Joseph Baynard Seabrook Reverend / Sarah Ann Bailey


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	Family Sheet HUSBAND Name: Joseph Baynard Seabrook ReverendMale Note Born: 10 Oct 18091809-10-10 at Edisto Island, South CarolinaEdisto Island, South Carolina Married: Abt 18361836-1-1 Died: 8 Oct 18771877-10-8 at Charleston, South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina Other Spouses: Martha Catherine Beckett Lydia A. Bailey Father: Joseph Baynard Seabrook Mother: Martha Blair Beckett WIFE Name: Sarah Ann Bailey Note Born: 1819 at Edisto Island, South Carolina Died: 20 May 1850 at Edisto Island, South Carolina Father: Charles Bailey Mother: Sarah Grimball Clark CHILDREN Name: Martha Sarah Seabrook Born: 2 Oct 1837 at Edisto Island, South Carolina Died: 4 Apr 1922 at Edisto Island, South Carolina Husband: William Seabrook NOTES 1). After graduation from Princeton College, Joseph studie d law under Hugh S. Legare and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar. As his h ealth began to fail, he left the law to become a planter and teacher, wa s ordained an Episcopal Minister in 1848. He built the school in Bluffto n in 1849 with his own money. He built another in St. Paul s Parish in 1859. Durin g the war, he was Rector of Grace Church in Charleston. Aft er the war, he became pastor of St. Mark s in Charleston. H e ministered to the black congregation of the Low Country a ll of his life. Rev. Seabrook s family Bible was taken by federal soldi ers after the fall of Ft. Walker on the Broad River, nea r Port Royal . A Union clergyman who was with the troops a t the time returned the Bible to the family years later. H e is buried in Magnolia Cemetery. 2). Sarah Annie husband, Rev. Joeph B. Seabrook was a man of great philanthropy was noted for his energy of character and intelligence. He was Superintendent of the City Public Schools in Charleston, SC and Rector of St. Marks Colored Episcopal Church. Sarah Annie and her husband had several children one of them Ephraim Baynard Seabrook, made quite a name for himself. I quote now from the records Writings of Ephraim Baynard Seabrook, that attracted much attention, in certain newspapers and magazines, viz. Poor Whites of the South , Motressor , Sea Islands , Chateau D Isle . Drama Medicine , Ravenwood which later won for him the gold medal in Princeton College, NJ. The magazines were prominent ones of 1866 7 . Source Notes of Mary Clark Brockman If you want me to let you know when I change the website, please signup here (no more then once a quarter!)

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