Linus Seely (1848-1923) was born in Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada, and died in Portland, Maine. He immigrated to the United States in 1875, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1884. He married Helene "Ellen" B. Seely (b. Barker) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1878, and they settled in Deering, Maine, where Seely worked as a carpenter. Between approximately 1890 and 1910 they lived in Buffalo, New York, where Seely was a contractor and superintendent of fortifications and lighthouse construction. While there, he ran for mayor as a prohibition candidate. After moving to Portland sometime around 1910, Seely continued working as a contractor and building inspector. In 1916 he ran for governor of Maine as a prohibition candidate. He was a member of the Prohibition Party, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, and the Congregational church. In 1886 Seely wrote to Mary Baker Eddy to order two copies of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

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