Frank Seale married Susan Jane Myers, or "Janie", as she was called, in 1888, one month before her 18th birthday. Janie was the youngest daughter of David L. and Jane Myers.

While working as an M & O switchman in 1899, Frank Seale prevented a train collision by quickly diverting two trains someone else had switched to the same track, thereby avoiding a likely loss of lives. He was presented with a silver-plated coffee and tea service at the beginning of 1900 for his quick and heroic action by his fellow employees.

Railroading was often a dangerous business in those days. In February of 1911, Frank Seale was surprised and killed by an oncoming train while trying to fix the gear box on a handcar he had ridden around a bend in the tracks in Whistler.

Susan Jane ("Janie") Myers was born October 17, 1870 in Eight Mile, the eighth child of David and Jane Myers. Janie was born in the same year her oldest sister, Rachael married John Wesley Thomas, which must have created a stir in the family. In fact, Rachael Thomas bore her first child, Caroline, only four months after her mother brought Janie into the world. The young "aunt" and "niece" related to each other life-long as sisters.

Janie bore Frank three children--Jerry Newton, Frank James, jr., and Robert Seale, the latter dying in infancy.

When her youngest son, Frank, married a Mississippi girl and ultimately settled down there, Janie Seale moved to Gulfport, where her sister, Mary Myers Ramsay lived, and where her son and his small family also took up residence.

Frank and Janie Seale, the latter of whom died in 1942, are buried in Myers Cemetery together with their infant son, Robert. However, their graves are now unmarked. The Friends of Myers Cemetery is looking for information that would help locate them, so that their headstones can be replaced.

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