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AUBURN #- With family origins securely rooted in the Midwest and spending much of his life in northern California, Robert Seward didn't give much thought to any connections between his family and the family of William H. Seward, the Auburnian who served as secretary of state under Abraham Lincoln and perhaps most famously was responsible for the purchase of Alaska.
“People of my generation knew who Seward was,” Robert said. “So all my life I got asked if I was related.”
Robert said that he never really held much interest in genealogy, but after dedicating his life to teaching and research, his interest was roused after his wife passed away suddenly in 1992 and he began to read a book she had given him on William Seward by John Taylor.
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