Individual Details
James Owen SEYMOUR II
(1 FEB 1893 - 28 MAR 1981)
Events
| Birth | 1 FEB 1893 | Rantoul, Franklin Co., KS | |||
| Marriage | 18 JUL 1929 | Ruth Lolita DAUGHARTHY | |||
| Marriage | Fannie Mae HOYLE | ||||
| Death | 28 MAR 1981 | Rantoul, Franklin Co., KS |  |  | |
| Burial | Highland Cem., Ottawa, Franklin Co., KS | | |||
| Occupation | an independent milk hauler and ice man | ||||
| Religion | Baptist |
Families
| Spouse | Fannie Mae HOYLE ( - ) |
| Child | Beth Nadine SEYMOUR (1920 - ) |
| Child | Harold Jay SEYMOUR (1921 - 1995) |
| Child | Dortha Mae SEYMOUR (1923 - 1943) |
| Spouse | Ruth Lolita DAUGHARTHY (1899 - ) |
| Child | Edgar Wilson SEYMOUR (1930 - ) |
| Child | (Second son of Ruth and James SEYMOUR) SEYMOUR (1933 - 1933) |
| Child | James Owen SEYMOUR (1934 - ) |
| Father | James Owen SEYMOUR (1855 - 1944) |
| Mother | Catherine Charlotta "Bird" WILSON (1863 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Quincy Russell SEYMOUR (1889 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Edgar Wilson SEYMOUR (1890 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Charlotta SEYMOUR (1895 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Benjamin McCune "Mac" SEYMOUR (1897 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Harriet Urith SEYMOUR (1899 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Fannie SEYMOUR (1901 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Fred SEYMOUR (1904 - 1988) |
Notes
Death
Taken from Obituary in Newspaper
James Owen (Jim) Seymour
James Owen (Jim) SEYMOURwas born February 1, 1893, the son of J. O. and Bird Wilson SEYMOUR on the family farm south of Rantoul and never lived over 1 1/4 miles away during his entire life. He passed away March 28, 1981 after a brief illness.
During his early years he farmed. He also hired out with his team of horses in the local oil and gas fields, often being the one to assemble 6 to 8 neighbors and teams needed to move the steam-powered drilling rig and its accompanying equipment between drilling sites.
In 1930, he bought the milk route from the Rantoul area to Bennett Creamery in Ottawa which he ran until his retirement. He also developed a back haul which consisted of most of the groceries, pop and ice cream for four stores and two restaurants. He was Rantoul's last iceman and would bring back anything customers along his route requested, which might range from feed to eye glasses or a matching spool of thread.
He was his own contractor for the house he lived in which was built on land which once belonged to a freed Negro slave. Most of the freed slave's original log house still stands.
During floods, neighbors in the river bottom north of Rantoul would wait until the last possible moment to move out. Receiving a call for help in the middle of the night, he would light a lantern, saddle the families' two horses which knew all the high ground in the river bottom, get a companion, and help lead them to the safety of higher ground.
He was a member and former trustee of Ruhamah Baptist Church, and a long-time member of both the Cutler Township Board and the Rantoul Rural High School District Board.
He was married to the former Ruth L. DAUGHARTHY July 18, 1929 and celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1979. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Nadene) PETERS, Ottawa, three sons, Harold SEYMOUR, Manhattan, Edgar SEYMOUR, Freeville NY, and James SEYMOUR, Murrysville PA, three sisters, Mrs. E.L. STRATTON, Birmingham Michigan, Harriet SEYMOUR and Fannie SEYMOUR, both of Rantoul, a brother, Fred SEYMOUR, Junction City and sixteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Dortha Mae SEYMOUR and three brothers Edgar, Quincy, and B. Mac SEYMOUR.
Many many loving friends were at the church and the community who highly respected this philosopher, historian, ------------
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Taken from funeral notice
In Memory
James Owen SEYMOUR, son of J. O. and Bird (Wilson) SEYMOUR , was born February 1, 1893, at Rantoul, Kansas, and passed away March 28, 1981, in Kansas City, Missouri.
He was a lifelong resident of the Rantoul area. In the early years he farmed and teamed in the oil fields. Later he was an independent milk hauler for the Bennett Creamery, Ottawa, until retiring in 1961.
He was a member of the Ruhamah Baptist Church, Rantoul, and served as a member of the Trustees of the church for many years. He was a former member of the Cutler Township Board and Rantoul Rural High School Board.
He was married July 18, 1929, in Ottawa to the former Ruth L. DAUGHARTHY and she survives. Also left to mourn his passing are one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Nadene) PETERS, Ottawa; three sons, Harold SEYMOUR, Manhattan, Edgar SEYMOUR, Freeville, New York, and James O. SEYMOUR Jr., Murrysville, Pennsylvania; sixteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. E.L. STRATTON of Birmingham, Michigan, Miss Harriet SEYMOUR and Miss Fannie SEYMOUR, both of Rantoul; one brother, Fred SEYMOUR, Junction City. He was receded in death by a daughter, Dortha Mae SEYMOUR, who passed away in 1943, and by three brothers, Quincy SEYMOUR and Edgar SEYMOUR, who both died in World War I, and by B. Mac SEYMOUR, who died in 1980.
Mr. SEYMOUR will be sadly missed by his family and those who knew him.
Endnotes
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