Seth March & Co.
Est. 1831
Located at 28 W. Wide Water Street in downtown Norfolk on the Elizabeth River
12 March, 1812
Seth March born.
1831
S. March & Co. established.
10 June, 1832
Seth March marries in Norfolk, VA, Virginia Jackson Gordon, daughter of Robert Gordon.
3 August, 1850
U.S. Census Norfolk, VA: Seth March age 38, Merchant, $18,000.00 Real Estate Value, b. VA; Virginia, age 34; and four daughters including Claudia, age 6 in household; and George Billups, age 16, Clerk; and additional girl.
July, 1851
Seth March Groceries, Iron and Agricultural Instruments, 13 Widewater, 21 & 22 Rotherly's Lane, residence 31 N. Cumberland. Advertisement Agricultural Warehouse, S. March.
Visitor for the Norfolk Humane Association for the Relief and Improvement of the Poor.
(The Norfolk Directory For 1851-1852)
1858
Sold S. March & Company to Cealy Billups, doing business as Warren, Billups and Woodhouse.
1859
C. Billups of Warren & Billups. bds. S(eth) March 31 Cumberland.
March, Seth, h. 31 N. Cumberland.
Marsh (March), S., 11 Nicholson. Listed under Agricultural Works.
(Vickery's Directory for the City of Norfolk...for 1859)
1860
March, Seth, Agricultural Implements and Grocer, 26 and 28 W. Widewater, h. 31 N. Cumberland.
March, Seth 26 & 28 W. Widewater, listed under Grocers, Retail.
(Norfolk City Directory, 1860)
1866
Seth March, Agricultural Warehouse, 28 W. Wide Water Street, Norfolk, VA, residence 31 N. Cumberland, Norfolk Directory listing.
26 March, 1867
Plow Patent, No. 63,276, Seth March of Norfolk, VA. Wit: S. R. White and Wm. H. Dunn.
16 April, 1867
Plow Patent, No. 63,912, Seth March of Norfolk, VA, Wit: S. R. White and Wm. H. Dunn.
24 October, 1867
Silas R. White marries in Norfolk, VA, Claudia March, daughter of Seth and Virginia Jackson Gordon March.
28 April, 1868
Plow Frame Improvement patent No. 77,203, Seth March of Norfolk, VA, Wit: S. R. White and Wm. H. Dunn.
1869
S. March & Co., Agricultural Warehouse, 26 - 28 Widewater Street, Norfolk, VA, residence 31 N. Cumberland, Norfolk Directory listing.
28 February 1870
Seth March dies, Norfolk, age 58, VA, buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, VA.
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30 July, 1870
1870 U. S. Census for Norfolk, VA, lists Rodney White, age 26, Merchant, wife Claudia and daughter Linda living in household of Virginia March, his mother-in-law and Seth March's widow and other March and White relatives.
27 December, 1877
Virginia Jackson Gordon March dies, Norfolk, VA, buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, VA.
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