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| W. Stanford | 1870 | | | W. Stanford | 1870 | | ||
- | | [[clinton10|C. Henry]] | 1872 | | + | | [[clinton10|H. Clinton]] | 1872 | |
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+ | **Gilbert Seymour (1839-1896) and Amanda Seymour (1841-1931)** | ||
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+ | //The following information comes from the book 'Holt! T' | ||
+ | Wood. GG Grandpa Gilbert Seymour is mentioned on page 222 in a section | ||
+ | about Cannonsville. That section says:// | ||
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+ | "Quite a bit of lumbering was done from this locality. | ||
+ | the Gillete mill, the Huntington mill below the village, 21/2 miles farther | ||
+ | down was the old Kelseymill, and just below this mill was the " | ||
+ | Palmer mill. Steersmen were: James Ostrom, James Lovelace, John Sprague, | ||
+ | Sherman Sutton, Israel Gillette, Henry and Steve Durfee, " | ||
+ | Hunt, Johannas Frazier, of Kelsey, and John B. Kelsey. Caleb " | ||
+ | was a steersman from Cannonsville who lived to the age of 104 years. He | ||
+ | rafted quite a bit on this section of the West Branch and in his younger | ||
+ | days walked home from trips down the river. " | ||
+ | year to help him along on his long trek to the headwaters of the noted | ||
+ | rafting stream, and, after reaching home, stuck the willow cane into the | ||
+ | ground along the river on his farm. The cane took root, grew into a | ||
+ | struggling bush and finally spread out into a beautiful will tree. Thirty | ||
+ | years ago this tree was felled, it having grown to a diameter of seven feet, | ||
+ | and 18 cords of two-foot wood were cut from its trunk and branches. Alfred | ||
+ | Beers was another of the older steersmen from Cannonsville, | ||
+ | Hathaway and his son Samuel A. | ||
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+ | **William Seymour was one of the pioneer lumbermen in this vicinity and one | ||
+ | of his sons, Willett, followed in his father' | ||
+ | sons, Ezekiel and Gilbert Seymour were steersmen. **Willet Seymour' | ||
+ | son, Alonzo, went in business with him and the two rafted many thousands of | ||
+ | feet of timber down the river**." | ||
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+ | {{gilbert001.jpg|}} | ||
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+ | Here's a photo of Gilbert' | ||
+ | was born in New Jersey, but I don't know her maiden name. I learned of | ||
+ | Gilbert and Amanda via the Tompkins, NY 1880 census. | ||
+ | Gilbert listed himself as a farmer, but we know from the book excerpt that | ||
+ | he also was at least a part time lumberman as well. You can also see that | ||
+ | Clinton' | ||
+ | It's also interesting to see a couple of families had recently arrived from | ||
+ | England. | ||
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