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 ====== 198. Gurdon Isaac Seymour ======
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+. GURDON ISAAC<sup>7</sup> SEYMOUR
+(//[[109.Isaac|Isaac]]//<sup>6</sup>, //[[058.Isaac|Isaac]]//<sup>5</sup>,
+//[[020.John|John]]//<sup>4</sup>, //[[008.John|John]]//<sup>3</sup>,
+//[[003.John|John]]//<sup>2</sup>, //[[001.Richard|Richard]]//<sup>1</sup>),
+born at Hartford, Conn., 8 July 1775 (or 1773), died at Savannah, Ga., 18 Sept.
+; married CATHERINE COSTIGAN, born about 1781, died at New Haven, Conn., 12
+Apr. 1833 aged 52.
-\\ [[197.chester|(<-- 197. Chester(7) Seymour)]] [[start|(Back to Start)]] [[199.alfred|(199. Alfred(7) Seymour -->)]]
+A tombstone in Savannah bears the following inscription:
+|  Entombed Beneath This Stone\\ are the remains of\\ GURDON ISAAC SEYMOUR\\ Native of Hartford, Conn.\\ Born on the 8 of July 1775((1773? This interesting stone was copied by my friend, the late William Scranton Pardee of New Haven.))\\ Died on the 18th. of September 1814\\ After a Residence in this City of\\ 20 years with undiminished reputation\\ Age 41 years 2 months and 10 days\\ Also of\\ GURDON SEYMOUR\\ the infant son of Gurdon & Catherine Seymour\\ Who died on the 28 of May 1808\\ Age 13 months and 11 days  |
+^ Children: ^^
+| i. | GURDON<sup>8</sup>, b. 17 Apr. 1807; d. 28 May 1808. |
+| ii. | ISAAC GURDON, killed near Richmond, Va., 3 July 1862; m. CAROLINE WHITLOCK, who d. in 1860. He was graduated from Yale College, 1825, and for a time was president of a bank at Macon, Ga., afterwards removing to New Orleans. He was Colonel of a Confederate Regiment in the Civil War. A daughter died in 1858, and a son was a prisoner at Fort Jackson during the Civil War. |
+| iii. | CATHERINE FRANCES, b. at Savannah, Ga., 6 Jan. 1813; d. at Buffalo, N.Y., 6 July 1866; m. at New Haven, Conn., 14 Sept. 1836, REV. EDWARD INGERSOLL, D.D., b. at New Haven, Conn., 26 Nov. 1810, d. at Buffalo, N.Y., 6 Feb. 1883, s. of Judge Jonathan and Grace (Isaacs).  Nine children.  See below. |
+**REV. EDWARD INGERSOLL** (1810-1883), husband of CATHERINE FRANCES SEYMOUR
+(1813-1866), was a native of New Haven, Conn. His father, Hon. Jonathan
+Ingersoll (1747-1823), B.A. (Yale, 1766), LL.D. (1816), son of Rev. Jonathan
+Ingersoll (1713-1778), of Ridgefield, Conn., and nephew of Jared Ingersoll, Esq.
+(1722-1781), the noted New Haven attorney, himself became a lawyer and had a
+distinguished career, as a member of both Houses of the Connecticut General
+Assembly, Judge of the Superior Court, and Lieut.-Governor of Connecticut. His
+mother, Grace Isaacs, was daughter of the wealthy merchant, Ralph Isaacs, Esq.
+He was brother of Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (1789-1872), B.A. (Yale, 1808), Member
+of Congress (1825-33), State's Attorney for Connecticut, and Minister to Russia,
+and uncle of Charles Roberts Ingersoll (1822-1903), B.A. (Yale, 1846), LL.D.
+(1874), Governor of Connecticut (1873-77).
+Mr. Ingersoll was graduated from Yale in 1831, and received the degree of D.D.
+from Hobart in 1856; Priest in Protestant Episcopal Church, Rector of Trinity
+Church, Buffalo, 1844-74; of St. Peter's, Niagara Falls, 1874-78; and Chaplain
+of the Church Home, Buffalo, which made him rector emeritus, from 1878 until his
+death.
+\\ [[197.chester|(<-- 197. Chester(7) Seymour)]] [[start|(Back to Start)]] [[199.alfred|(199. Alfred(7) Seymour -->)]]