William Seton. William Seton III (b. in New York, 28 January 1835; d. there, 15 March 1905) was an American author, a novelist and popular science writer. He was a Roman Catholic from one of America's most distinguished Roman Catholic families. His paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, the first American citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. Life[edit] He was educated at St. John's College, Fordham, at Mt. Soon after his admission to the bar he answered Lincoln's first call for troops in 1861. His alma mater, Mt. Works[edit] After the war he devoted himself chiefly to literature, publishing two historical novels, "Romance of the Charter Oak" (1870) and "Pride of Lexington" (1871); "The Pioneer", a poem (1874); "Rachel's Fate" (1882); "The Shamrock Gone West", and "Moire" (1884).
Family[edit] His father was William Seton II, captain in the U. He outlived by ten years his wife Sarah Redwood Parrish, a Philadelphian Catholic convert from the Society of Friends. Notes[edit] Seahawks - Mobile Web. Biography of Elizabeth Ann Seton | St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. SETON, Elizabeth Ann, born in New York city, 28 August, 1774; died in Emmittsburg, Maryland, 4 January, 1821. Elizabeth Ann Bayley, one of two daughters of a prominent Episcopal family, was born in New York on August 28, 1774. She was a charming little girl, small-boned and dainty, with great brown eyes. Having lost her mother at the age of three, she was deeply attached to her physician father and used to sit beside her schoolroom window watching for him on the street.
When he appeared, she would slip out quickly and run for a kiss. Beautiful, vivacious, fluent in French, a fine musician, and an accomplished horsewoman, she grew up and became a popular guest at parties and balls. It began felicitously enough in a gracious home on Wall Street, William busy at his family's shipping business, Elizabeth with the beginnings of a family. In two and a half years, they were bankrupt.
Then in 1803, the doctor suggested a sea journey for William's health. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. Ann Seton Elizabeth. Elizabeth Ann. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, S.C., (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821) was the first native-born citizen[1] of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church (September 14, 1975).[2] She established the first Catholic school in the nation, at Emmitsburg, Maryland, where she founded the first American congregation of Religious Sisters, the Sisters of Charity. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Marriage and motherhood1.3 Widowhood and conversion1.4 Foundress1.5 Later life and death2 Legacy3 Canonization4 See also5 References6 External links Biography Early life Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born on August 28, 1774, the second child of a socially prominent couple, Dr.
Her mother, Catherine, died in 1777 when Elizabeth was three years old. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Appleton's The couple had 5 children, but the marriage ended in separation as a result of marital conflict. Marriage and motherhood Widowhood and conversion St. Foundress Later life and death Legacy Sign of the shrine Statue in St.