7. 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 Jane 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 Collier. "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.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDF-M9B : 12 April 2016), Jacob Seaton, Greene county, part of, Greene, Tennessee, United States; citing family 919, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
* The Seaton family, with genealogy and biographies By Oren Andrew Seaton; page 366; googlebooks.com [1]
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