==== Henry Newton"Duke" SEYMOUR & Metha BAASCH ====

Father: **Henry Newton"Duke" SEYMOUR**,
(son of [[F169|Harrison Lafayette SEYMOUR]]), b. 5 Dec 1892, Wyandotte County KS, d. 18 Jun 1959, bur. Highland Park Cemetery, Kansas City KS

My father was close to this particular uncle and talked about him often when I was a child. He was known to my father by his nickname Duke and therefore his uncle Duke, Even though I was born only one year prior to Henry's death, I heard about him throughout my childhood. My father remembered him as a man with a great sense of humor and fun. Later as a child I  named a dog Duke after him, a man I had never met to honor my Dad's uncle and because my Dad had a dog named Duke as a child. Interesting aside note the name Henry Newton goes way back in Elizabeth Smyth Seymour's family. Her brother was named Henry Newton Smyth who was also named after his uncle Henry Newton Smyth  who named after another uncle Henry Newton Creekmore.who was born in 1808 thus this first and middle name was perputuated for nearly one hundred years.and four generations. Henry Newton "Duke" Seymour's obit read Henry Duke Seymour former teamster was a Kansas Highway Supervisor. Henry N Duke Seymour 66 of 296 Fourteenth Street KC KS died today at St Margaret's Hospital. He was a lifelong resident of KS Kansas and a member of Oakland Park Baptist Church and Teamster local Union 1290. y Seymour was widely known for his work with horses appearing in parades with his teams. He was a grading contractor from his boyhood until 15 years ago and used horses in his work most of that time., He was foreman for the Wyatt Construction Company until 1955 when he became a district supervisor for Kansas State Highway commission. Mr Seymour was active in Republican politics in Kansas City KS . Leaves wife Metha of home , two daughters Florine Luth 290 South 14th KC KS and Mrs Irene Harbour 292 S 14th KC KS, two sisters Mrs Florence Miller, 137th S 15th KC KS and Mary F Robinson 1517 Lawless KC KS and two brothers Robert C Seymour 5615 Cody Shawnee KS and George F Seymour, Pawnee Oklahoma. Funeral 11 o clock at Fulton Chapel.

Mother: **Metha BAASCH**

Children:
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