Horatio Seymour, Jr.

Horatio Seymour, Jr.

Horatio Seymour, Jr. (January 8, 1844 Utica, Oneida County, New York - February 21, 1907) was an American civil engineer, surveyor and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of John Forman Seymour (1814-1890, brother of Governor Horatio Seymour) and Frances Antill (Tappan) Seymour (d. 1853). He graduated from Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1867, and had a degree of M.A. conferred on him some years later. On October 12, 1880, he married Abigail Adams Johnson (1855-1915).

He began engineering work with the City Surveyor of Utica, N.Y., and was on the survey of the Canastota and Cazenovia Railroad in Madison County, New York. In 1871 he became Assistant Engineer of the Seneca Falls and Sodus Bay Railroad, and afterwards was Assistant Engineer of the Wellsboro and Lawrenceville Railroad, and Chief Engineer of the Cowanesque Valley Railroad. In 1873 he made a survey of the Antrim mine of the Fall Brook Coal Co., and in 1874 a topographic survey of the lands of the Buffalo Coal Co. in Pennsylvania.

On December 1, 1874, he was appointed Assistant Engineer on the New York State Canals and was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1878 to 1881, elected on the Democratic ticket. From 1882 on, he took charge of the lands of the Michigan Land and Iron Company in Michigan. Later he returned to Utica and settled as a general practising engineer.

He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

His daughter Mary Ledyard Seymour, aged 20, eloped in 1901 with 65-year old Henry Starnould, and after grudging consent from her parents, they married at Marquette, Michigan.

ources

* [http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/old1906/vol2/chapter3.htm] Engineers bios, at Rochester history (giving wrong death year)
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9904E2D71E39E733A25756C2A9679D946097D6CF] The elopement, in NYT on November 25, 1901 (misidentifying her as granddaughter of Gov. Horatio Seymour [who had no issue] , being in fact a great-niece)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Horatio Seymour — Horatio Seymour …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Horatio Seymour — Horatio Seymour, vers 1860. Horatio Seymour (né le 31 mai 1810 et décédé le 12 février 1886) était un homme politique américain. Il a été gouverneur de New York de 1853 à 1854 puis une deuxième fois de 1863 à …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Horatio Seymour — Infobox Governor name=Horatio Seymour order=18th office=Governor of New York term start=January 1, 1853 term end=December 31, 1854 lieutenant=Sanford E. Church predecessor=Washington Hunt successor=Myron H. Clark term start2 = January 1, 1863… …   Wikipedia

  • Horatio Seymour (Vermont) — This article is about the U.S. Senator from Vermont. For the New York Governor and Democratic presidential candidate, see Horatio Seymour. Infobox Senator name=Horatio Seymour width=200px jr/sr=United States Senator state=Vermont party=Democratic …   Wikipedia

  • Seymour (surname) — Seymour is the name or partial name of numerous people, places and companies worldwide. It is thought to derive from the contraction of Saint Maur, a region in northern France [http://www.thinkbabynames.com/name/1/Seymour] . Seymour as a surname… …   Wikipedia

  • Seymour — ist der Name folgender geografischer Objekte: In den USA: Seymour (Connecticut) Seymour (Illinois) Seymour (Iowa) Seymour (Indiana) Seymour (Missouri) Seymour (Tennessee) Seymour (Texas) Seymour (Wisconsin) In Australien: Seymour (Australien) in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Seymour-Conkling family — The Seymour Conkling family is a family of politicians from the United States.*Horatio Seymour 1778 1857, U.S. Senator from Vermont 1821 1833. *Henry Seymour 1780 1837, New York State Senator 1815 1919 1821 1822. Brother of Horatio Seymour.… …   Wikipedia

  • Seymour (patronyme) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir seymour. Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. A. J. Seymour, écrivain guyanais Alan Seymour, écrivain australien Benjamin Seymour, homme politique canadien… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Seymour Mountain (Franklin County, New York) — Infobox Mountain Name = Seymour Mountain Photo = Seymour Mt seen from Mt Donaldson NY.jpg Caption = Seymour Mt. (L) seen from Donaldson Mt. Elevation = convert|1247|m|ft|0|lk=on Prominence = convert|310|m|ft| 1|abbr=on [Key col elevation between… …   Wikipedia

  • Seymour (Adelsgeschlecht) — Seymour oder St. Maur ist der Name einer alten englischen Familie, die im 13. Jahrhundert in Monmouthshire ansässig war und deren Mitglieder im Laufe der Geschichte Träger verschiedener Adelstitel waren und die englische Politik und Geschichte… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”