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Seymour - 1, 1861

 File — Box: 37, Folder: 194

Scope and Contents

Photos identify Mrs. O.S. Seymour 1807-1894 (Lucy, daughter of General Morris Woodruff) of note: she knit over 200 pairs of stockings for soldiers during the Civil War. Photo of Mr. William H. Seymour 1802-1902 (his father was Capt. Samuel Seymour brother of Major Moses Seymour) on his 100th birthday. Photo of paintings identify Clarissa Seymour Marsh, Major Moses Seymour by Ralph Earl. One silhouette of S.O. Seymour 1878.

Other photos identify the wife of Moses (son of Ilafor Moses) Seymour, Honary Morris W. Seymour 1836, Rev. Dr. S.O. Seymour and Mrs. S.O. Seymour, Origen S. Seymour P.E.A. (possibly Phillips Exeter Academy 1890), and another of Origen Seymour taken at Betts, a Bridgeport, Conn. studio showing him with a (extra large front) two wheeled bicycle, Judge Edward Seymour with a top hat, Rev. Storrs Ozias Seymour 1836-1918 of Saint Michael's Church, Mary Brown (Mrs. S. Seymour), Edward S. Seymour - son of Rev. Stors O. Seymour, Francis Lord Seymour and her dog, Mrs. Storrs O. Seymour (about 1900) also named Mary Harrison, Seymour, Ned Seymour, Morris Woodruff Seymour 1862 (1842-1920), Judge Origen Seymour & daughter Maria, Rev. Storrs Seymour.

A group photo, 1863, of eight people identify Morris W. Seymour, Judge Edmund W. Seymour, Miss. Augusta Hotchkiss, Rev. Storrs O. Seymour (middle), Mrs. Charles Woodruff, Maria Seymour, Mary Woodruffn and Mrs. Babcock.

Some of the photos were taken by J.L. Judd studio in Litchfield, CT.

Note: See Daguerreotype Box 4, Seymour Family

Dates

  • created: 1861

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 45 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository

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