Seip, Frederic

Frederic Seip (b. 1818) was a doctor in Natchez, Miss. Also represented in the collection is his grandson, Frederic Seip (1840-1911), a Confederate Army officer and planter at Oak Isle Plantation near Alexandria, La.

From the description of Frederic Seip papers, 1808-1908 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24678716

Dr. Frederic Seip (d. 1818) practiced medicine in partnership with Dr. Andrew McCrery (various spellings) in the vicinity of Natchez, Miss. He was married to Ann Seip, and had at least one son, John.

Major Frederic Seip (1840-1911), grandson of Dr. Frederic Seip, was the son of Dr. John Seip and Eliza Martin Seip of Oak Isle Plantation in Alexandria, Louisiana. He graduated from Princeton University in 1860 and returned to Alexandria where he managed the family plantation until the beginning of the Civil War. He served as a Confederate soldier during the war, rising to the rank of major. After the surrender, he returned to Oak Isle Plantation, which had been burned, and rebuilt his home. In 1865, Frederic married Adelia Flint (d. 1878), who died in 1878. In 1882, he married Emeline Flint, daughter of James Timothy Flint, a lawyer, and granddaughter of Timothy Flint, writer and historian of Salem, Mass. They had five children: Adelia, who died in 1884, and four sons, John, James, Micah, and Fred.

From the guide to the Frederic Seip Papers, 1808-1908, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)