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Last modified: January 2006
Created: December 1997
| BORN: | 1844 in New York state or Canada. 03 04 06 |
| DIED: | about 1920 00 |
| BURIED: | Base cemetery, Plattsburgh, New York 00 |
| PARENTS: | unknown from Canada 00 06 |
| RELIGION: | Catholic 00 |
| OCCUPATION: |
Farmer
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Company F, 1st Cavalry in the Civil war. Sep. 20, 1863 to Mar. 16, 1865. He had a silver plate in his head from a war injury. 00 10 |
| MARRIAGE: | 1) Rosalla ? (1848 NY-187?) She died when her daughter, Marsaleen?, was born. 00 03 |
| The 1910 census next to his name in the number of children born says 4 and number now living says 2. By his wife, Julia's name it says 8 born and 4 living. A granddaughter is living with them. The name is almost illegible. It looks like Miskea Desonta (age 10). 06 |
| NAME | BORN | DIED | SPOUSE | NUMBER OF CHILDREN | NOTES |
| Maranella (?) SEYMOUR 03 | 1867 03 | She may have died before 1880. | |||
| Joseph SEYMOUR | March 21, 1868 | Dec. 7, 1941 | Mary Rivers | 8 | |
| Marsaleen? SEYMOUR 00 | 187? | Her mother died when she was born. |
| MARRIAGE: | 2) Julia Desotel (1843 NY-?) about 1871. She was a widow with children. Her son Benjamin was born in August 1862 and married Mary. 00 04 06 |
| NAME | BORN | DIED | SPOUSE | NUMBER OF CHILDREN | NOTES |
| Louisa SEYMOUR 04 | 187? 04 | Leonard Hayes | Her name was illegible in the 1880 census. Leonard is a blacksmith. | ||
| Lovinia SEYMOUR 00 04 | 1877 04 | Mr. Besaw | He was a farmer. | ||
| Emma SEYMOUR 00 | Pete Bessette | Pete is a harness maker. | |||
| Lil SEYMOUR 00 | Charlie Brockney | Charlie is a blacksmith | |||
| Julia SEYMOUR 00 | Drove race horse |
| RESIDENCES: | Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York - after about 1866 03 04 |
| Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York - in 1890, 1910 06 10 |
| NOTES: | The 1870 census page was very difficult to read. |
| He was a short, cute man, with a moustache and beard that tickled his grand-daughter, Martha, when he kissed her. He was French. He was a good tap dancer. He fell down and elevator shaft in Burlington, Vermont, while visiting a friend in the hospital there. 00 | |
| His original last name was something like Clutier, Cutter or Coutier. He was probably from Quebec. He crossed the Canadien border illegally and changed his name to avoid deportation. 00 | |
| He is not buried with his wife. 00 |
| SOURCES: | 00 Martha Seymour Thornton |
| 03 1870 Census Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York | |
| 04 1880 Census Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York | |
| 06 1910 Census Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York | |
| 10 1890 Veteran's Schedule Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York |