Daniel P. Seaton
Daniel P. Seaton | |
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_(cropped).png) Seaton in a 1906 newspaper | |
| Born | December 7, 1835 near Reistertown, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 1918 (aged 82) Lincoln, Lanham, Maryland, U.S. |
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| Spouse |
Letitia A. Brown (m. 1906) |
| Children | 4 |
Daniel P. Seaton (December 7, 1835 – January 27, 1918) was a doctor, African Methodist Episcopalian (A.M.E.) minister, and author.
Early life
Daniel P. Seaton was born on December 7, 1835, near Reistertown, Maryland.[1][2][3] He spent his early life in New York.[1]
Career
Seaton studied medicine in Chicago while working as a pastor in Illinois.[1] He also preached in Missouri, Virginia and the Baltimore conference. He was a pastor at Trinity, Bethel, St. John's and Waters A.M.E. churches in Baltimore. He retired as presiding elder of the Potomac District A.M.E. Conference in April 1917.[4] Seaton established a church in the community and served as a doctor.[5]
He traveled to the Middle East and wrote The land of promise or The Bible land and its revelation. It was illustrated with engravings of "some of the most important places in Palestine and Syria" and published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by the Publishing House of the A.M.E. Church in 1895. The book advocated for the conversion of Jews to Christianity and their return to Palestine.[6][7][8]
Seaton was a leader of the Good Samaritans and was a Mason.[1][9]
Personal life
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Seaton married Letitia A. Brown of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on September 5, 1906.[1][10] They had one son and three daughters, Frederick A., Francinia, Luxconia and Louisa.[1][3]
His home in the Lincoln area outside of Washington, D.C, was designed by African American architect Isaiah Hatton.[11]
Seaton died on January 27, 1918, at his home in Lincoln, Lanham, Maryland.[1]
Legacy
The Seaton Memorial African Methodist Episcopalian Church in Lincoln, Lanham, Maryland, is named for him.[12][13]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "D. P. Seaton Called by Death". The Afro-American. 1918-02-02. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-08-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Horace Talbert, b. 1853. The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio". docsouth.unc.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ a b "Celebrated Eightieth Birthday". The Afro-American. 1915-11-27. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-08-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dr. Seaton Very Ill". The Afro-American. 1918-01-12. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-08-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ http://www.mncppcapps.org/planning/HistoricCommunitiesSurvey/CommunityDocumentations/70-049%2520Lincoln/PG%252070-049%2520Lincoln%2520%2520Community%2520Survey.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwitueXI_o3dAhVrhq0KHRjXBr4QFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw3AzgOHHEQ2Mdmcx9GQBDpe
- ^ Lubin, Alex (1 February 2014). Geographies of Liberation: The Making of an Afro-Arab Political Imaginary. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469612898 – via Google Books.
- ^ Marable, M.; Aidi, Hishaam D. (3 August 2009). Black Routes to Islam. Springer. ISBN 9780230623743 – via Google Books.
- ^ Greenberg, Gershon (1 January 1994). The Holy Land in American religious thought, 1620-1948: the symbiosis of American religious approaches to scripture's sacred territory. University Press of America. ISBN 9780819192370 – via Google Books.
- ^ Graham, Leroy (1982-01-01). Baltimore: The Nineteenth Century Black Capital. ISBN 9780819126245.
- ^ "Rev. Dr. and Mrs. D. P. Seaton". The Afro-American. 1906-09-08. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-08-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (1 March 2004). African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135956288 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Church History - Seaton Memorial AME Church". www.seatonmemorial.org.
- ^ "Uncovering Historic Black Sites". The Washington Post. 3 August 1983. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
External links
Media related to Daniel P. Seaton at Wikimedia Commons