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 | W. Stanford | 1870 |
 | [[clinton10|H. Clinton]] | 1872 |
+**Gilbert Seymour (1839-1896) and Amanda Seymour (1841-1931)**
+//The following information comes from the book 'Holt! T'Other Way' by L. C.
+Wood.  GG Grandpa Gilbert Seymour is mentioned on page 222 in a section
+about Cannonsville. That section says://
+"Quite a bit of lumbering was done from this locality.  At Cannonsville was
+the Gillete mill, the Huntington mill below the village, 21/2 miles farther
+down was the old Kelseymill, and just below this mill was the "Fletch"
+Palmer mill. Steersmen were: James Ostrom, James Lovelace, John Sprague,
+Sherman Sutton, Israel Gillette, Henry and Steve Durfee, "Shep" Smith, James
+Hunt, Johannas Frazier, of Kelsey, and John B. Kelsey. Caleb "Cal" Kelsey
+was a steersman from Cannonsville who lived to the age of 104 years. He
+rafted quite a bit on this section of the West Branch and in his younger
+days walked home from trips down the river. "Squire" used a willow cane one
+year to help him along on his long trek to the headwaters of the noted
+rafting stream, and, after reaching home, stuck the willow cane into the
+ground along the river on his farm. The cane took root, grew into a
+struggling bush and finally spread out into a beautiful will tree. Thirty
+years ago this tree was felled, it having grown to a diameter of seven feet,
+and 18 cords of two-foot wood were cut from its trunk and branches. Alfred
+Beers was another of the older steersmen from Cannonsville, as were Jacob
+Hathaway and his son Samuel A.
+**William Seymour was one of the pioneer lumbermen in this vicinity and one
+of his sons, Willett, followed in his father's footsteps. Two of Willet's
+sons, Ezekiel and Gilbert Seymour were steersmen. **Willet Seymour's eldest
+son, Alonzo, went in business with him and the two rafted many thousands of
+feet of timber down the river**."**
+{{gilbert001.jpg|}}
+Here's a photo of Gilbert's wife, my great-great grandma Amanda Seymour, who
+was born in New Jersey, but I don't know her maiden name.  I learned of
+Gilbert and Amanda via the Tompkins, NY 1880 census.  On which we see that
+Gilbert listed himself as a farmer, but we know from the book excerpt that
+he also was at least a part time lumberman as well.  You can also see that
+Clinton's older brother, although 17, was listed as a full time farmer too.
+It's also interesting to see a couple of families had recently arrived from
+England.