Brigadier General Washington SEAWELL

1802 -

• Name	Washington SEAWELL
  Prefix	Brigadier General
  Born	1802	Gloucester Co. VA
  Gender	Male
  _UID	CA434DDD899F45A28E8A0592E9EF7EA0EBDC
  Notes	Born in Gloucester county, Virginia, in 1802, son of John Seawell and Fanny Hobday, his wife. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1825, and as lieutenant was assigned to the Seventh Infantry. From 1832 to 1834 he was disbursing agent for Indian affairs, and was then assigned to duty as adjutant-general and aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Matthew Arbuckle. In 1836 he was promoted to captain, and saw service against the Indians. He served in the Mexican war, and was promoted to major of the Second Infantry, in 1847, with which regiment he was on duty at Monterey, in 1849. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1852, and to colonel in 1860. He was retired from active service February 20, 1862, on account of disability resulting from exposure in the line of duty. He was chief mustering and disbursing officer of the state of Kentucky, from March, 1862, to September, 1863, and then of the department of the Pacific. He was acting assistant provost-marshal at San Francisco from November, 1865, to June, 1866. In 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general, for long and faithful service. He had lived on the Pacific coast since 1864, and owned one of the largest ranches in the state of California, in Sonoma county. He died in San Francisco, January 9, 1888, being at that time next to the oldest general officer on the retired list of the army. His brother, John B. Seawell, was a distinguished lawyer of Virginia, and married Maria Henry Tyler, sister of President Tyler. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume II VIII--Prominent Persons
  Person ID	I7997	Master File
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	John SEAWELL,   b. 6 Feb 1760, Gloucester Co. VA ,   d. 1806, Gloucester Co. VA  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Frances (Fanny) HOBDAY,   b. 28 May 1761, Gloucester Co. VA
  Family ID	F5237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart