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SEYMOUR, EDWARD, farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Payson. The subject of this sketch was born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 15, 1818; was educated in the schools of his native State. His father, Martin Seymour, was born Aug. 24, 1789, in Withersfield, Conn. His vocation was that of farmer. He was married to Lucy Butler, June 29, 1814. They had a family of nine children, of whom only five are now living. On the 28th of May, 1836, he embarked with his family on board the steamer “Oliver Ellsworth” for Quincy, Ill. They sailed to New York, then up the Hudson to Albany, by the Erie canal to Buffalo, then down the Ohio canal and river to its mouth, and then up the Mississippi river to their destination, where they landed, June 28, 1836, and removed to the farm in Sec. 12, Fall Creek township, on which his son Edward now lives. He died Nov. 19, 1842, and his widow only survived him until Sept. 4, 1845. Mr. Edward Seymour has a good, solid English education — a gentleman of liberal views and large observation. He has been remarkably successful in business, and is now one of the larger farmers of the county, notwithstanding he began life on limited capital. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Congregational church at Payson. He has been Treasurer of Fall Creek township for several years. He owns in the neighborhood of 2,000 acres of land. The home place contains 500 acres, elegantly improved, in a high state of cultivation, abundantly supplied with fruit, and very valuable.