Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
William Seal
St. Mary's Catholic Church Sesquicentennial Book
1834-1984
SEAL, William--son of John and Mary Ann Seal of Nelson Co., KY, was born about 1804. He married Sophia Stonebraker, daughter of Revolutionary War soldier, John Deitrich Stonebraker. William Seal, and his brother, John Seal, Jr., came to Daviess Co. along with their in-laws, the Lents and Sharum families. William and Sophia spent many years in the St. Mary's community and are buried in the cemetery. They left many descendants, as they were the parents of 13 children; Nancy Miranda, who married James M. Dant; Louisa Ann who married Thomas C. McAtee. Elizabeth Ursula, who married John Brothers; Sophia Margaret who married James B. Padgett, Jr.; William Marshall who married Minerva J. Padgett; Christena Rebecca who married Charles Prince; James Gabriel who married Mary Brewer; Missouri Catherine, (twin of James G.); John Bernard who married Mary Alice McKinney; George Oliver who married Mary Ann Blandford; Thomas A. who married Elizabeth A. Cunningham; Mary Ellen, who married George Washington Patterson; and Minerva Jane who married William B. Padgett.
Contributed by: Shirley Platt