Hezekiah C. Seymour

Hezekiah C. Seymour

Hezekiah C. Seymour (ca. 1811 - July 24, 1853 Piermont, Rockland County, New York) was an American civil engineer and politician.

Life

From 1835 to 1849, he worked for the New York and Erie Railroad, first as engineer, later becoming General Superintendent.

He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1850 to 1851, elected on the Whig ticket in 1849, but defeated for re-election in 1851 by Democrat William J. McAlpine.

In 1851, he became Chief Engineer of the Ontario, Huron and Lake Simcoe Railroad, running from Toronto to Lake Huron in Canada West. The next year, he also participated in the early stages of planning for the construction of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and the Air Line Railroad between New York City and Boston.

He was buried at Rockland Cemetery in Nyack, New York.

ources

* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9900E7DC1031E13BBC4E51DFB1668388649FDE] Obit in NYT on July 26, 1853
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9800E0D61530EE34BC4B51DFB566838E649FDE] Description of his grave monument, in NYT on March 23, 1855
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A07EFDA1738E334BC4F51DFB467838A649FDE] His return from Canada, in NYT on December 27, 1851
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA37 Google Book] "The New York Civil List" compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 37f; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)


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