James Alexander Seddon Sr.
Born: July 13, 1815
Birthplace: Falmouth, Virginia
Father: Thomas Seddon 1779 – 1831
(Buried: Seddon Family Cemetery, Stafford County, Virginia)
Mother: Susan Pearson Alexander 1788 – 1845
(Buried: Seddon Family Cemetery, Stafford County, Virginia)
Wife: Sarah Bruce 1821 – 1882
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Children:
Elvira Bruce “Ella” Seddon 1846 – 1882
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Thomas O. Seddon 1847 – 1896
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
James Alexander Seddon 1850 – 1938
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)
William Cabell Seddon Sr. 1851 – 1923
(Buried: Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Maryland)
Anna Park “Annie” Seddon 1852 – 1863
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Arthur Morson Seddon 1854 – 1927
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Charles Bruce Seddon 1859 – 1866
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Rosa “Rosia” Seddon Rutherfoord 1859 – 1918
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1835: Graduated from University of Virginia Law School
Occupation before War:
1838 – 1845: Attorney in Richmond, Virginia
1845 – 1847: United States Congressman from Virginia
1845 – 1847: Member of House Invalid Pensions Committee
1845 – 1847: Member of House Judiciary Committee
1846: Choose not to be a candidate for re-nomination to U.S. Congress
1847 – 1849: Attorney in Richmond, Virginia
1849 – 1851: United States Congressman from Virginia
1849 – 1851: Member of House Territories Committee
1850: Declined to be a candidate for re-nomination to U.S. Congress
1851 – 1861: Attorney in Richmond, Virginia
Civil War Career:
1861: Member of Washington, D.C. Peace Conference
1861: Appointed in June to Congress after losing to William C. Rives
1861 – 1862: Virginia Delegate, Confederate Provisional Congress
1862: Ran third in a race for regular Confederate Congress
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Secretary of War
1865: Resigned as Secretary of War in January
1865: Arrested by the Union Army and imprisoned until December
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1880: Lived retired at Sabot Hill Plantation in Goochland County, Virginia
Died: August 19, 1880
Place of Death: Sabot Hill Plantation, Goochland County, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 65 years old
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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