Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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WILLIAM W. SEAMAN 
 
was born in the village of Castile, in Western New York, in July, 1855. His 
father, Ezekiel Seaman, was a physician, and a native of New York City; his 
mother, whose maiden name was Mary Akin, was a native of Delaware County, New 
York. When the subject of this sketch was in his sixth year, his parents removed 
to 
Allegany County, New York, and there, five years later, the father died. A year 
afterward the mother returned with her children to Castile, and there William 
resided, attending the village school until he reached the age of sixteen. Then, 
anxious to seek his fortune in the West, he spent some time in Minnesota, Iowa 
and Wisconsin. After an absence of over a year, he returned to the East, and in 
1875 he entered the New York State Normal School at Albany, from which he was 
graduated with honor in 1877. After two years, spent chiefly in teaching, he 
went to Colorado in search of a climate better suited to his health; and he was 
then for some time engaged in business, first at Fort Collins, Colorado, and 
afterward with his brother at Belvidere, Illinois. In the summer of 1881 Mr. 
Seaman came to California, and in January, 1882, he was appointed principal of 
the public school at Santa Monica. This position he retained until his election 
as county superintendent of schools, in the autumn of 1886. In the summer of 
1884 he visited his native State, and on his return he brought a bride to his 
California home. He has one child, a daughter two years old. Mr. Seaman has been 
a very successful teacher, and an efficient superintendent, and all measures 
adapted to raise the standard and increase the efficiency of our public schools 
find in him a hearty supporter.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 628
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler