--- "Kimball G. Everingham" <[email protected]> wrote: > Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 10:19:59 -0700 (PDT) > Reply-to: <[email protected]> > From: "Kimball G. Everingham" <[email protected]> > To: "IL, Montgomery Co. List" > <[email protected]> > Subject: {not a subscriber} SEYMOUR, CHRISTIAN, > MASTERS, PRICE, KILLPATRICK and STICKEL > > I'm researching the family of Wesley Seymour > (1799-1890) and Frances Vaughn > (1799-1854) of Hillsboro. Their children married > into the following > families: > William Dixon (1823-1886) = Elizabeth Ann CHRISTIAN > John Henry (1825-1902) = Mildred Elizabeth MASTERS > Claiborne Vaughn (1827-1892) = Sarah T. PRICE > Charles Wesley (1829-1905) = Sarah Jane KILLPATRICK > Thomas Fletcher (1835-1912) = Elizabeth Ann STICKEL > Edwin Chastine (1840-1905) = Mary Jane MASTERS > > I'm interested in all their descendants. > > Kimball G. 'Kim' Everingham > [email protected] > > ===== Dianne Morris [email protected] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com

Kim, It looks like you have all the marriages and dates already, but just in case: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Montgomery County Alexander T. Strange Editor Munsell Publishing Co, Chicago 1918 SEYMOUR, Charles Wesley-- In naming the representative men of Montgomery County, the late Charles Wesley Seymour immediately comes to mind, first because he belonged here by reason of birth, and second because in his long, busy, and useful life he illustrated those sterling qualities which make a strong and independent people and a robust citizenship which ever commands respect. Through his own efforts he built up a large fortune which he administered wisely through life and it solaced his old age to know that he could leave his devoted family a goodly inheritance. Charles Wesley Seymour was born on his father's farm situated on Section 14, Hillsboro Township, Montgomery County, Ill., July 28, 1829. He was the third in a family of nine sons born to Wesley and Frances (Vaughn) Seymour, the others being: William D., John H., Claibourne V., James Washington, Warren Carlisle, Thomas Fletcher, Spencer Owen, and Edwin Chastine. Wesley Seymour was born September 15, 1799, in South Carolina. He was a son of William and Lettius Ellen (Dixon) Seymour, both of whom were born in Ireland, the former within fifty miles of the sea. They came to the United States and lived in the Carolinas and were among the earliest pioneers of Montgomery County, Ill. Their children were: Jane and William, both born in Ireland; and Wesley; John F.; and Sarah, born in the United States. Wesley Seymour came with his bride to Montgomery County, journeying with an ox team and covering almost the same route that his father had years before. Wesley took up government land on Section 14, Hillsboro Township, and cleared and improved it. In 1877 he removed to Columbus, Kan., and there his death occurred August 1, 1880, lacking a few days of being ninety-two years old. He Married Frances Vaughn, who was born at Laurens Courthouse, South Car., and died on the pioneer farm in Montgomery County, August 27, 1854. Little is known about the Vaughn family, but an old record mentions Frances and Dorothy Vaughn, the former of whom became the wife of Wesley Seymour, and the latter of whom died, unmarried, December 24, 1876. Charles Wesley Seymour remained on he old homestead until he was twenty-one years of age. In 1849 he went to work for James B. Blackburn, the father of Mrs. Jennie B. Truitt, of Hillsboro, his intention being to serve an apprenticeship in the wagon-making trade. For his first year of work he received $45 and for his second $55 was his wage. About that time his health failed and he returned home and worked for his father on the farm for one year and in a brickyard and then operated a wagon shop on the farm and carried on wagonmaking and repairing until 1854, in which year in company of his brothers James and Warren he went to California. They traveled slowly with an ox team and consumed five months in the journey. During the first three years in California, Mr. Seymour had many discouragements and endured hardships but he persevered and finally his efforts were rewarded. For a time he followed his trade of wagonmaking, his wages being $4 a day, exceedingly high for that time. He was prudent and careful and before long had enough capital to enable him to loan money, for the use of which he sometimes received as high as 21 percent. He remained in California for six years and then returned by way of the Isthmus of Panama. The subsequent business activities of Mr. Seymour included farming and brick manufacturing, in the latter becoming one of the large producers of this section. He manufactured most of the brick that entered into the construction of the larger number of Hillsboro's business houses and residences. He owned a large amount of fine farming land, at one time had 700 acres in one body. At the time of his death, February 28, 1905, at the age of seventy-five years and seven months, Mr. Seymour still owned 407 acres of finely improved land which is situated just outside the city limits of Hillsboro. This land is owned by his widow and children. Mr. Seymour's first schooling was secured in a little schoolhouse which formerly occupied the site of the residence of W. A. White, on S. Main street and his teacher was a Miss Spellman. Later he attended the old Hillsboro Academy. He lived at the time when St. Louis was the principal trading place for the early settlers and frequently told of hauling dressed pork to that city and selling it for #1.37 per hundredweight and receiving fifteen cents a bushel for oats. Mr. Seymour was an honest, upright, self-respecting man all his live. He was simple in his habits and very unassuming even after he became thoroughly successful. He was very highly respected by those he employed and, having no false pride, he was accustomed to work side by side with them and share the same conditions. Mr. Seymour was married September 26, 1863, to Miss Sarah J. Killpatrick, who was born in Hillsboro Township, Montgomery county, Ill., February 16, 1840, a daughter of James and Helen (Forehand) Killpatrick. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Seymour: Mary Ellen, who married J. W. Hook, and their home is at Shelbyville, Ill., and they have two children, Beatrice Irene and Helen Alberta; Charles Frances and Frederick Harland, both of whom died in infancy; George S., who is a resident of St Louis, married Amy Beck, and they have three children: Ione Alice, wife of Thomas Hall, has two children, Albert Francis and Mary Louise; Camillia Isabel, wife of Dr. Ross Griswold of Litchfield, and Harland Francis. Camillia J., second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour is the widow of Burt Lantz, formerly of Shelbyville. The youngest member of the family, Ethel, resides with her mother and is a talented musician and teacher of music. The parents of Mrs. Seymour were very early settlers in Montgomery County and both died here. The father was a native of Kentucky and the mother of Missouri. Of their family of ten children, three died in infancy, those who grew to maturity being: Sarah J., John, David, James, Mary, William, and Frances. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Seymour was David Killpatrick, who was born in Ireland while his wife Agnes was a native of Scotland. They came very early to Montgomery county and, as was the rule in those days, they had many children. Of their thirteen sons and daughters, the following survived infancy: Mary, Margaret, Ephraim, John, Martha, Jane, Rachel, James, Melinda, Andrew, and Ann. Of the above family, Mary, familiarly called Polly, married a Shurtleff and theirs was the first marriage license issued in Montgomery county. The maternal grandmother of Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Mary Forehand, had two daughters, Helen and Clementine, and the name of her mother was Sarah. It would be very interesting to the family to have a complete record but in old times families often lack present opportunity for the preservation of histories. In politics Charles W. Seymour was a Republican and at one time he served in the office of school trustee but was never anxious for political honors. He was a member of Mt Moriah Lodge N. 51 F. & A. M. and both he and wife were charter members of the Eastern Star at Hillsboro. He was one of the liberal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he and his wife belonged. In 1905, at the time of Mr. Seymour's death, the family built a private vault as his resting pace, making use of bricks of his own manufacture. Later, however, the body was removed to Oak Grove cemetery, to a crypt in the new Hillsboro Mausoleum, Mrs. Seymour having purchased three crypts there. Perhaps no more highly esteemed lady resides at Hillsboro than Mrs. Seymour. She belongs to one of the fine old families of the county and has been identified with so many things of importance, having a wide social acquaintance and keeping herself interested in the changes that daily come about in these momentous days. Although the record of her years shows that many have passed, the record of her appearance almost belies it. She resides in her comfortable and most attractive residence at No. 400 E. Tremont street, happy in the companionship for her daughters, Mrs. Lantz and Miss Ethel Seymour. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Morris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 1:29 PM Subject: [ILMONTGO] Fwd: {not a subscriber} SEYMOUR, CHRISTIAN, MASTERS, PRICE, KILLPATRICK and STICKEL > > --- "Kimball G. Everingham" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 10:19:59 -0700 (PDT) > > Reply-to: <[email protected]> > > From: "Kimball G. Everingham" <[email protected]> > > To: "IL, Montgomery Co. List" > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: {not a subscriber} SEYMOUR, CHRISTIAN, > > MASTERS, PRICE, KILLPATRICK and STICKEL > > > > I'm researching the family of Wesley Seymour > > (1799-1890) and Frances Vaughn > > (1799-1854) of Hillsboro. Their children married > > into the following > > families: > > William Dixon (1823-1886) = Elizabeth Ann CHRISTIAN > > John Henry (1825-1902) = Mildred Elizabeth MASTERS > > Claiborne Vaughn (1827-1892) = Sarah T. PRICE > > Charles Wesley (1829-1905) = Sarah Jane KILLPATRICK > > Thomas Fletcher (1835-1912) = Elizabeth Ann STICKEL > > Edwin Chastine (1840-1905) = Mary Jane MASTERS > > > > I'm interested in all their descendants. > > > > Kimball G. 'Kim' Everingham > > [email protected] > > > > > > > ===== > Dianne Morris > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > http://photos.yahoo.com > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Montgomery County Genealogical Society was formed in 1978 and its holdings are > housed at the Litchfield Carnegie Public Library in Litchfield. > P.O. 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