Summary Information

Title: Seymour Family of Dellona, Sauk County, Wisconsin, Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1842-1986 (bulk 1842-1891)

Creator:

• Seymour Family

Call Number: M93-113

Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (2 record center cartons)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, 1842-1986, of the Seymour family of Dellona (Sauk County), Wisconsin, documenting the family farm, first run by Silas J. and Mary Anne Conine Seymour, and thereafter by their son, Merton E. Seymour and his wife Blanche Jeffries (or Jefferies) Seymour. The farm records include general account books, cash books, and ledgers, plus separate volumes for butter sales (1903-1918), the hop yard (1863-1868), and hired help (1887-1893). Silas Seymour’s personal papers illustrate the life of a farmer, family man, and civic leader. The collection includes family correspondence, and the papers and a photograph of the Seymours’ daughter, Ella, who was disabled with Kyphosis. Also included are reports on Sauk County personages Archibald Barker, W.H. Canfield, and Levi Moore, written by Ruth Seymour Burmester in the 1970s-1980s.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m93113

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