[1] He received his education in Trebizond (prior to World War I, that Armenian community numbered 30,000) and showed early aptitude as a craftsman.

In 1894, General Sebouh left the Social Democratic Hunchakian Party and joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF-Dashnaktsutyun).

On December 20, 1920, General Sebouh took refuge in Tiflis (Georgia) where he was soon joined by the majority of the members of the Dashnak bureau, who set up a liberation committee there.

In Boston, General Sebouh was financing Soghomon Tehlirian and Operation Nemesis, which led to the assassination of Talat Pasha.

Sebouh toured the United States as a field worker of the ARF (Armenian Revolutionary Federation).

Sebouh's sons joined Garegin Nzhdeh's Tseghakrons (precursor to the Armenian Youth Federation).