Louisa (Abell) Seymour (1837 - 1928)

Born Nov 1837 in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Hartley Seymour — married 2 Sep 1857 in Rome, New York, U.S.

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1928 at age 90 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Louise, the daughter of Lynden Abell and his wife Martha Yarwood, was born and grew up in Rome, New York. ^[1] She married Thomas Hartley Seymour, a prominent Chicago businessman, in 1857. Their home in Norwood Park, the Nobel-Seymour-Crippen House, is a Chicago landmark.^[2] After T.H.'s death in 1916, the family sold the house to the Crippen family.^[3]

Louise moved to California and was recorded in the 1920 Census living in Pasadena with her brother-in-law William L. Brown. Her daughters Harriet and Catharine and four servants also lived in the household.^[4]

She died in California in 1928^[5] and was buried at the Union Ridge Cemetery, Chicago.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, State Census, 1855," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K67G-4GK : accessed 29 Mar 2014), Louise A Abell in household of Lynden Abell, E.D. 2, Rome, Oneida, New York, United States; citing Secretary of State; FHL microfilm 1435053.
2. ↑ Norwood Park Historical Society
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Noble-Seymour-Crippen House
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7D-ZJ4 : 31 January 2021), Louise A Seymour in entry for William L Brown, 1920.
5. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-8VR4 : 23 February 2021), Louise A Seymour, 10 Jul 1928; citing 35920, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,047.
6. ↑ Find A Grave

See also:

• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSQV-CJ4 : accessed 22 January 2015), Louise A Seymour in household of Thos H Seymour, Precinct 1 Chicago city Ward 27, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 12B, family 216, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,277.