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Last modified: January 2006
Created: December 1997

BORN:	1844 in New York state or Canada. 3 4 6
DIED:	about 1920 0
BURIED:	Base cemetery, Plattsburgh, New York 0
PARENTS:	unknown from Canada 0 6
RELIGION:	Catholic 0
OCCUPATION:	Farmer 3 4 6 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. 0 10
MARRIAGE:	1) Rosalla ? (1848 NY-187?) She died when her daughter, Marsaleen?, was born. 0 3
	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). 6

CHILDREN

NAME	BORN	DIED	SPOUSE	NUMBER OF CHILDREN	NOTES
Maranella (?) SEYMOUR 3	1867 3	She may have died before 1880.
Joseph SEYMOUR	March 21, 1868	Dec. 7, 1941	Mary Rivers	8
Marsaleen? SEYMOUR 0	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. 0 4 6

CHILDREN

NAME	BORN	DIED	SPOUSE	NUMBER OF CHILDREN	NOTES
Louisa SEYMOUR 4	187? 4	Leonard Hayes			Her name was illegible in the 1880 census. Leonard is a blacksmith.
Lovinia SEYMOUR 0 4	1877 4		Mr. Besaw		He was a farmer.
Emma SEYMOUR 0			Pete Bessette		Pete is a harness maker.
Lil SEYMOUR 0			Charlie Brockney		Charlie is a blacksmith
Julia SEYMOUR 0					Drove race horse

RESIDENCES:	Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York - after about 1866 3 4
	Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York - in 1890, 1910 6 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. 0
	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. 0
	He is not buried with his wife. 0

SOURCES:	0 Martha Seymour Thornton
	3 1870 Census Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York
	4 1880 Census Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York
	6 1910 Census Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York
	10 1890 Veteran's Schedule Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York