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293. Edward Seymour
293. EDWARD8 SEYMOUR (Ebenezer7, William6, William5, John5, John4, John3, John2, Richard1), born at Bloomfield, N.J., 1 Apr. 1835, died 28 Apr. 1877; married 22 Sept. 1859, SARAH JANE SHERWOOD, born 29 June 1836.
He was graduated from Yale College, 1857, and soon after became connected with The New York Times, where he was promoted to more and more responsible positions. He was for a time the literary editor. His capacity for labor was prodigious, and he could sit down at any hour of the day or night and write a paragraph or an article on any topic. At the same time, he was correspondent of four English journals, and did much to influence British opinion during the Civil War.
In 1868, Mr. Charles Scribner offered Mr. Seymour a position in his publishing bouse, and be became a partner of the house after Mr. Scribner's death. He had charge of its literary business, such as passing on manuscripts and dealing with authors, a labor for which his tact and gentleness well fitted him. Though his name did not always appear, many excellent articles in Scribner's Magazine and elsewhere were from his pen. “All who knew him not only respected him for his talents, but loved him for his beautiful character.” He was modest and unobtrusive; and deeply religious. His father was a Presbyterian minister; his father-in-law was Rev. Dr. Sherwood, of the Presbyterian and Princeton Review.
| Children: | |||
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| i. | James Sherwood9, b. 22 Oct. 1860; m. at Trinity Church, Newark, N.J., 18 June 1887, Martha Steever Palmer, b. at Morristown, N.J., 21 Sept. 1856. Children: | ||
| I. | Edward Palmer10, b. at New York City, 18 June 1888; m. at Summit, N.J., 25 Sept. 1915, Alice Barhyt Hovey. Child: | ||
| (1) | Edward Hovey11, b. 22 Sept. 1916. | ||
| II. | Martha Palmer, b. 6 May 1890; d. 9 July 1890. | ||
| III. | Theodore Palmer, b. 18 Dec. 1891. | ||
| IV. | Laura Sherwood, b. 16 Feb. 1893. | ||
| V. | Jane Katherine, b. 24 Mar. 1898. | ||
| ii. | Jane Carpenter, b. 30 Apr. 1862; d. 1 Apr. 1895. | ||
| iii. | Mary, b. at Bloomfield, N.J., 19 July 1868; m. 11 June 1890, George Rice Carpenter, b. 25 Oct. 1863, d. 9 Apr. 1909.1) | ||
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