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i.n this road, in which Mr. Seymour did
not escape as fortunately a-, before, and
some of his fellow trainmen were killed.
Mr. Seymour then determined to abandon
the rails, and very shortly after purchased
>F UK (CRAI'HY
United States Government was anxious
ti> obtain the services of all those whose
special qualifications would be of servi
tn their country; Mr. Seymour's ability
in explosives made him a desirable man.
his presenl farm on Eiatchett Hill, which and he was so recommended by the En-
is one of the finest locations for a home in sign Bickford Company. lie enlisted in
Hartford county, lie immediately resumed
the life of an agriculturist in which
he had received his first life lessons and
to which he brought the same energy and
intelligently directed endeavor which had
brought him such success in the mail serv-
ice. Like most of his neighbors he gives
some space to the cultivation of toba<
grows considerable corn and hay, and
keeps twenty cows, whose milk is dis
posed of to Hartford dealers. Mis stock
is of high grade with Ayreshire strain.
and he enjoys the results of careful and
intelligent breeding. Mr. Seymour has
the Twenty-eighth Engineer Corp-, sta-
tioned at (."amp Meade, and on February
19, 1918, went overseas; through his effi-
cient work he received his commissions
.'i-- sergeant and i- now a lieutenant, mem
her of Company A, [Engineering Corps.
1 luring
the time he was with the Ensign-
Bickford Company he traveled as an ex-
pert on high explosives, doing testing
work. Lieutenant Seymour is now in
France, so far having served sixteen
months overseas. It is to such men as he
and his comrades, who willingly contrib-
uted their services, their knowledge, and
endeavored to sustain the part of a good whatever other talents they possessed to
citizen and has served the town in various their country'- cause, that the world gives
capacities, including that of selectman, grateful homage. 2. Dorothy Frances,
and chairman of the School Board, where born June 22, 1896; was educated at the
he served seven years. His political affil- Misses Master's Select School, Dobbs
iations are with the Democratic party. Ferry. New York ;
during the war she was
He is a member of the Congregational actively engaged in many ways; one of
church of East Granby, and is esteemed the principal ways in which Miss Seyas
an upright citizen and faithful public raour performed commendable work was
servant. In 1916 he was candidate for
State Senator and was defeated by a small
margin in a district which had a sub-
stantial normal Republican majority.
Mr. Seymour married, November 11,
189 1. Ella Rhoades, daughter of Isaac
Rhoades, of New Marlboro. Massachu-
setts, and they are the parents of two chil-
as a member of the American Fund for
French Wounded.
QUINN, James R.,
Business Man.
''This ancient sept is recognized in the
native annals from the earliest date of
dren. 1. Chester Rhoades, born June II, surnames." Among the heroes who fell
1804; he graduated from Trinity College at Clontarf in 1014 was Neil 'OQuinn,
in 191 5, having taken special courses in undoubtedly an ancestor. Members of
chemistry; after his graduation he en- the Quinn family were large landholders
tcred the employ of the Ensign-Bickford throughout Ireland.
Company as an explosive expert: he con- James R. Quinn was born in 1> ran ford,
tinned there until 1917, in which year the Connecticut. June 5. [872, the only son of
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