(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
With the substantial development and improvement of Canyon county, S. C. Seism has been closely associated, having converted raw land covered with sagebrush into productive fields that annually yield large crops of alfalfa and wheat. Mr. Seism is a native of Missouri, born August 23, 1854. His parents were William and Lucinda (McPheeters) Seism, both of whom were natives of Tennessee. In 1846 they removed to Missouri, becoming early settlers of that state at a time when conditions were very crude and many hardships and privations incident to pioneer life must be endured. They lived to witness remarkable changes there, both passing away in Missouri.
S. C. Scism acquired a meager education in his native state, as educational opportunities were crude there prior to the Civil war, while after the war the state was in so impoverished a condition that it took some time before the schools could be developed along modern lines. Reared to the occupation of farming, S. C. Seism became identified with agricultural interests in Missouri and was thus engaged until he reached the age of forty-eight years, when in 1902 he came to Idaho, settling first in the Deer Flat district of Canyon county, south of Nampa. There he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, for which he paid twenty-five hundred dollars. Afterward he sold twenty-seven acres of this to the government reclamation service for the Deer Flat reservoir for twenty-seven hundred dollars. In January, 1904, he and his son, J. S. Seism, bought one hundred and sixty acres a mile and a half south of their first location, for which they paid five hundred and fifty dollars. It was then covered with the native growth of sagebrush and it seemed that nothing could make it a productive tract, but today it is, divided into fine fields of growing wheat and alfalfa, the place being all under irrigation. Already Mr. Seism has been offered forty thousand dollars for this property. He sold the remainder of his first farm — a tract of one hundred and thirty-three acres — for twenty-eight thousand six hundred dollars in the fall of 1918.
In 1876 Mr. Seism was married to Miss Harriet M. Springfield, a native of Georgia, and they became the parents of five children: Eva, the wife of W. F. Tiller and the mother of one daughter and seven sons; Zilla, who is the wife of A. D. Amick and has one daughter; John S., who married Lilly Douglas and has one son, Ernest, now eleven years of age; Mamie, the wife of Fred L. Diggs and the mother of one daughter; and Merta, who is the wife of G. C. Grass and has two daughters. The only son, John S. Seism, resides close to his father's farm, where he has one hundred and twenty acres of land, and he also has a stock ranch of one hundred and sixty acres in Long Valley which he can irrigate with free water if he so desires. Upon that place he has one hundred and thirty head of cattle. When he came to Idaho in 1902 he had less than two hundred dollars, but today is easily rated at thirty-five thousand dollars.
S. C. Seism makes his home in what is called the Seism school district, named in his honor. When he first came to this district there were but seven children residing within its borders, while the school attendance today is eighty pupils and the school building is one of the most artistic in the state for its size. Mr. Seism is not only a stalwart champion of the cause of education but of all progressive movements which have to do with the upbuilding of this district and he has borne his part in the reclamation of the wild land and its conversion to uses of civilization. His has been an active life, in which enterprise and diligence have brought him substantial results.
With the substantial development and improvement of Canyon county, S. C. Seism has been closely associated, having converted raw land covered with sagebrush into productive fields that annually yield large crops of alfalfa and wheat. Mr. Seism is a native of Missouri, born August 23, 1854. His parents were William and Lucinda (McPheeters) Seism, both of whom were natives of Tennessee. In 1846 they removed to Missouri, becoming early settlers of that state at a time when conditions were very crude and many hardships and privations incident to pioneer life must be endured. They lived to witness remarkable changes there, both passing away in Missouri.
S. C. Scism acquired a meager education in his native state, as educational opportunities were crude there prior to the Civil war, while after the war the state was in so impoverished a condition that it took some time before the schools could be developed along modern lines. Reared to the occupation of farming, S. C. Seism became identified with agricultural interests in Missouri and was thus engaged until he reached the age of forty-eight years, when in 1902 he came to Idaho, settling first in the Deer Flat district of Canyon county, south of Nampa. There he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, for which he paid twenty-five hundred dollars. Afterward he sold twenty-seven acres of this to the government reclamation service for the Deer Flat reservoir for twenty-seven hundred dollars. In January, 1904, he and his son, J. S. Seism, bought one hundred and sixty acres a mile and a half south of their first location, for which they paid five hundred and fifty dollars. It was then covered with the native growth of sagebrush and it seemed that nothing could make it a productive tract, but today it is, divided into fine fields of growing wheat and alfalfa, the place being all under irrigation. Already Mr. Seism has been offered forty thousand dollars for this property. He sold the remainder of his first farm — a tract of one hundred and thirty-three acres — for twenty-eight thousand six hundred dollars in the fall of 1918.
In 1876 Mr. Seism was married to Miss Harriet M. Springfield, a native of Georgia, and they became the parents of five children: Eva, the wife of W. F. Tiller and the mother of one daughter and seven sons; Zilla, who is the wife of A. D. Amick and has one daughter; John S., who married Lilly Douglas and has one son, Ernest, now eleven years of age; Mamie, the wife of Fred L. Diggs and the mother of one daughter; and Merta, who is the wife of G. C. Grass and has two daughters. The only son, John S. Seism, resides close to his father's farm, where he has one hundred and twenty acres of land, and he also has a stock ranch of one hundred and sixty acres in Long Valley which he can irrigate with free water if he so desires. Upon that place he has one hundred and thirty head of cattle. When he came to Idaho in 1902 he had less than two hundred dollars, but today is easily rated at thirty-five thousand dollars.
S. C. Seism makes his home in what is called the Seism school district, named in his honor. When he first came to this district there were but seven children residing within its borders, while the school attendance today is eighty pupils and the school building is one of the most artistic in the state for its size. Mr. Seism is not only a stalwart champion of the cause of education but of all progressive movements which have to do with the upbuilding of this district and he has borne his part in the reclamation of the wild land and its conversion to uses of civilization. His has been an active life, in which enterprise and diligence have brought him substantial results.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
With the substantial development and improvement of Canyon county, S. C. Seism has been closely associated, having converted raw land covered with sagebrush into productive fields that annually yield large crops of alfalfa and wheat. Mr. Seism is a native of Missouri, born August 23, 1854. His parents were William and Lucinda (McPheeters) Seism, both of whom were natives of Tennessee. In 1846 they removed to Missouri, becoming early settlers of that state at a time when conditions were very crude and many hardships and privations incident to pioneer life must be endured. They lived to witness remarkable changes there, both passing away in Missouri.
S. C. Scism acquired a meager education in his native state, as educational opportunities were crude there prior to the Civil war, while after the war the state was in so impoverished a condition that it took some time before the schools could be developed along modern lines. Reared to the occupation of farming, S. C. Seism became identified with agricultural interests in Missouri and was thus engaged until he reached the age of forty-eight years, when in 1902 he came to Idaho, settling first in the Deer Flat district of Canyon county, south of Nampa. There he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, for which he paid twenty-five hundred dollars. Afterward he sold twenty-seven acres of this to the government reclamation service for the Deer Flat reservoir for twenty-seven hundred dollars. In January, 1904, he and his son, J. S. Seism, bought one hundred and sixty acres a mile and a half south of their first location, for which they paid five hundred and fifty dollars. It was then covered with the native growth of sagebrush and it seemed that nothing could make it a productive tract, but today it is, divided into fine fields of growing wheat and alfalfa, the place being all under irrigation. Already Mr. Seism has been offered forty thousand dollars for this property. He sold the remainder of his first farm — a tract of one hundred and thirty-three acres — for twenty-eight thousand six hundred dollars in the fall of 1918.
In 1876 Mr. Seism was married to Miss Harriet M. Springfield, a native of Georgia, and they became the parents of five children: Eva, the wife of W. F. Tiller and the mother of one daughter and seven sons; Zilla, who is the wife of A. D. Amick and has one daughter; John S., who married Lilly Douglas and has one son, Ernest, now eleven years of age; Mamie, the wife of Fred L. Diggs and the mother of one daughter; and Merta, who is the wife of G. C. Grass and has two daughters. The only son, John S. Seism, resides close to his father's farm, where he has one hundred and twenty acres of land, and he also has a stock ranch of one hundred and sixty acres in Long Valley which he can irrigate with free water if he so desires. Upon that place he has one hundred and thirty head of cattle. When he came to Idaho in 1902 he had less than two hundred dollars, but today is easily rated at thirty-five thousand dollars.
S. C. Seism makes his home in what is called the Seism school district, named in his honor. When he first came to this district there were but seven children residing within its borders, while the school attendance today is eighty pupils and the school building is one of the most artistic in the state for its size. Mr. Seism is not only a stalwart champion of the cause of education but of all progressive movements which have to do with the upbuilding of this district and he has borne his part in the reclamation of the wild land and its conversion to uses of civilization. His has been an active life, in which enterprise and diligence have brought him substantial results.
With the substantial development and improvement of Canyon county, S. C. Seism has been closely associated, having converted raw land covered with sagebrush into productive fields that annually yield large crops of alfalfa and wheat. Mr. Seism is a native of Missouri, born August 23, 1854. His parents were William and Lucinda (McPheeters) Seism, both of whom were natives of Tennessee. In 1846 they removed to Missouri, becoming early settlers of that state at a time when conditions were very crude and many hardships and privations incident to pioneer life must be endured. They lived to witness remarkable changes there, both passing away in Missouri.
S. C. Scism acquired a meager education in his native state, as educational opportunities were crude there prior to the Civil war, while after the war the state was in so impoverished a condition that it took some time before the schools could be developed along modern lines. Reared to the occupation of farming, S. C. Seism became identified with agricultural interests in Missouri and was thus engaged until he reached the age of forty-eight years, when in 1902 he came to Idaho, settling first in the Deer Flat district of Canyon county, south of Nampa. There he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, for which he paid twenty-five hundred dollars. Afterward he sold twenty-seven acres of this to the government reclamation service for the Deer Flat reservoir for twenty-seven hundred dollars. In January, 1904, he and his son, J. S. Seism, bought one hundred and sixty acres a mile and a half south of their first location, for which they paid five hundred and fifty dollars. It was then covered with the native growth of sagebrush and it seemed that nothing could make it a productive tract, but today it is, divided into fine fields of growing wheat and alfalfa, the place being all under irrigation. Already Mr. Seism has been offered forty thousand dollars for this property. He sold the remainder of his first farm — a tract of one hundred and thirty-three acres — for twenty-eight thousand six hundred dollars in the fall of 1918.
In 1876 Mr. Seism was married to Miss Harriet M. Springfield, a native of Georgia, and they became the parents of five children: Eva, the wife of W. F. Tiller and the mother of one daughter and seven sons; Zilla, who is the wife of A. D. Amick and has one daughter; John S., who married Lilly Douglas and has one son, Ernest, now eleven years of age; Mamie, the wife of Fred L. Diggs and the mother of one daughter; and Merta, who is the wife of G. C. Grass and has two daughters. The only son, John S. Seism, resides close to his father's farm, where he has one hundred and twenty acres of land, and he also has a stock ranch of one hundred and sixty acres in Long Valley which he can irrigate with free water if he so desires. Upon that place he has one hundred and thirty head of cattle. When he came to Idaho in 1902 he had less than two hundred dollars, but today is easily rated at thirty-five thousand dollars.
S. C. Seism makes his home in what is called the Seism school district, named in his honor. When he first came to this district there were but seven children residing within its borders, while the school attendance today is eighty pupils and the school building is one of the most artistic in the state for its size. Mr. Seism is not only a stalwart champion of the cause of education but of all progressive movements which have to do with the upbuilding of this district and he has borne his part in the reclamation of the wild land and its conversion to uses of civilization. His has been an active life, in which enterprise and diligence have brought him substantial results.
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