| 词条 | Hezekiah C. Seymour |
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Sparkill, New York | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = | title =New York State Engineer and Surveyor from | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = 1850-1851| predecessor =Charles Beebe Stuart | successor = William Jarvis McAlpine | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse =Mary Sherrill [1] | partner = | children =Amelia Seymour Augustus Sherill Seymour (1836-1897)[1][1] | parents =Bradford Seymour Mary Cook [1] | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}Hezekiah Cook Seymour (June 24, 1811 – July 24, 1853) was an American civil engineer and politician.[5] BiographyHe was born on June 24, 1811, in Westmoreland, New York, to Bradford Seymour and Mary Cook.[2] From 1835 to 1849, he worked for the New York and Erie Railroad, first as engineer, later becoming general superintendent.[3] He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1850 to 1851, elected on the Whig ticket at the New York state election, 1849, but defeated for re-election at the New York state election, 1851 by Democrat William J. McAlpine. In 1851, he became Chief Engineer of the Ontario, Huron and Lake Simcoe Railroad, running from Toronto to Lake Huron in Canada West. The next year, he also participated in the early stages of planning for the construction of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and the Air Line Railroad between New York City and Boston. He died on July 24, 1853, in Piermont, New York, at age 42.[4] He was buried at Rockland Cemetery in Sparkill, New York. References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html |title=Augustus Sherill Seymour (1836-1897) |date= |accessdate=2012-10-18 |quote=Born in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., November 30, 1836. Son of Hezekiah Cook Seymour and Mary (Sherill) Seymour (1815-1865). ... |publisher=Political Graveyard |location= }} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |author=Rochford Seymour Harmon |title=Application for Membership of Rochford Seymour Harmon, Descendant of Hezekiah Cook Seymour |year=1939 |publisher=Sons of the American Revolution |quote=Name: Hezekiah C. Seymour. Birth: June 24, 1811; Westmoreland, New York. Father: Bradford Seymour. Mother: Mary Cook.}} 3. ^{{cite book |author=W. H. Stewart |title=Notes Of Pioneer Railroading |quote=The first general superintendent, Hezekiah C. Seymour, came from Oneida County, and got the name on the road of the 'Oneida Chief.' In 1849 a successor to Superintendent Seymour was to be appointed ... | url=http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/erpion.Html }} 4. ^1 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Death of Hon. Hezekiah C. Seymour |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1853/07/26/87863055.pdf |quote=Hon. H. C. Seymour, late Engineer-in-Chief of the State of New York, died Sunday evening, 24th inst., at his residence ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=July 26, 1853 |accessdate=October 10, 2012 }} Sources
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