Robert Seton
Robert Seton | |
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Born | August 28, 1839 Pisa, Italy |
Died | March 22, 1927 Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 87)
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Occupation | Clergyman |
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Robert Seton (August 28, 1839 – March 22, 1927) was a descendant of the New York "aristocratic" Seton and Bayley families, Seton was also a
Biography
Robert Seton was born in Tuscany, Italy on August 28, 1839, one of nine children of William and Emily Prime Seton, seven of whom survived to adulthood.[1] He was a grandson of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, nephew of Mother Mary Catherine Seton, RSM, and cousin of Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley.[2]
Robert grew up at
He was educated in
In 1866 he was raised to the rank of private
In 1876, he became
Financial considerations forced a return to America, where the Sisters of Charity looked after him during his final years.
Works
"Robert Seton was remembered as a fairly eccentric character who made a good deal of his family background."[6] He wrote Memoirs, Letters, and Journal of Elizabeth Seton (2 vols., New York, 1869) and Essays on Various Subjects, chiefly Roman (1882).[5] He privately published An Old Family, the Setons of Scotland and America (1899), which is a well-researched genealogy of the Seton family. He was also a frequent contributor to Roman Catholic periodicals.
References
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. I. James T. White & Company. 1893. p. 190. Retrieved April 8, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Robert Seton Family Papers", Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame Archives
- ^ "Seton Falls Park Highlights". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
- ^ Seton, Robert (1899). An Old Family: Or, The Setons of Scotland and America. Brentano's. p. 372.
- ^ a b Seton, Robert. An Old Family: Or, The Setons of Scotland and America, Brentano's, 1899, p. 355 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b McNamara, Pat. "The Setons, the Bayleys, and the Roosevelts", McNamara's Blog, January 7, 2011
- ^ "Aged Archbishop Seton is Dead in New Jersey". Chicago Tribune. Morristown, New Jersey. March 23, 1927. p. 18. Retrieved April 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.