William Seton (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Bartholomew Randolph · 1913
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William Seton was a New York author and soldier, grandson of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Born in New York in 1835, he died there in 1905. His father, a navy captain, was Elizabeth Ann's son, and his mother was Emily Prime. Burke's Peerage of 1900 named him head of the Parbroath Setons, cadets of the Earls of Winton. He studied at Fordham, Mount Saint Mary's, and Bonn, travelled widely, and joined a New York law office.
Answering Lincoln's first call in 1861, Seton fought as captain of the Forty-first New York at Antietam, where two wounds disabled him for a time. He then returned as captain of the Sixteenth Artillery in Grant's Richmond campaign. After the war he turned to letters: novels Romance of the Charter Oak and Pride of Lexington, the poem The Pioneer, Rachel's Fate, and science writing for the Catholic World. He also worked finding jobs for the poor.
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| CREATOR | Bartholomew Randolph |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |