CHAPTER XLVII.

THE CHILDREN OF AMBROSE AND MARY (GOSS) SEATON.

MARY ELIZABETH SEATON, daughter of Doctor Ambrose and Mary Rand (Goss) Seaton, was born at Amherst, New Hampshire, on November 3, 1829. She is living at Greenup, Kentucky, single.

JOHN AMBROSE SEATON, the first son in the family, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, January 5, 1832. He was married to Margaret Arthur, at Maysville, Kentucky, on October 25, 1859. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 5, 1840, and was a

daughter of George Wiles Arthur and his wife Lydia (Hunt) Arthur.

After seven years in Boston, John went with his father's family to Maysville, Kentucky, leaving the former city in May, 1839. He lived for thirty years in Maysville, during which time he was engaged in the drug business for twenty-one years, and for the last thirty-four years he has lived in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is interested in the Seaton Manufacturing Company, and writes all kinds of insurance, with an office at 414 Cuyahoga Building, his home being at 103 Glen Park Place.

He is an elder and clerk of Calvary Presbyterian Church, trustee of Cleveland Presbyterian Union, secretary and treasurer of the Alumni Association Chautauqua C. L. S. C., president of the Class of 1896, Chautauqua C. L. S. C. of the United States of America.

He was a member of the "Home Guards" of Kentucky during the Civil War for a brief time, but never had any real service. The children born into this family are: 1. Frances; 2. Sara; 3. Lillie; 4. George Ambrose; each of whom will receive further attention at the proper time and place.

NATHAN KENDALL SEATON, son of Ambrose and Mary R. Seaton, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 1, 1835, and died in the same city on October 12 of that year.

HELEN AUGUSTA SEATON, the second daughter, was born in Boston, on July 22, 1838. She was married to Alfred D. De Bard at Maysville, Kentucky, January 25, 1859. They lived in Greenup of that State, where they had eight children born to them, to wit: 1. Alfred 2d, who married Myrtle Haworth, in Kansas, where they are living and have four children, viz.: Helen; Mahlon, now deceased; Ambrose Seaton De Bard; and Alfred Jones De Bard. 2. Mary Seaton De Bard. Married Thomas N. Biggs, and has three children: Alfred De Bard Biggs; Naylor Bragg Biggs; and Seaton Humphrey Biggs.-all of whom are living at Greenup, Kentucky.

3. Harriet Eliza De Bard. 4. Helen Goss De Bard.

Died young.

Married James Burns. They have

had three children, as follows: Gordon, deceased; Helen Seaton Burns; and George W. Mead Burns.

5. Carrie Belle De Bard. Is deceased.

6. Harriet Davis De Bard. Is single. 7. Margaret De Bard. Married Samuel E. Peters, in Greenup, where they are now living. They have had three children: Henry William Peters; Alfred De Bard Peters, deceased; and Margaret De Bard Peters.

8. Eunice De Bard. Married W. B. Taylor, Jr., and they are living, at the present writing, in Gallipolis, Ohio. They have one child, Charles De Bard Taylor. William B. Taylor, Jr., was born in Greenup county, Kentucky, September 26, 1875, and died in Gallipolis, Ohio, October 23, 1893, and was buried at Greenup, Kentucky.

Ann Martha Seaton was born at Maysville, Kentucky, on August 23, 1840, and died there on April 30, 1848.

Sarah Frances Seaton was born at Maysville, Kentucky, August 2d, 1842, and died in the same city on the 13th of March six years later.

CHARLES STEWART SEATON was born at Maysville, Kentucky, May 29, 1849, and died at Cleveland, Ohio, October 16, 1898. He was married in Cleveland, May 18, 1871, to Sarah Hollenbeck, who was born December 13, 1843, and died at Cleveland in August, 1879. They had three children whose names follow, and who are living in Cleveland: Carrie; Charles Ambrose; and Elizabeth.

After the death of Sarah (Hollenbeck) Seaton, Charles took unto himself a second wife, who was a sister to his first, Lizzie Hollenbeck by name. The latter marriage took place December 30, 1880. Lizzie was born October 13, 1843. She is living at Cleveland, but has no children to cheer her heart.

THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES D. AND ELIZABETH (PAYNE) SEATON.

APPHIA SEATON, daughter of the above-named worthy people, married a Mr. Butler. She died in September, 1864, leaving three children, as follows: 1. Clinton Butler, who is somewhere in Kansas. 2. Ora Butler. Married a man named Welch. They live

in Brookfield, Missouri, where he practices the honorable profession of the law. 3. Ella Butler. Married Sanford Heron. They live at Kirksville, Missouri, and are engaged in the most independent of all callings and live close to nature, being farmers.

JAMES ALLEN SEATON, the next child, was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, on February 28, 1840. He moved with his father's family to Columbus, Adams county, Illinois, in 1844,

where he grew to manhood on a farm, fourteen miles east of Quincy. He attended the public school, and then a Presbyterian Academy at Clayton from 1859 to 1861. His time was divided between work on the farm, teaching school, and attending the academy, until in February, 1862, when he married Mary E. Bradley, of Columbus, Illinois.

He entered the Union Army on August 7, 1862, was wounded. in the succeeding year, and mustered out of the service as a lieutenant on September 27, 1864. This contracted army record falls far short of doing the subject justice, but what is to be done about it? The Seatons are somewhat like the traditional woman, "When she will, she will, and you can depend on't; but when she won't [tell], she won't, and that's the end on't." The well-known modesty of the Seatons will seldom allow them to say much of their own doings and has doubled the work of securing the material for this book many times over, and has prevented its being anywhere near what the writer desired it to be.

Listening to sermons by the Reverend John Lindsey, of Eureka, Illinois, the subject of this sketch was convinced and was baptized by Reverend P. B. Garret, and became a minister himself in 1871, and has been faithful to his calling from that time. He was pastor at St. Augustine, Cambridge, Atlanta, and La Harpe, in Illinois; Watertown, Dakota; Corvallis and Bozeman, in Montana; and at Marion, Iowa, continuing at the latter place for nearly five years. The Marion Sentinel says of him: "During his stay with us he has made a host of friends among our citizens, who join in congratulating him on his success and wishing him many years of happiness and prosperity."

His last appointment was at Webster City, Iowa, from which place he resigned June 9, 1902, on account of the effect of a sunstroke which he received in 1864, and which troubles him very much every summer in the heated term. He has held many excellent meetings, and is in hearty sympathy with all evangelists who work after the New Testament model. He has taken part in several public debates; two with Adventists, one each with Baptists, Universalists, United Brethren, Methodists, and Mormons. In a busy life he has had his trials and triumphs, shared by his happy Christian family, all of whom have been added to the church between the ages of eight and fourteen years. The children are: Ossian Ellsworth; Juniata Jane; Frances E.; George W.; Clara Bell; Nellie M.; and Addie.

Elder Seaton has been a lecturer of considerable reputation. His principal subjects were: "Foundation and Formation of