American Seymour Genealogy

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====== 245. John Forman Seymour ======

245. JOHN FORMAN<sup>7</sup> SEYMOUR (//[[150.henry|Henry]]//<sup>6</sup>,
//[[075.moses|Moses]]//<sup>5</sup>, //[[026.moses|Moses]]//<sup>4</sup>,
//[[008.John|John]]//<sup>3</sup>, //[[003.John|John]]//<sup>2</sup>,
//[[001.Richard|Richard]]//<sup>1</sup>), born at Pompey Hill, Onondaga County,
N.Y., 21 Sept. 1814, died at Utica, N.Y., 22 Feb. 1890; married first, at New
Haven, Conn., 4 May 1839, FRANCES ANTILL TAPPAN, born 20 Dec. 1815, died at
Utica, N.Y., 5 Sept. 1860, daughter of Arthur and Frances (Antill); he married
second, his second cousin, HELEN LINCKLAEN LEDYARD, who died 5 June 1880.

He was graduated from Yale College in 1835.

|  (Gravestone at Utica, N.Y.)\\ In Memory\\ of\\ John Forman Seymour\\ who at all times and everywhere\\ gave his strength to the weak\\ his substance to the poor\\ and his heart to God.\\ Born Sept. 21 1814\\ Died Feb. 22 1890  |

^ Children by first wife: ^^^
| i. | FRANCES ANTILL<sup>8</sup>, b. 1841; d. 18 Aug. 1853. ||
| ii. | HORATIO, b. 8 Jan. 1844; d. at Utica, 21 Feb. 1907; m. at Utica, 12 Oct. 1880, ABIGAIL ADAMS JOHNSON, b. 23 Nov. 1855, d. 6 Jan. 1915. ||
| | Children: ||
| | I. | Mary Ledyard<sup>9</sup>. b. 10 Sept. 1881; m. at Marquette, Mich., 23 Oct. 1901, Henry St. Arnauld, b. 26 Jan. 1846. Child: 1. //Marie Alice Greenwood//, b. 23 Sept. 1902. |
| | II. | Horatio, b. 14 July 1883; res. Elizabeth, N.J.; m. at Quogue, L.I., 30 Aug. 1913. |
| iii. | MARY LEDYARD, b. 11 Sept. 1847; m. at Utica, N.Y., 26 Dec. 1878, DR. WILLIS ELLARD FORD, s. of Lewis and Deborah (Reynolds) of Belfast, Allegheny Co., N.Y. No children. ||

**HORATIO<sup>8</sup> SEYMOUR** (1844-1907), B.A. (Yale, 1867), M.A. (1871),
became an assistant engineer on the Erie Canal in 1874. He blocked the unlawful
demands of contractors, and the facts he discovered were influential in leading
Gov. Samuel J. Tilden to his exposure of the canal frauds. He was State Engineer
and Surveyor of N ew York, 1878 to 1881. He moved to Michigan in 1882, and
became head of the Michigan Iron and Land Company at Marquette. In 1905 he
retired, and returned to Utica, N.Y. He was an Episcopalian; and a Democrat.

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