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| birth_place = [[Wakarusa, Indiana]]<br />
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| spouse = Laura Owen Rice (1876-1944)<br />
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'''William Grant Seaman''' (November 2, 1866 – April 7, 1942) was a notable [[Methodist Episcopal]] minister, academic, and leader in "civic and social causes," including the [[City Methodist Church (Gary, Indiana)|City Methodist Church]] in [[Gary, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ruins of former City Methodist Church|url=http://www.inumc.org/heritagemapdetail/168762|website=United Methodist Churches of Indiana}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
He was born in [[Wakarusa, Indiana]] to Joseph Washington Seaman and Sarah Margaret Uline. <br />
He studied at Fort Wayne Methodist Academy and graduated from [[Depauw University]] in 1891, and was a member of [[Beta Theta Pi]] and [[Phi Beta Kappa]].<ref>{{cite web|title=William Grant Seaman papers|url=http://replica.palni.edu/cdm/ref/collection/inventory/id/18710|website=Depauw University Libraries}}</ref> <br />
He earned a PhD from [[Boston University]] in 1897. He was given a D.D. degree from Depauw in 1918.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He sang in the Depauw Male Quartet before being ordained as a Methodist minister in Anderson, Indiana. He was minister in [[Sudbury, Massachusetts]] from 1893-1898, State Street M.E. Church in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] from 1898-1900, and Wesley Church in [[Salem, Massachusetts]] from 1900-1904. <br />
He was a chair of Philosophy at [[Depauw University]] from 1904-1912 before becoming president of [[Dakota Wesleyan University]] in the latter year.<br />
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Beginning in 1916, he was the minister of the [[City Methodist Church (Gary, Indiana)|City Methodist Church]] in [[Gary, Indiana]]. He led an effort to build a large new church, the largest Methodist church in the midwest, largely through donations from [[U.S. Steel]]. He was transferred to Ohio, and died in a car accident in 1944. His ashes were eventually interred in the City Methodist Church.<br />
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==Family life==<br />
He married '''Laura Owen Rice''' in [[Newton, Massachusetts]] on June 28, 1907. She was the daughter of The Rev. Dr. [[Charles Francis Rice]] and Miriam Owen Rice. She was born in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] in 1876, attended [[Cambridge Rindge and Latin School]] and [[Vassar College]], where she elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. She was director of the Springfield [[YMCA]] from 1900-1904. <br />
She was a member of the Associated Alumnae of Vassar College, [[National Child Labor Committee]], the [[Edmund Rice (colonist)|Edmund Rice (1638) Association]], the Greencastle [[Woman's club movement|Women's Club]], the Greencastle Art Club, the Springfield, MA College Club.<br />
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Their children were Miriam Seaman (b. 1908), William Rice Seaman (b. 1909), and Charles Francis Seaman (b. 1912).<br />
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