Dr. Bernard Silas Seybert

Dr. Bernard S. Seybert was born abut 1845 in Missouri to Silas Engle and Mary Ann Jones Seybert. Mary Ann died before 1860, probably in Missouri as that is where all of her children were born and where Silas E. Seybert, widower, is in 1860. The youngest child, Samuel was 2 years old in 1860 and the oldest, Bernard, was age 14. In 1870 Bernard is found in Monteva, Vernon, Missouri. He and his wife Alice, age 22 have a child, John B. age 6 months. May 4, 1876 Bernard S. Seybert was appointed postmaster in Montrose, Sebastian, Arkansas. In 1880 Bernard, wife Alice Winn Gatewood Seybert, and family are living in Big Creek Sebastian County Arkansas. Bernard is listed as a physician and they have 3 children, Gertrude age 8 born in Missouri, Claud age 6 born in Missouri and Clyde born in April of 1880 in Arkansas. Bernard's parents are listed as having been born in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. May 6, 1888 Dr. Bernard Silas Seybert died and was buried in Forest Park Cemetery in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The children of Bernard and Alice were Claude Worth, Gertrude Vest, Clyde F and Clarence H. B. Seybert. Alice Winn Gatewood Seybert the daughter of George and Alice Gatewood, was born in 1846. After the death of Dr. Seybert in 1888, widow Alice W. Gatewood Seybert married Dan C. Crampton about 1890. Dan and Alice Crampton are living in 1900 at Canon City, Fremont, Colorado. Living with them are Claude and Clarence Seybert from her first marriage to Dr. Seybert. Alice died March 23, 1918. She is buried at Forest Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. Fort Smith Elevator - May 11, 1888