San Francisco County
Biographies
L.
W. SEELY
L. W. SEELY,
another prominent member of the San Francisco
bar, was born in Pennsylvania, in
1859. His ancestors were early settlers
of Pennsylvania, and filled
honorable positions in life. His
great-grandfather was born in that State, and was an officer in the
Revolutionary war. His father, Colonel F. A. Seely, is likewise
a native of the Keystone State,
and served through the war of the Rebellion, and was retired as a Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel. He was appointed
and served as a delegate to the international convention for protection of the
industrial property held at Madrid, Spain-in 1890; now holds the position of
Principal Examiner in the Patent Office at Washington, D.C.
Mr. L. W. Seely was reared and educated in his native State. He studied law in Washington,
and graduated at the Columbia Law
School, after which he was admitted
to the bar, and engaged in the practice of his profession. For six years he was a Solicitor of
Patients. He is now associated in his
law practice with General Ellis Spear, formerly Commissioner of patents, the
firm being Spear & Seely, with offices at San
Francisco and Washington, D.C. Mr. Seely is the resident partner in San
Francisco.
Transcribed 7-22-05 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 252-3, Lewis
Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2005 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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