LEWIS SEYMOUR

Lewis Seymour (b. Norwalk, Conn., 30 May 1774; d. Yonkers, N.Y., 10 Nov. 1857) was a composer, schoolteacher, and hardware dealer. Listed with Thaddeus Seymour (fl. New York City, ca. 1804-33, his brother) in New York directories (1804-18) as a teacher, then a hardware dealer (1819-32), then a resident (1833-38).

          Bio-bib. Also New York Dir. (1804-38); Wolfe 1980, p. 57-58. Birth date from Norwalk Records, p. 46; death date from New York Evening Post, 10 Nov. 1857.

ASMI p. 551.