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LA; n> 2 Dec 1950 Forest McCall Pearce, Jr. b 21 Nov 1930 Mandeville, LA.
6) Martha
8) Roderick
9.	Daniel Butler b 24 Feb 1836. (See discussion below)
10.	Minor b 1838; d 27 Apr 1862; killed in CSA; one son: John, by first wife.
RODERICK SEALE, FIRST CHILD OF JACOB SEALE AND CATHERINE NICHOLSON
Roderick b 31 Dec 1817, Richmond Co., NC; m 1) Flora Ann Marshall b ca 1819; d ca 1853; they had one child:	Marshall
b 1847; 2) Charlotte Orr b ca 1827; d 8 July 1865 Hancock Co., MS 3) Mary Newman, and 4) (Eliza) Julia Nixon, who first married Col. Jasper Strong, Eliza d 4 Apr 1855 New Orleans, LA; Roderick was a Colonel in the Civil War, and an attorney in Richmond Co., NC. The following information is found in Biographica1 and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi (p. 782):
"Col. Roderick Seal, Mississippi City, Miss., is one of the oldest residents along the gulf. He was born in Richmond county, N. C., December 31, 1817, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Nicholson) Seal, also natives of North Carolina. The father was a planter, and removed to Mississippi at an early day. He first settled in Greene county, and came thence to Hancock county, where he passed the remainder of his days. He was ninety years old at the time of his death, and was in full possession of all his mental faculties; he could see to read without the use of glasses, and was quite active. He was a colonel of the state militia for many years, and served in the War of 1812. He reared a family of three sons and five daughters, five of whom survive:	Roderick, Mrs. Boardman, Christian, Mrs.
Patsey Boardman and Capt. D. B. Colonel Seal left home when he was eighteen years of age, and went to Bay St. Louis. In 1838 he was appointed deputy clerk of Hancock county, and during the time that he held this position he devoted all his leisure time to the study of law. In November, 1839, he i was elected county clerk of Hancock county, and held that office continuously eight years. In the meantime he engaged
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