Amos Seaton and Mary Laughlin

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Husband Amos Seaton ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Aug 1838 - Venango Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: William Seaton (1804-1886) 3 4
         Mother: Rebecca Vanderlin (      -      ) 2 4

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       Marriage: 10 Dec 1867 5

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Wife Mary Laughlin ^{1 5 6}

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           Born: Aft 1843 - Butler Co, PA
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         Father: Samuel Laughlin (      -Aft 1883) 5 6
         Mother: Martha Martin (      -1881) 6

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Children

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1 F Henrietta "Hettie" Seaton ⁷

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         Spouse: Wilbert (Wilbur?) N. Stalker (      -      ) 7

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2 F Delphine Seaton ⁵

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         Spouse: F. W. Hilliard (      -      ) 5

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3 F Ada Seaton ⁵

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4 M Percy Seaton ⁵

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            AKA: Ersie Seaton 1
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5 F Fannie Seaton ⁵

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6 M Homer R. Seaton ⁵

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7 M Darley Seaton ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Amos Seaton

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He was reared on his father's farm in Venango Township, Butler County, PA, and in boyhood went to the district schools. From the home farm he went into the army when the urgent call came for loyal men to put down rebellion, enlisting first in Company C, Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves, in which he served for three years and then re-enlisted in Company D, Fifteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, in 1865. During this long period Mr. Seaton experienced many of the misfor­tunes of war, being captured by the enemy and being so seriously wounded in his shoulder, at the battle of Malvern Hill, as to be inconvenienced by his wound more than forty years later. After he had reached home and regained a fair measure of strength, he resumed his farming opera­tions. After marriage in 1867 he bought a farm of eighty acres in Venango Town­ship, on which he continued until 1887, when, upon being elected to the important office of county treasurer, he removed to Butler, where he lived until he retired from that office in 1890. He sold his farm of eighty acres and purchased one of 120 acres, of Andrew Addleman, and there engaged in mixed farming. His land was valuable from an agri­cultural point of view, no oil, gas or coal having been found. He had excellent farm buildings, a fine orchard and was sur­rounded by all the comforts of life to which true Americans feel their honored veterans are entitled. He was a member of the Grand Army Post at Eau Claire and to the Union Veterans' League at Butler.
He and his family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Eau Claire. In his political views Mr. Seaton was a stanch Republican and was a very prominent factor in the public life of But­ler County and Venango Township. At different times he served most accept­ably as constable, collector, auditor, school director and road supervisor for his town­ship, while, during his term as county treasurer, his fellow citizens rested secure, knowing that the public funds were en­trusted to not only a capable man but an honest one. [HBC 1909, 1339]

He was educated in the common schools, and learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed four years. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserve, and participated in the first battles before Richmond, Malvern Hill, Charles City Cross Roads, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and other engagements, and was wounded in the battle of Charles City Cross Roads. He was honorably dis­charged on June 20, 1864, and re-enlisted on August 24, following, in Company D, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was mustered out of service June 20, 1865, and returned to his home, where he resumed his life on the farm. He devoted his entire attention to agriculture, with the exception of four years residence in Butler. Politically, he was a Republican, and served a term as treasurer of Butler county. He was a member of the G. A. R., and the U. V. L., and was connected with the Methodist Episcopal church.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1308.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1339.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 432.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1308, 1317.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1340.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 433.

7 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1196, 1340.