Horatio Seymour Jr.

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

Horatio Seymour, Jr.
From 1897's Report of the Trigintennial Meeting of the Yale University Class of 1867
New York State Engineer and Surveyor
In office
January 1, 1878  December 31, 1881
GovernorLucius Robinson
Alonzo B. Cornell
Preceded byJohn D. Van Buren Jr.
Succeeded bySilas Seymour
Personal details
Born(1844-01-08)January 8, 1844
Utica, New York, United States
DiedFebruary 21, 1907(1907-02-21) (aged 63)
Utica, New York
Spouse(s)Abigail Adams Johnson (1855-1915) (m. 1880)
RelationsHoratio Seymour (uncle)
EducationYale University
ProfessionEngineer

Life

He was born on January 8, 1844 in Utica, New York.

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 Yale College in 1867. He studied law with his father before deciding on a career as an engineer, and he studied at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School to obtain his professional qualification. In 1871, Seymour received his M.A. from Yale.

He began engineering work with the City Surveyor of Utica, New York, 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. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1878 to 1881, elected on the Democratic ticket in 1877 and 1879. In 1882, he became manager of the Michigan Land and Iron Company properties in Michigan. Later he returned to Utica and continued to work as a general practicing engineer.

He died in Utica on February 21, 1907.[1]

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

Family

On October 12, 1880, he married Abigail Adams Johnson (1855-1915). Their children included daughter Mary and son Horatio.

Mary Ledyard Seymour was 20 when she eloped in 1901 with 65-year-old Henry Starnould. After grudging consent from her parents, they married in Marquette, Michigan.

References

  1. "Horatio Seymour". Hartford Courant. February 23, 1907. Retrieved 2012-10-13. Horatio Seymour, a nephew of Governor Seymour of New York, and the surveyor of the state of New York from 1878 to 1881, died in Utica ...

Further reading

  • Engineers bios, at Rochester history (giving wrong death year)
  • Political Graveyard
  • 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)
Political offices
Preceded by
John D. Van Buren, Jr.
New York State Engineer and Surveyor
1878 - 1881
Succeeded by
Silas Seymour
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