family that is known to the writer. He has a lovely wife, who is well educated and able to run the Register in time of need; a leader of advanced thought in the club to which she belongs, and for which she writes and reads articles on timely topics. They were married about 1887, and have two daughters: Nellie, born in 1888, and Grace, who was born in 1893; and they had one son, Glen Miller Seaton, who died in infancy, about 1890.

It was the wish of the writer that Samuel's name should appear on the title-page hereof as one of the editors, authors, or whatever you may call it; but no, that could not be agreed to. He was writing a book treating of "Greek Politics, Utopian and Practical, before the time of Plato."

Samuel T. reports that he saw at a Kansas City bookstore some books containing the armorial book-plates of a Major R. S. Seaton. The plates were done in Chippendale style, and the arms were those of the Seatons. He also saw in some encyclopædia an account of a General Seaton, who died about 1886, and who at one time had command of the English troops in Ireland.

A PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY OF SEATONS.

JOHN A. SEATON was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1840. He married at Newton, Iowa, Emma, daughter of Stacy and Jane Bevan, on April 4, 1864. Emma was born in Ohio, in 1841. John A. is now a farmer and fine-stock dealer at Vernon, Kansas, where he has made his home for the six years last past, having formerly lived at Newton, Iowa, from March, 1857, until the same month in 1898.

He was a private in Company B, Thirteenth Iowa Volunteers, from October, 1861, to the same month two years later; was wounded May 12, 1863, at the battle of Raymond, Mississippi, in consequence of which his left leg was amputated below the knee.

He was elected Clerk of the Court in Jasper county, Iowa, in 1864, and reëlected in 1868, serving two terms. He is a Hoch Republican, and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1864.

The children of John and Emma Seaton are as follows: 1. Elvin R. Seaton, born January 27, 1868; 2. C. D. Seaton, born No

vember 6, 1869; 3. Sarah Seaton, born April 1, 1875; 4. R. K. Seaton, born November 13, 1878; 5. Arthur G. Seaton, born May 28, 1880; 6. Mary Elma Seaton, born May 4, 1883; 7. J. E. Seaton, born March 15, 1886-1767

The father and mother of John A. Seaton were born and married in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Their names have not been made known to us.

Elvin R. Seaton, number two above, was married at Newton, Iowa, March 28, 1897, to Mary Tilton, daughter of Hon. Elvin Tilton and his wife Mary, of Iowa county, Iowa.

Elvin R. is a lawyer by profession, and practices his calling at Hubbard, Iowa, where he has made his place of abode for the last ten years, having previously resided at Newton for six years and on a farm in Iowa county for twelve years, besides two at Des Moines, and at Iowa City three years. He is a Republican in politics, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The children born to Elvin and Mary Seaton, all of whom were born at Hubbard, Iowa, are as follows: John A. Seaton, Jr., born January 11, 1888; Elvin T. Seaton, born April 27, 1900; and Elma B. Seaton, born November 22, 1904.

CHAPTER LVII.

GREENE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, SEATONS.

J. D. SEATON was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania. He had an only sister, Charlotte Seaton, who married a Mr. Riggs. They moved to Ottawa, Kansas, several years ago, and he died there some ten years later. Mrs. Riggs lived with her son, J. D. Seaton Riggs, who was named for his uncle, and who has been Principal of Ottawa University for a number of years.

J. D. Seaton had eight children-six girls and two boys. One son died while quite young, and the other, Walter L. Seaton, lives at Duluth, Minnesota, where he is engaged in electrical work. He has been married eleven years, but has no children.

Mrs. Charlotte Riggs is said to have kept a record of her branch of the family.

In Volume XXV, Pennsylvania Archives, under "Warranties of Land in Greene County," there is to be found the name of one John D. Seaton, who had taken ten acres August 5, 1785. Possibly this man may have been an ancestor of the J. D. Seaton mentioned above.

TENNESSEE SEATONS.

BENJAMIN SEATON, a Scotchman by birth, came to America and settled in one of the Eastern States, from which locality he moved to Virginia, thence to eastern Tennessee, at the settling of that country, locating in Greene county. He married Elizabeth Bird and had twelve children, ten boys and two girls, as follows: 1. John; 2. James; 3. Solomon; 4. Moses; 5. Ira; 6. George Washington; 7. Philip; 8. Jacob; 9. David; 10. Sally; 11. Jackson; and 12. a girl, name not given.

JOHN SEATON, the eldest son, was a noted preacher, and was chosen by his bishop to go to Mississippi as a missionary, about

1816.

He was married, but we have not been told the name of his wife, nor whether they had issue.

JAMES SEATON married Jincy Hiser, and had at least two boys, Anderson and Henry, who are remembered by Barton Seaton, son of Jacob. Anderson Seaton married Clara Broyles. They live in Sevier county, Tennessee.

James Seaton was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his widow wrote to his brother Jacob asking him to send her proof of her marriage to James, to assist her in securing a pension for his services in that war,-which she succeeded in getting. He is said to have moved from Tennessee to Missouri many years ago, with three or four of his brothers.

SOLOMON SEATON married a Miss Trotter. He lived not far from Nashville, Tennessee, from which State he moved to Missouri many years ago. He had four sons and three daughters, as follows:

1. John R. Seaton, of Turney Station, Clinton county, Missouri, who is a man of about seventy years, at this writing, and has five sons and two daughters: Thomas, Monroe, James McClellan, Eugene, John R., Jr., Margaret, who married Dudley Walker, and Carrie, who is the wife of Marion Campbell.

2. William Seaton, of Lathrop, Missouri. He has children as follows: Thomas Jefferson, Francis Marion, who is deceased, Henry, Solomon, Ira, Charles Graham, Nannie, Adelia, and Lulu.

3. Thomas Seaton, son of Solomon, died at Lathrop, Missouri. His children were: Perry W., who lives at No. 20 Westport avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. He travels for Nelson Baker & Company, of 816 Broadway, Kansas City. Minnie, who married a Mr. McKenzie, and lives at the address above. Nellie, now Mrs.

Samuel Beatty, of Parsons, Kansas.

4. Margaret Seaton married J. G. Rand, of Lathrop, Missouri. Their children: Lucy Rand married H. E. Page; Gussie Rand took a Mr. Dustman for her husband; Ella Rand is Mrs. William Ellidge; Clara Rand is Mrs. Barlow, of Kansas City, Missouri; and Ralph Seaton Rand is probably single.

5. Carrie Seaton married William Holland, of King City, Missouri. They have one daughter, Lora Holland.

6. Belle Seaton, of Turney Station, Missouri, is single.

7. James Wesley Seaton, of Lathrop, Missouri, married Mary Samantha Herriot. Their children are: George Milton Seaton, of 527 Stewart avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, who was born February 7, 1875, in Clinton county, Missouri. He is unmarried, is a conductor on the Metropolitan Street Railway, and is studying osteopathy during his leisure moments. He is said to very much resemble his cousin, Perry W. Seaton, mentioned above. And Edward Nathaniel Seaton, who was born in the same county as his brother, on November 20, 1873.

MOSES SEATON, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Bird) Seaton, married a Barnhart. He was one of the brothers who moved to Missouri, since which time we have lost trace of him.

IRA SEATON, son of Benjamin, leaves no data with us for a sketch of his life.

GEORGE WASHINGTON SEATON, son of Benjamin, married a Miss Losson. He is reported to have moved to Missouri with his brothers, but he has escaped our search thus far, though one of our correspondents reports that he died in Sevier county, Tennessee.

PHILIP SEATON, son of Benjamin, married Mary Barnhart, in 1820. He was born on Horse creek, in Greene county, Tennessee, in 1800, he being twenty and Mary nineteen years of age when they were married.

A son of Philip and Mary Seaton, named James Benet Seaton, was born in Sevier county, Tenn., on the 28th day of December, 1831. He was married in his home county, on the 22d of September, 1852, to Sarah M. Andes, daughter of John and Lettie Andes, who were of Dutch descent.

JAMES BENET SEATON is living on a farm near Bank, Blount county, Tenn., where for thirty-eight years he has continued to make his home, having removed to that place from Sevier county in 1866. He served in the Union Army in the Rebellion as a Second Lieutenant in Company M, Second Tennessee Cavalry, Volunteers. He was a Justice of the Peace in Sevier county, but resigned upon removing to Blount county. He was a Whig, when