributes to Seaton who died in 1927, papers dealing with his estate, and letters revealing the extent of his wife's charities.
1930-1951
Scope and Contents note
Primarily personal letters of Mrs. W.B. Seaton with a few business papers. There are letters to E.C. Means from Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge, as well as tributes to Dawes after his death in 1951.
UNDATED
TRANSCRIPTS
FINANCIAL MATERIALS, 1794-1940, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes account books, cash books, ledgers, journals, and miscellaneous related materials for individual members of the Means and Seaton families and the businesses in which they were involved. Arranged alphabetically by individual or company name; chronologically thereunder.
BUSINESS
American Rolling Mill Company
Ashland (City)
Ashland Improvement Company of Kentucky
Ashland Iron and Mining Company
Description of lots sold to the Ashland Iron and Mining Company by the Means and Russell Iron Company and Deeds of Conveyance Forms, 1899
Statements showing the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway Company's Main Line, Sidings, and Tracks, undated
Map showing the property of the Ashland Electric Light and Power Company, Ashland, Kentucky, undated
Materials relating to the purchase of the Ashland Iron and Mining Company by the American Rolling Mill Company, 1919-1921
Bellefonte Furnace
Citizen's Telephone Company
Means, Russell and Means
N.H. Furnace
Ohio Furnace
Union Furnace
PERSONAL
E.C. and Ruby R. Means
Hugh Means
John Means
Cash Book, 1855-1860
Journal, 1858-1866
Account Books, 1861-1867
Account Book, 1869-1887
Account Book, 1872-1889
Check Book Ashland National Bank, 1873
Account Book, John Means Estate, 1910-1916
Margaret A. Means
Mary Peck Seaton Means
Thomas H. Means
John Seaton
Day Book/Ledger, 1794-1825
- Box 10, folder 6
Scope and Contents note
Cover says: "John Seaton, Amherst, New Hampshire, Bought in 1794."
JOURNALS, 1839-1927, undated
Scope and Contents note
Arranged alphabetically by individual, chronologically thereunder. Include personal journals and diaries kept by members of the Means and Seaton families, as well as household journals which convey, among other things, expenses, weather and climate records, and books lent from their libraries.
PERSONAL
Hildreth, R.C. (Rhoda Cook)
Dr. S.P. Hildreth
Valedictory Address of Dr. S.P. Hildreth, President, Third Medical Convention of Ohio, 1839 May 14
Means, E.C.
Means, Harriet Hildreth Perkins
Travel Journal, "Mrs. John Means' journal to California and back in 1882. March 15th to May 20th, 1882. Europe in 1891 - April 22-July 22", 1882-1891
Travel Journal, "Journal of Mrs. John Means during trips north and south", 1878-1883
Travel Journal, Europe, 1879 June-October
Means, John
Margaret A. Means
Perkins, Eliza Douglas
Mrs. W.B. Seaton (Eliza Isabella)
W.B. Seaton
Unknown author
HOUSEHOLD
Unknown author
Mary Peck Seaton Means
Household Expenses, 1891-1897
W.B. Seaton
Inventory of W.B. Seaton's residence at 1401 Bath Ave., Ashland, KY, 1927 January 20
- Box 14, folder 3
Scope and Contents note
[Also includes inventory of property owned by Chas. W. Means.] (Includes furniture, pictures, silverware, books)
Receipts and bills, contracts, and correspondence concerning furniture and work on house, undated
John Means
Records of his orchards and gardens; Library catalogue, including section for books lent; list of Civil War soldiers from Ashland, Kentucky, 1858-1863, undated
Journal, Books Lent, 1868-1871
Weather and climate records; Books lent; Vote of 10th Congressional District, 1855-1875
- Box 15, folder 2
Scope and Contents note
Includes miscellaneous daily events/happenings: Weather and climate records, May 16, 1855-May 31, 1875 (moved from Catlettsburg to Ashland circa 1857); Books lent, February 10, 1872-September 14, 1875; Vote of 10th Congressional District, November 3, 1874
Thomas Hildreth Means
Weather and climate records; Books lent, 1875-1884
Weather and climate records; Books lent; Boyd County Vote, 1884-1894
- Box 15, folder 4
Scope and Contents note
Includes miscellaneous daily events/happenings in Weather and climate records, October 1, 1884-December 31, 1894; Books lent, 1884-1894; Boyd County Vote, 1886 and 1888.
Weather and climate records; Books lent; Rain Fall, 1895-1902
- Box 16, folder 1
Scope and Contents note
Includes miscellaneous daily events/happenings in Weather and climate records, January 1, 1895-December 31, 1901; Books lent, March 27, 1895-December 29, 1901; Rain Fall, 1892-1902.
Weather and climate records; Books lent, 1917-1925
- Box 16, folder 2
Scope and Contents note
Includes miscellaneous daily events/happenings Weather and climate records, October 1, 1917-May 14, 1919; Books lent, April 16, 1921-May 7, 1925.
Weather and climate records; Books lent, 1902-1909
- Box 16, folder 3
Scope and Contents note
Includes miscellaneous daily events/happenings in Weather and climate records, January 1, 1902-August 31, 1909; Books lent, January 3, 1902-August 4, 1909.
Weather and climate records; Books lent, 1909-1917
- Box 16, folder 4
Scope and Contents note
Includes miscellaneous daily events/happenings in Weather and climate records, September 1, 1909-October 8, 1917; Books lent, September 21, 1909-January 23, 1917.
SCRAPBOOKS, 1841-1929, undated
Scope and Contents note
Arranged in chronological order.
Creator unknown, 1841-1869
- Box 17, item 1
Scope and Contents note
Includes miscellaneous news clippings, obituaries, poems, and clippings of George Hildreth's "California Letters"
Eliza Isabella Means, 1868-1938
Creator unknown, 1868-1906
- Box 18, item 2
Scope and Contents note
Includes primarily death notices and obituaries for members of the Means family.
Creator unknown, circa 1860s
- Box 19, item 1
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings on miscellaneous political figures, poems, memorials for Abraham Lincoln's death, pressed flowers.
Mrs. John Means (Harriet Hildreth Perkins), 1878-1892
- Box 19, item 2
Scope and Contents note
Includes pressed flowers and leaves collected on her travels through the United States and Europe.
Creator unknown, 1876-1888
- Box 19, item 3
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings from the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia, Watkins Glen, and Mammoth Cave.
Dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Seaton from Hugh M. Compton, 1886-1929
Creator unknown, circa 1880s
- Box 20, item 2
Scope and Contents note
Includes misc. household and garden tips, recipes, and health remedies.
Author/creator unknown, undated
- Box 21, item 1
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings of European royalty and other prominent European and American figures; poems, articles, postcards, and some photos.
Bessie Means, undated
- Box 21, item 2
Scope and Contents note
Drawings, cards, clippings on US presidents and other notable figures (authors, musicians, actresses)
LEGAL MATERIALS, 1897-1898
Scope and Contents note
These materials relate to the following lawsuit involving the heirs of the Thomas W. Means estate:
Benjamin R. Cowen, Evan E. Williams and A.S. Frazer, Trustees, vs. Thomas M. Adams and E.C. Means, Administrators, with the will annexed of the estate of Thomas W. Means, deceased, and John Means.
FEDERAL REPORTER
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, OCTOBER TERM 1897, NO. 381
Scope and Contents note
Thomas M. Adams and E.C. Means, Administrators of Thomas W. Means, Petitioners, vs. Benjamin R. Cowen, Evan F. Williams, and A.S. Frazer, Trustees.
Transcript of Record, 1897
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, SIXTH CIRCUIT
Scope and Contents note
Benjamin R. Cowen, Evan F. Williams, and A.S. Frazer, Trustees, Appellants, vs. Thomas M. Adams and E.C. Means, Administrators with the Will Annexed of the Estate of Thos W. Means, deceased, and John Means, Appellees.
Brief for Appellants, circa 1896
Brief for the Appellees (copy 1), circa 1890
Brief for the Appellees (copy 2), circa 1890
Mr. Anderson's Brief for the Appellees (copy 1), circa 1890
Mr. Anderson's Brief for the Appellees (copy 2), circa 1890
Mr. Anderson's Brief for the Appellees (copy 3), circa 1890
Memorandum Reply to Additional Brief for Appellants, circa 1890
Correspondence Between John Means and William Means Arranged Chronologically (copy 1), 1880-1889
Correspondence Between John Means and William Means Arranged Chronologically (copy 2), 1880-1889
Petition for Rehearing, Circa 1890
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, OCTOBER TERM 1898, NO. 113
Scope and Contents note
Thomas M. Adams and E.C. Means, Administrators of Thomas W. Means, Petitioners, vs. Benjamin R. Cowen, Evan F. Williams, and A.S. Frazer, Trustees
Brief for the Petitioners (copy 1), 1898 October
Brief for the Petitioners (copy 2), 1898 October
Brief for the Petitioners (copy 3), 1898 October
Additional Brief for the Petitioners, 1898 October
Ledger Accounts of the Children on the Books of Thomas W. Means, 1898 October
TOPICAL FILES, 1859-1956, undated
Scope and Contents note
Arranged in alphabetical order. Included are newspaper clippings about the Ashland area and various family members, as well as general articles of interest.
Civil War, 1860-1941, undated
Coal and Iron Industry, 1860-1954
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 1914-1929, undated
Flood, Ohio River, 1937 February-March
Samuel P. Hildreth Home, 1954 November, undated
Historical sketches, Ashland area, 1917-1942, undated
- Box 24, folder 7
Scope and Contents
Includes regional history of Huntington, Catlettsburg, Ironton, and Russell.
Historical Sketch, Marietta, Ohio, 1867 January 8
History of King's Daughters' Hospital celebrating 40th anniversary, Ashland, KY, 1939 May 11
Kentucky Club Women, 1919 June, undated
Means and Seaton Families, 1859-1956, undated
Miscellaneous topics relating to the Ashland area and various interests of the Means and Seaton families, 1859-1950, undated
Proposed Extension: Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway to Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields via Ashland and Ironton. Ashland Business Men's Association, copy 1, Circa 1909-1910
Proposed Extension: Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway to Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields via Ashland and Ironton. Ashland Business Men's Association, copy 2, Circa 1909-1910
Proposed Extension: Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway to Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields via Ashland and Ironton. Ashland Business Men's Association, copy 3, circa 1909-1910
Proposed Extension: Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway to Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields via Ashland and Ironton. Ashland Business Men's Association, correspondence and loose data sheets., circa 1909-1910
Railroads, 1953 April 19
David Sinton, undated
GENEALOGICAL MATERIALS, 1830-1914, undated
E.C. Means, Genealogy notebook, 1911 December 25
Miscellaneous correspondence and notes concerning the Hildreth, Means, and Seaton family histories, undated
- Box 25, folder 6
Scope and Contents
Includes worksheet for DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) application.
Eliza Isabella Means Seaton, DAR application, undated
Miscellaneous DAR publications and memorabilia, 1914
Holy Bible...with index by Hervey Wilbur. New York, White, Gallaher and White, 1830
OVERSIZED MATERIALS, 1846-1928, undated
FINANCIAL MATERIALS, 1851-1912
Business
Bellefonte Furnace
Culbertson, Means and Culbertson
Means and Russell Iron Company
Personal, 1837-1910, undated
Hugh Means
Ledger, 1837-1850
John Means
Thomas W. Means
MISCELLANEOUS, 1846-1928, undated
Scope and Contents note
Mostly includes maps. Arranged chronologically for the most part, with some materials organized according to size for preservation purposes.
Mitchell's School Atlas, Thomas Cowperthwait, & Co., 1846
Diagram showing Ashland's flood district, 1883-1884
- Box 44, folder 2
Scope and Contents
Shows high water marks of February 12, 1883 and February 12, 1884.
Map of parts of Scioto and Lawrence Counties, Ohio, showing the lands of Means, Kyle & Co., 1890
Blueprint showing [tract, lands, plot] of the Means & Russell Iron company optioned by the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway Co., 1895
Broadside: Notice of Sale of the Ashland Improvement Company, 1900 April 25
Map of Ashland, Kentucky, 1923 March
Map Showing Distribution System, Ashland Water Works, Ashland, KY, 1924 September 19
Blueprint: Means Realty Co. Beech Grove Addition, Ashland, KY, 1924 November 7
Presidential campaign poster for Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis, 1928
Map showing the Poage Tract, undated
Sketch Map of Alleghany County, Virginia, based on U.S. Geological Survey Map, B.B. Ringo, undated
Geological Survey of Kentucky: Map of Boyd, Carter, and Greenup Counties, undated
Plot of a Portion of Boyd, Carter, and Greenup Counties, undated
Proposed Extension of A.C.&I. R.R. Tracks to the Ashland Sheet Mill, undated
Views and descriptions of the construction of Long Lake Dam, a development of the Washington Water Power Company on the Spokane River, undated
Geologic Atlas of the United States, no. 160: Accident-Grantsville Folio, Maryland-Pennsylvania-West Virginia, Washington, D.C., U.S. Geological Survey, 1908
Geologic Atlas of the United States, no. 184: Kenova Folio, Kentucky-West Virginia-Ohio, Washington, D.C., U.S. Geological Survey, 1912
Large Folio which includes maps of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia and mechanical/engineering drawings by John Means, undated
SCHOOL NOTEBOOKS, 1843-1887
HARRIET E. HILDRETH
BESSIE MEANS
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- FAMILY AND BUSINESS PAPERS, 1788-1951, undated
- FINANCIAL MATERIALS, 1794-1940, undated
- JOURNALS, 1839-1927, undated
- SCRAPBOOKS, 1841-1929, undated
- LEGAL MATERIALS, 1897-1898
- TOPICAL FILES, 1859-1956, undated
- GENEALOGICAL MATERIALS, 1830-1914, undated
- OVERSIZED MATERIALS, 1846-1928, undated
- SCHOOL NOTEBOOKS, 1843-1887
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