Seabrook, Miriam DeCosta, 1896-1992.

Miriam DeCosta Seabrook (1896-1992) was an African-American educator born in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1923, she married Dr. Herbert U. Seabrook (1884-1941), an African American physician who practiced medicine in Charleston. They had one son, Herbert U. Seabrook, Jr., who also became a physician.

Educator and member of the DeCosta and Seabrook families, African American families of Charleston (S.C.). Miriam DeCosta Seabrook was the daughter of Benjamin Rhodes DaCosta and Ann Harrinburg DaCosta. (In early family records the name is sometimes spelled DaCosta or simply Costa.) Benjamin Rhodes DaCosta was the son of Benjamin Costa (1834-1870). In 1923 Miriam DeCosta Seabrook married Herbert Ulysses Seabrook, a physician and medical director of the Hospital and Training School for Nurses. Their son was Herbert Seabrook, Jr. Amarintha Seabrook was the mother of Herbert Ulysses Seabrook. Kenneth Seabrook is the grandson of Miriam DeCosta Seabrook.