Born August 17, 1813, in Hartford County, Conn. The ancestors were from England, being among the first settlers in Connecticut. In 1838, Mr. Seymour left the scenes of his youth, gave up the comforts of a pleasant home, and migrated to Iowa, landing in Burlington, July 5, the day after it had become a Territory. After exploring six months, he concluded to make Danville his future home. Beginning life in moderate circumstances, Mr. Seymour entered 320 acres of wild land which he immediately began improving; but when the land came into market, in 1839, it could hardly be called a home. In the course of time, it, with many other farms, became an oasis in the wilderness, and with improvements became a fine farm second to none in the country. Then, as now, the common schools were the great fountains of knowledge, and to these Mr. Seymour went in the winter, spending his summers in working on the farm. Mr. Seymour was Justice of the Peace for some thirty years, and at one time Secretary of the School Board. Mr. Seymour was originally a Whig. He afterward joined the ranks of the Republican party. In 1852, Mr. Seymour was elected to the Legislature, as a Representative from Des Moines County. Being elected by the Whigs, he was a member of a small minority, the Democracy holding the balance of power. In 1877 our subject was chosen to represent the Republican party as her choice, and Hon. Wolcott Seymour became, for the second time, a member of the House of Representatives, and his former experience, added to his well-known decision, made him a valued member of the Seventeenth General Assembly of the State. On February 3, 1842, Wolcott Seymour and Amelia Hawkins were joined in marriage. His wife died in 1865, and on January 2, 1873, he was married to Mary Robinson.
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