Seth Horton Violett
1846 - 1922 (76 years)
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Name Seth Horton Violett Birth 1846 Johnstown, OH 
Gender Male Death 20 Jul 1922 York, ON Burial Prospect Cem., Toronto, ON Person ID P86395 Violette Family Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
Father Justice Sampson Violett, b. 28 Feb 1818, VA d. 15 Oct 1891, Columbus, OH (Age 73 years) Mother Melissa Frank, b. Abt 1823 d. 24 Nov 1858, Johnstown, OH (Age 35 years) Marriage 1839 Newark, OH Family ID F22500 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susan Melissa McMillen, b. 1839, Canada d. 17 Jan 1917, Canada (Age 78 years) Marriage 8 Oct 1872 Hastings, ON Children 1. Charles M. Violett, b. Abt 1875, Canada d. 1890, Lincoln, NE (Age 15 years)2. Cordelia Bessie Violett, b. 23 Jul 1879, Victoria Co., ON Family ID F34516 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - DOB: His sister Mary Catherine Corbett, but Find a Grave has 21 Jul 1844.
The government to evry soldier of the Union Forces a homestead right to eighty acres instead of forty acres allowed to any citizen. This suited Seth Horton and he and Louis Benton went in early 1866 to Nebraska.
He was not yet 16 years of age when he enlisted in Killpatrick's Cavalry, 10th Ohio Regiment and rode very happily into the service on the very best horse on the farm. Young Sampson, as his Grandmother Eve Hoover (Philips) Violett. called him, enjoyed his Army life, became a scout for his company was a wonderful horseman, an expert swordsman, and enjoyed being called the "Pistol Shot"' in his division commanded by Black Jack Logan.
Source: History of the Violett Family in America by Mary Catherine (Violett) Corbett 1947; edited and annotated by Martin Hammond Violette II 2006
- DOB: His sister Mary Catherine Corbett, but Find a Grave has 21 Jul 1844.