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Conkling-Seymour family of Utica and New York City, New York

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  Moses Seymour (1742-1826) — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., July 23, 1742. Furrier; hatter; merchant; farmer; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1795-1811. Died in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., September 17, 1826 (age 84 years, 56 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Moses Seymour (1711-1795) and Rachel (Goodwin) Seymour (1816-1763); married, November 7, 1771, to Molly Marsh (1752-1826); father of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry Seymour; grandfather of Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), George Seymour and Julia Catherine Seymour (1827-1893; who married Roscoe Conkling); granduncle of McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; great-grandfather of Edward Woodruff Seymour, Joseph Battell, Morris Woodruff Seymour and Horatio Seymour, Jr.; great-granduncle of Norman Alexander Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Hezekiah Cook Seymour; first cousin thrice removed of Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; first cousin four times removed of Orlo Erland Wadhams; first cousin five times removed of Dalton G. Seymour; second cousin of Thomas Seymour; second cousin once removed of William Pitkin; second cousin twice removed of David Lowrey Seymour and Thomas Henry Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Caleb Seymour Pitkin; third cousin of Josiah Cowles and Daniel Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Orsamus Cook Merrill and Timothy Merrill; third cousin twice removed of Farrand Fassett Merrill (1814-1859), John Robert Graham Pitkin and William Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); third cousin thrice removed of Charles Seymour, Charles Upson, Calvin Josiah Cowles, Gad Ely Upson, Joseph Pomeroy Root, Elizur Stillman Goodrich, Frederick Walker Pitkin, John Sammis Seymour, Luther S. Pitkin, Russell Cowles Ostrander, Addison Beecher Colvin, La Monte Cowles, Gardner Cowles and William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986).
  Political families: Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; Woodruff-Hornblower-Seymour-Wadsworth family of Connecticut; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Henry Seymour (1780-1837) — of Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., May 30, 1780. Member of New York state senate Western District, 1815-19, 1821-22; member of New York state assembly from Onondaga County, 1819-20. Financially ruined in the Panic of 1837, he died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., August 26, 1837 (age 57 years, 88 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Moses Seymour and Molly (Marsh) Seymour (1752-1826); brother of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857); married, January 1, 1807, to Mary Ledyard Forman (1785-1859; first cousin once removed of Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan); father of Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) and Julia Catherine Seymour (1827-1893; who married Roscoe Conkling); uncle of Origen Storrs Seymour and George Seymour; grandfather of Horatio Seymour, Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (1846-1931; who married Charles Stebbins Fairchild); granduncle of Edward Woodruff Seymour, Joseph Battell and Morris Woodruff Seymour; first cousin once removed of McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Norman Alexander Seymour; second cousin once removed of Thomas Seymour and Hezekiah Cook Seymour; second cousin twice removed of William Pitkin, Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Orlo Erland Wadhams; second cousin four times removed of Dalton G. Seymour; third cousin once removed of Josiah Cowles, Daniel Pitkin, David Lowrey Seymour and Thomas Henry Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Caleb Seymour Pitkin; fourth cousin of Timothy Pitkin, Orsamus Cook Merrill and Timothy Merrill; fourth cousin once removed of Farrand Fassett Merrill (1814-1859), John Robert Graham Pitkin and William Sheffield Cowles.
  Political families: Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; Woodruff-Hornblower-Seymour-Wadsworth family of Connecticut; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alfred Conkling (1789-1874) — of New York. Born in Amagansett, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., October 12, 1789. U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1821-23; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1825-52; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1852-53. Died in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., February 5, 1874 (age 84 years, 116 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
  Relatives: Father of Frederick Augustus Conkling and Roscoe Conkling; grandfather of Alfred Conkling Coxe, Alfred Ronald Conkling and Howard Conkling; great-grandfather of Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. (1880-1957).
  Political family: Conkling-Seymour family of Utica and New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary
Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) — also known as "The Great Decliner" — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Pompey Hill, Onondaga County, N.Y., May 31, 1810. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Oneida County, 1842, 1844-45; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1845; mayor of Utica, N.Y., 1843; Governor of New York, 1853-55, 1863-65; defeated, 1850, 1854, 1864; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1860; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864; candidate for President of the United States, 1868; Presidential Elector for New York, 1876. Episcopalian. Died in Deerfield, Oneida County, N.Y., February 12, 1886 (age 75 years, 257 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Seymour; brother of Julia Catherine Seymour (1827-1893; who married Roscoe Conkling); married, May 31, 1835, to Mary Bleecker (1812-1886); nephew of Horatio Seymour; uncle of Horatio Seymour, Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (1846-1931; who married Charles Stebbins Fairchild); grandson of Moses Seymour; first cousin of Origen Storrs Seymour and George Seymour; first cousin once removed of Edward Woodruff Seymour, Joseph Battell and Morris Woodruff Seymour; second cousin of Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan, McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; second cousin once removed of Norman Alexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah Cowles, Daniel Pitkin and Orlo Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David Lowrey Seymour and Thomas Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill (1781-1836) and Caleb Seymour Pitkin.
  Political families: Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; Woodruff-Hornblower-Seymour-Wadsworth family of Connecticut; Hoar-Sherman family of Massachusetts; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Seymour Mountain, in the Adirondack Mountains, Franklin County, New York, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Books about Horatio Seymour: Stewart Mitchell, Horatio Seymour of New York
  Image source: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)
  Frederick Augustus Conkling (1816-1891) — also known as Frederick A. Conkling — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Canajoharie, Montgomery County, N.Y., August 22, 1816. Republican. Member of New York state assembly, 1854, 1859-60 (New York County 13th District 1854, New York County 7th District 1859-60); U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1861-63. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 18, 1891 (age 75 years, 27 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Conkling; brother of Roscoe Conkling; father of Alfred Ronald Conkling and Howard Conkling; uncle of Alfred Conkling Coxe; granduncle of Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. (1880-1957).
  Political family: Conkling-Seymour family of Utica and New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
Roscoe Conkling Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) — also known as "The Oneida Chieftan"; "My Lord Roscoe" — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., October 30, 1829. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Utica, N.Y., 1858-59; U.S. Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1865-67 (20th District 1859-63, 21st District 1865-67); U.S. Senator from New York, 1867, 1869-81; resigned 1881; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880. Died, from mastoiditis, in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 18, 1888 (age 58 years, 171 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Conkling and Eliza (Cockburn) Conkling; brother of Frederick Augustus Conkling; married, June 25, 1855, to Julia Catherine Seymour (1827-1893; daughter of Henry Seymour; sister of Horatio Seymour; granddaughter of Moses Seymour; first cousin once removed of Morris Woodruff Seymour); uncle of Alfred Conkling Coxe, Alfred Ronald Conkling and Howard Conkling; granduncle of Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. (1880-1957).
  Political family: Conkling-Seymour family of Utica and New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Other politicians named for him: Roscoe C. ChandleyRoscoe C. PattersonRoscoe C. WaterburyRoscoe C. McCullochRoscoe C. MarcumRoscoe C. EmeryRoscoe Conkling SimmonsRoscoe Conkling FitchRoscoe C. Van MarterRoscoe C. SummersRoscoe C. RoweRoscoe C. LennonRoscoe C. AustinRoscoe C. HobbsRoscoe C. StaceyRoscoe C. Brown, Jr.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Roscoe Conkling: Donald Barr Chidsey, The gentleman from New York: A life of Roscoe Conkling
  Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
  Morris Woodruff Seymour (1842-1920) — also known as Morris W. Seymour — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born October 6, 1842. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate, 1881-82 (10th District 1881, 14th District 1882); candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1888 (Democratic), 1896 (Gold Democratic). Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Society of the Cincinnati. Died October 27, 1920 (age 78 years, 21 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Origen Storrs Seymour; brother of Edward Woodruff Seymour; nephew of George Catlin Woodruff and Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (1809-1875); grandson of Morris Woodruff; grandnephew of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry Seymour; great-grandson of Moses Seymour; first cousin once removed of Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), George Seymour and Julia Catherine Seymour (1827-1893; who married Roscoe Conkling); second cousin of Joseph Battell, Emma Seymour Battell (who married John Wolcott Stewart) and Horatio Seymour, Jr.; second cousin once removed of McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Seymour; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Norman Alexander Seymour; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah Cook Seymour; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles and Daniel Pitkin; fourth cousin of Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David Lowrey Seymour, Thomas Henry Seymour and Orlo Erland Wadhams.
  Political families: Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; Wolcott-Wadsworth family of Connecticut and Maryland; Woodruff-Hornblower-Seymour-Wadsworth family of Connecticut (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
Alfred Conkling Coxe Alfred Conkling Coxe (1847-1923) — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y.; Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., May 20, 1847. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1882-1902; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1902-17. Died April 15, 1923 (age 75 years, 330 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Samuel Hansen Coxe and Eliza (Conkling) Coxe; married 1878 to Maryette Doolittle; father of Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. (1880-1957); nephew of Frederick Augustus Conkling and Roscoe Conkling; grandson of Alfred Conkling; first cousin of Alfred Ronald Conkling and Howard Conkling.
  Political family: Conkling-Seymour family of Utica and New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Image source: Empire State Notables (1914)
  Alfred Ronald Conkling (1850-1917) — also known as Alfred R. Conkling — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 28, 1850. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1884; member of New York state assembly, 1892, 1895 (New York County 7th District 1892, New York County 8th District 1895). Killed himself by jumping to his death from a fourth-story window, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 18, 1917 (age 66 years, 355 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Augustus Conkling; brother of Howard Conkling; married 1896 to Ethel Johnson (divorced 1912); nephew of Roscoe Conkling; grandson of Alfred Conkling; first cousin of Alfred Conkling Coxe (1847-1923).
  Political family: Conkling-Seymour family of Utica and New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Howard Conkling (b. 1856) — of Luzerne, Warren County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1856. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1892-93, 1903, 1914-15 (Warren County 1892-93, New York County 25th District 1903, New York County 29th District 1914-15); candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1898. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Augustus Conkling; brother of Alfred Ronald Conkling; nephew of Roscoe Conkling; grandson of Alfred Conkling; first cousin of Alfred Conkling Coxe (1847-1923).
  Political family: Conkling-Seymour family of Utica and New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. (1880-1957) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., May 7, 1880. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Alpha Delta Phi. Died December 21, 1957 (age 77 years, 228 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Conkling Coxe (1847-1923) and Maryette (Doolittle) Coxe; married, October 11, 1913, to Helen P. Emery; grandnephew of Frederick Augustus Conkling and Roscoe Conkling; great-grandson of Alfred Conkling.
  Political family: Conkling-Seymour family of Utica and New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
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