Age: 22
Served: < 1 year
OFFICER
Bud was born June 6, 1901 in Cincinnati, the oldest child born to George (of Ontario, Canada) and Henrietta (Grosheim of Kentucky) Seaman. He was 13 years old with four siblings when, in 1914, his father died. He found employment at the John Shillito Company to support his family. By 1918 as a 16-year-old, he was driving a truck and his mother remarried. During 1922 he was still listed as Chauffeur, but also a salesman for the Cincinnati Parfay Company at 552 W. McMicken.
Sometime after June 1922 and before May 1923, Bud joined the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and patrolled on a motorcycle. On May 7, 1923, he and Deputy Thomas Opel and Wyoming Speed Officer Jack Adler chased auto thieves which turned into a running gun battle with three thieves. His motorcycle ran out of gas and the suspects escaped.
Sometime after May 1923, Bud was appointed Deputy Marshal in the Village of North College Hill. It is likely, based on strategies employed by villages in this era, he was hired to work at night, opposite the Marshal, and possibly as a speed enforcement officer. By day, he was still driving a truck.
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