Butler County AlArchives Biographies.....Seawright, George A. September 1 1840 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   GEORGE A. SEAWRIGHT was born in Orangeburg district, S. C., September 1,
1840, the son of Stephen S. and Rachael (Sistrunk) Seawright. The parents were
natives of South Carolina and of Scotch-Irish and Dutch descent, respectively.
Mr. Seawright's grandfather, Robert Seawright, was born in Scotland, came to the
United States in an early day, and settled in South Carolina, where he reared a
family. Stephen S. Seawright was born in Orangeburg district about the year
1817, married Rachael, daughter of Casper Sistrunk, in 1839, and resided in
South Carolina until 1850, at which time he moved to Cherokee county, Ga., which
was his home for one year. Subsequently he removed to Russell county, Ala.,
where he lived six years, and thence to the northern part of Butler county, when
he died in 1861. He was twice married; his first wife, the mother of George A.,
who was her only child, died when her son was but an infant, and the second
marriage was consummated with Acklin Hook, who became the mother of three
children. George A. Seawright was bred a farmer, and at the age of sixteen
entered a boarding school near the town of Lewisville, S. C., where he made
substantial progress in the common branches of learning, and of which he was a
student when the war between the states broke out. In the spring of 1861 he
enlisted in Dunklin's company, and for sometime thereafter was stationed at
Pensacola, Fla., where, on account of physical disability, he was subsequently
discharged from the service. Within a short time he re-entered the army, joining
the Seventeenth Alabama infantry; with which he did valuable service,
principally in the western department, and took part in Shiloh and nearly all
the battles of the Atlanta campaign, in one of which, Peach Tree creek, he
received a painful wound in the side. His escape from death appears almost
miraculous and life was only saved by a small pocket Testament, through which
the ball passed, thus spending its force before reaching the body, although one
rib was broken by the deflection of the missile. From Atlanta Mr. Seawright
accompanied his regiment back through Tennessee on Hood's raid, and participated
in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and with others was captured - and
sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, where he remained a prisoner until his release on
the 4th day of July, 1865. Returning home, Mr. Seawright resumed farming, which
he carried on successfully until 1885, when he engaged in the furniture business
at Greenville, with which he is still identified as clerk. He still owns
valuable city property and farm lands, aggregating about 625 acres, which he
lets out to tenants, and which are the source of considerable revenue. Mr.
Seawright's life has been a very active one, and as a citizen, honorable and
upright in all his dealings, few people in the county stand any higher in the
estimation of the public. His marriage with Miss Susan E. Parmer, daughter of W.
K. Farmer, was solemnized in 1868, and to the union have been born the following
children: William K., Arthur, Marion E. and Josephine E., living, and William
G., Arthur and an infant, not named, deceased. The Parmers were among the
earliest settlers in the vicinity of Greenville, and are also classed with the
very best citizens of the county.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 577-578

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