Whigs were in existence, and served as a circuit-rider in the Methodist Church for thirty years as a member of the Hilston Conference. He has no children.

WILLIAM BRUCE SEATON, son of Philip and Mary, was born at Sevierville, Sevier county, Tenn., December 15, 1843, and married at Pigeon Forge, June 2, 1870, Sarah Virginia Trotter; and, after her death, Harriet Angeline McGhee, on October 28, 1875, at Loveville, Knox county, Tenn. He is a farmer near Maryville, Tenn., where he has lived for eighteen years, having removed from Sevierville in 1866. He was a First Sergeant of Company E, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, Volunteers, from October 1, 1863, to September 11, 1865. In politics he is a Republican, and is a Methodist. His children by the first marriage are: Mattie Bell, born March 22, 1871; William Mitchell, born July 9, 1872; James Trotter, born August 24, 1874, at Sevierville. And by his second wife: Edgar Otto, born October 28, 1876; Lena, born April 12, 1878; Philip Axley, born February 21, 1883; and Nora May, born January 28, 1887, at Maryville, Tenn.

MATTIE BELL SEATON was married at Saticoy, Ventura county, California, October 21, 1900, to James W. Hitch. William Mitch

ell was married at Bank, Blount county, Tenn., to Dellie Hall. Edgar Otto was married at Maryville, Tenn., to Marjorie Fitch, October 2, 1902.

JACOB SEATON, son of Benjamin, married Sally Reymel, who died in 1877. Jacob died of cholera, July 17, 1873. Mrs. Seaton had four brothers-Isaac, Jacob, John, and George Reymel. She had ten children by Jacob: Ira, Isaac, William, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Moses, Barton, John, Eliza, and Mary Ann,-all of whom, except Barton, are deceased.

ELIZABETH SEATON, daughter of Jacob and Sarah, was born in 1824 and died in 1884. She married Ozy Broyles Williamson, who was born in the First Civil District of Greene county, Tennessee, the marriage taking place in 1841, at the home of the bride's father, in the aforesaid district. The Williamsons were farmers in early life, but Mr. W. has worked at carpentry later. They

reside on Horse creek, where they have lived for sixty-two years, never having lived more than a mile from their present home. Mr. W. was a captain of a militia company at their spring and fall musters, and was a Justice of the Peace for twenty-one years. He is a Republican and a Methodist.

Their children are: 1. Frances Marion Williamson, married to Elizabeth Caroline Broyles; 2. Smith Reeves Williamson, married to Frances Walker; 3. Sarah Elizabeth Williamson, married John Maise Broyles; and 4. Kittie Williamson, married Enons Newton Reeves. All the children were born in the First District of Greene county, Tennessee, where they now reside.

BARTON SEATON, son of Jacob and Sally, was born in Greene county, Tennessee, in the year 1832. He married Mary J. Willis in 1858. They lived in Tennessee until in 1882, when they moved to Arkansas, and from there went to the Cherokee Nation, where Mary died. Barton was raised on a farm. He was a Union man during the Rebellion, but was conscripted into the army of the Confederacy, arrested and marched into camp, but he did not fight for Jeff. Davis. One of his brothers served three and a half years in the Federal Army.

Barton is a Republican, and is a member of the Methodist Church. The children of Barton and Mary are: 1. Moses; 2. Sarah Ann; 3. Elizabeth; 4. Melissa; 5. Victoria; 6. Emory; and 7. Rosa. Melissa and Rosa are deceased. Rose died single; Moses married Martha Kilgore; Sarah Ann married Henry Col"Betty" became Mrs. Lafayette Elder. Melissa became Mrs. John Henson. Victoria married John Girder; and Emory, Hattie Cox.

Barton Seaton lives with his daughter, a widow, near Weir City, Kansas. Mrs. Sarah Collier has three boys: Moses, born in 1883; Edgar, born in 1886; and Garland, born in 1884. The boys are well called colliers, for they work in the coal-mines.

DAVID SEATON, son of Benjamin, was born in Greene county, Tennessee, March 1, 1799, and died exactly sixty years later. He married Alice Green, of Washington county.

JACOB M. SEATON, son of David and Alice, was born August 26,

1832, in Washington county, Tennessee. He married Rebecca Marks, on November 8, 1859, who is deceased. He is a farmer at Chucky City, Tennessee, and has lived where he was born. was in the Confederate service during the War of the Rebellion. And he has been a Justice of the Peace and Notary Public for thirty-six years; is a Democrat and a Methodist.

The children of Jacob M. and Rebecca (Marks) Seaton are: James W.; Jerusha E.; Martha A.; Melinda J.; Jacob Roswell; Sarah L.; and May. James W. Seaton was killed by lightning in Nebraska in 1894. Jacob Roswell Seaton, son of Jacob M., was born in the First District of Washington county, Tennessee, July 2, 1874. He is a rural free delivery mail-carrier, Route No. 4, from Chucky City; is single, a Democrat, and a Methodist.

MARK L. SEATON, another son of David and Alice, was born in the First District of Washington county, Tennessee, July 5, 1841. He married Elizabeth Painter in 1866. They are farmers at the place of his birth, where he has lived all of his life thus far. He served in the Confederate Army during the "late unpleasantness"; is a Democrat and a Methodist.

The children of Mark L. and Elizabeth Seaton are: D. M. Seaton, who married Effie Bailey; R. C. Seaton, was married to Eddie Broyles by J. M. Seaton, Esquire. The other children, who are not reported to us as having been married, are Fred and Annie Seaton. The address of Mark L. Seaton is Chucky City, Tennessee, R. F. D. No. 4.

JACKSON SEATON, son of Benjamin, married Susan Wilhite.

Here our information ends. What became of the other children of Benjamin Seaton we are unable to report at present. Nor can we tell where Benjamin's brother, Moses, who came to America with him, located, though he is said to have gone West, and some of his descendants are supposed to reside near Knoxville, Ten

nessee.

MORE TENNESSEE SEATONS.

WILLIAM HENRY SEATON was born July 15, 1809, in Tennessee; Elizabeth Hester Kennedy, born December 22, 1804.

They were

married January 26, 1832. Elizabeth died in Kentucky, November 15, 1868; and William H. in Blair, Nebraska, September 22, 1877.

They had children as follows: 1. Susan Hester, born November 5, 1832, died in June, 1869, the wife of Hans Gittings; their marriage having taken place on February 27, 1851. 2. John Willard, born February 27, 1834; died July 15, 1852. 3. Charles Henry, born December 9, 1835; married Mary E. Burgiss January 30, 1865, and died July 25, 1901. 4. Mary Elizabeth, born March 12, 1837; married Polac Browner, on October 12, 1865; and George Dawson after the death of her first companion. 5. Ann Eliza, born October 30, 1839; married David A. Kemp, October 12, 1865, and died June 9, 1875. 6. Sarah Matilda, born January 30, 1841; married Kendrick O. Stanfield, November 9, 1865, and died February 14, 1889. 7. Loisa Adeline, born December 27, 1843. 8. William Cole Seaton, born July 27, 1846; married Sarah E. Lamb, November 6, 1867, and died January 22, 1899; his wife preceding him, dying January 14, 1893. William Cole Seaton was born in the great State of Kentucky, where his wife also first saw the light of day, and where they were married; but he died in St. Louis, Missouri, and she in the thriving city on the other side of the State, Kansas City.

Their children were as follows: 1. Annie Laura, born August 27, 1869, to whom we are indebted for the record of their branch of the family, and who signs her name Annie L. Maher and gives her address at 143 East Center street, Butte, Montana; 2. John William, born April 4, 1871; 3. Edward Seaton, born March 26, 1873; 4. Clyde Seaton, born March 2, 1875, and died August 13, 1876; 5. Robert Seaton, born March 27, 1877; 6. Maud Seaton, born January 22, 1879; 7. Mattie Seaton, born January 5, 1881; 8. Peter Seaton, born March 14, 1883; and 9. Grace Seaton, who was born August 3, 1888.

CHAPTER LVIII.

NEW-YORK-WISCONSIN SEATONS.

was

JAMES WILSON SEATON, a native of the State of New York, born May 28, 1824, Queen Victoria's birthday, of full Scotch parents, in the town of New Hartford, New York, about four miles south of Utica. The family resided in Utica while Governor De Witt Clinton was digging the Erie Canal, but in 1829 removed to Sanquoit, seven miles south of the city, on Sanquoit creek, which flows into the Mohawk river. He first attended the "Methodist School House" when he was seven years old, and ten years later was the school-master in the same school, and later taught in the West Exeter, Otsego county, and Talberg, Oneida county, schools. In 1841-42-43 he attended Oneida Conference Seminary, at Cazenovia, Madison county, New York, and had for classmates General Joseph R. Hawley, Senator from Connecticut; Bishop Edward G. Andrews, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his brother, Charles Andrews, now one of the judges of the Supreme Court of New York; Leland Stanford, the millionaire Senator from California; General Slocum; and other distinguished members and ministers of the Methodist Church. In 1845-6 he taught select school at Lee Center, and studied law with E. G. Parkhurst in Rome, New York. In 1847, being then twenty-three years old, he took Greeley's advice and went West to grow up with the country.

In company with ex-Chief Justice Cole, after voyaging around the lakes and landing at Milwaukee, he made a trip in hacks to Potosi, Wisconsin, arriving in July. Here he entered the law office of Cole & Biddlecome for two months, and was admitted to the bar of Grant county in October of the same year. Judge Charles Dunn was upon the bench, and Samuel Crawford, Judge Cole and George W. Larkin were the examining committee.

After getting his diploma he opened a select school in Potosi.