Litchfield enquirer., 1881-09-29
JUDGE SEYMOUR.
ACTION OF THE LIToHFIELD COUNTY BAR
 ADDRESSES BY Ex-Gov. ANDREWS -' AND JUDGE LOOMS.

ACTION OF THE LITOHFIELD COUNTY BAR
 ADDRESSES BY Ex-Gov. ANDREWS
 AND JUDGE LOOMS.
 At a recent meeting of the Bar of this coun.
 ty, Messrs. Abijah Catlin, Hiram Goodwin,
 Donald J. Warner, Wm. Cothren. and Chas.
 B. Andrews, were appointed a Con-
 mittee to prepare testimonial of the esteem
 in which ex Judge Seymour was held by his
 brethren of the Bar to be placed on the records
 of the court.
 The testimonial prepared by the co mmittee
 was adopted at a meeting of the Bar held on the 14th inst, and ex-Gov. Andrews was ap- pointed to present them to the court on We'd
 nesday of last week. At the time appointed i Gov. Andrews rose and addressed the court as follows:
 | MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT
 l A great sorrow has fallen on the bar Only short time ago he, who by age, by service and fame had long been our leader passed from our midst forever.
 My brethren have assigned to me the hon. orable duty of presenting to the court testi- monial of their respect for the deceased and their grief at his loss and of asking that it be spread on the records:
 [Gov. Andrews here requested the Clerk of .he Court to read the following testimonial voted by the Bar
 Origen B. Seymour, for more than fifty years loved and honored member of the bar of | Litchfeld County. departed this life at his residence in Litchfield, on Friday the 18th day of August last, having completed more than half of the seventy-eighth year of his age. His brethren ot the bar in this county 1 desire to place on record testimonial of their high esteem for the deceased, also of their sense of personal bereavement and of the loss which the bar and the State has suffered by his death. We recognize that he was the foremost citizen of the State; that he was | easily it's leading lawyer, that for long time he was venerated Magistrate and that he attained to the highest judicial position known l to our laws.
 At the bar and on the bench he was quiet, courteous. modest, dignifed and firm-qual- | ities which won, or if there were need, con- manded respect. As an associate and friend he exhibited the | warmest affections and the most generous sympathy.
 In the cause of jurisprudence he rendered eminent service, he was always faithful to duty, he had great pride in the profession and l imparted lustre and dignity to it. Remembering these things, bis brethren of the bar to day render their gratifed tribute to his memory. And we respectfully ask that it may be entered upon the records of the court. Judge Seymour died on the morning of the 18th day of August last, at about the hour of O'oI0ok ic pof yet as the day dawned and his fellow citizens came to know that he was no more, solemn and profound grief settled upon the whole community. The Court House in which so large part of his life had been spent was appropriately draped. His professional breth- ren from this county and from other parts of the State attended his funeral. And as we came back from his grave-the solemn words of the burial service still lingering in our ears' -one sentiment seemed to pervade us all that the good man whose death we SO much deplored had not wholly died: that he still lived in our remembrance of his warm and steady friendships, and of his social virtues, ] in those legal judgments, exhibiting his vast 5, have given to the Conn, Reports the character | of a commanding authority, in those labors | by which the avenues where all men are compelled to seek justice have been, in some measure, freed from their clogs and pitfalls. In these things he still lives-and in these things not only we but succeeding generations shall hold speech with him. Viuit eni,n, osoetque seaaper atQue etiam latius in nsenaorTa hom'nune ct se'mone gersa6itur, postquam a6 ocuhs recessit.
 Origen Storrs Seymour was born at Litch- field on the 9th day of February, 1904. His father was Ozias Seymour who was long time Sheriff of the County His grandfather was Maj. Moses Seymour, who, with his brother Samuel, came from Hartford to Litch- | field about the year 176O. Moses Seymour was Captain in the Revolutionary Army. 1 He had charge of several prisoners of war sent to Litchfield for safe custody. One of them was David Matthews, the royallst mayor of New York City.
 His mother was Salima Storrs, daughter of Daniel Storrs, of Mansfield, Conn. He was fitted for college at home. attend Ing school to his uncle, the Rev. Truman | Marsh, and afterwards to John P. Brace. A companion of his boyhood who still lives, tells me that Storrs Seymour was always discreet boy, and although joining with zest Tn all the sports and games of boys he rarely did anything rash or thoughtless. He was a to xVh oil look for aid and guidance. Many times the boy is father of the man.
 He was graduated at Yale College in 1924. The class numbered 68. Among whom was the late E. A. Bulkely. of Hartford; Linus Child; James Reeve Gould; Prof Griswold, of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons; Willis Hall, very brilliant law yer who died early; Prof. Holland, of Trinity College; Elias Warner Leavenworth, mem- Der of Congress from New York; Prof. Pin- neo, of Marietta College, Ohio and Benjamin D. Silliman. ia- :.a
 Returning from College he studied law at the Litchfield Law School and was admitted to practice at the September term of the County Court in 1926. At that time the bar of Litch. field County was an exceptionally strong one Phineas Miner, Seth P. Beers, Asa Bacon, Jabez w. Huntington, Truman Smith and David c. Sanford, were at Litchfeld; Noah B. Benedict was at Woodbury; Samuel Church was at Salisbury; Leman Church and Wm. M. Burrall were at Canaan; Ansel Ster- ling and Cyrus Swan at Sharon Wm. G. Williams and Roger Mills, at New Hart ford David s. Boardinan and Perry, Smith at New Milford; and there were others. Coming into daily contact with such men as these, to win practice he was compelled to give the closest attention to his duties, and he must have been careless, indeed, not to have learned something from the constant displays of that power which he had so much occasion to see | and feel Rut hesida thiu ho nos so,rh;t;o,,