Seymour family.

Horatio Seymour (1778-1857), born in Litchfield, Conn., son of Major Moses and Mary Marsh Seymour. In 1797 he graduated from Yale and then studied law with Daniel Chipman, Middlebury, Vt. In 1880 he was admitted to the bar, married Lucy Case, daughter of Jonah Case of Addison. He served as postmaster (1800-1809) and became director of the Vermont State Bank in 1806. During 1816-1817 he built a home in Middlebury; served as U.S. Senator, 1821-1833 (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000268). His son, Ozias Seymour (1801-1861) graduated from Middlebury College in 1820 and practiced law in Middlebury. Emma Hart Seymour Battell, daughter of Horatio Seymour, was named for Emma Hart Willard and attended Emma Willard's school in Troy, N.Y. She met Philip Battell, a student at Middlebury College, in 1825, and they became secretly engaged before he graduated in 1826. She and Philip were married in 1836 and moved to Cleveland where he practiced law. In the summer of 1838 she returned to Cleveland where son Joseph was born. During the fall and winter of 1840-1841, Emma and Philip Traveled in the South for her health, returning to Middlebury in May, 1841, where she died the following November. Philip Battell was born in Norfolk Conn. After graduating from Middlebury College, he worked in his father's store in Norfolk, attending Yale Law School. In 1833 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he practiced law, and in 1836 married Emma Seymour, moving to Middlebury in 1838. His wife died in 1841 but he continued to live in Middlebury for the rest of his life.