William A. Seaton and Ann Elizabeth Hutchison
Husband William A. Seaton 1
Born: 22 Jun 1831 - Mercer Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Bet 1895 and 1913 Buried:
Father: Alexander Seaton (1794-Aft 1883) 2 3 Mother: Isabella Donaldson (1794-1864) 3 4
Marriage: 6 Aug 1863 1
Wife Ann Elizabeth Hutchison 1
AKA: Elizabeth Hutchinson 5 Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1913 Buried:
Father: Robert Hutchison ( - ) 3 6 Mother: Ann Seaton ( -Bef 1883) 3 6
Children
1 F Anna Belle Seaton 1 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: [Unk] Sloan ( - ) 5
2 F Ella Maude Seaton 1 5 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: James B. Speer ( - ) 5 7
General Notes: Husband - William A. Seaton
He was born in Mercer township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, was reared on the homestead farm, and acquired a common school education. When eighteen years of age he began learning the blacksmith's trade with James McDowell, of Harrisville, Butler county, and served an apprenticeship of two years, for which he received fifty dollars in store goods. He next worked one year at Clintonville, Venango county, for which he was paid seventy-five dollars. In 1851-52 he followed lumbering at Irwinsburg, on the Conowango river, and in the spring of 1853 he located at Mercer, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade until the summer of 1854. He then entered Westminster College, at New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, where he spent the fall term of 1854, and the winter and summer term of 1855. In the fall of the latter year he went to California and worked at his trade in the mining region until the spring of 1857. He then pur-chased a claim and embarked in mining, which he followed two years. In the spring of 1859 he sold his claim and engaged in farming in Feather river valley, which he continued until April, 1861, and then started for his old home in But-ler County, where he arrived in safety. On September 16, 1861, Mr. Seaton enlisted in Company L, Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and participated with his command in the Seven Days Fight before Richmond, Gaines Hill, Mechanicsville, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Shepherdstown, and many other engagements, and was honorably discharged September 17, 1864. After his return from the army, he worked at his trade in Grove City for eight years, and then purchased a farm, upon which he thereafter resided. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, also of the G. A. R.
1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1307.
2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 398, 432.
3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1306.
4 Winston Donaldson, Donaldson Family History (Franklin, PA: Privately published).
5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 324.
6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1002.
7
C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1091.
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