The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-04-14
A DOCTORS DEATH.

DR.. William Pierce Seymour, one of
the most eminent ph ysicians of Troy, N.
y. and one who was widely known in
foreign medical circles, died last Friday.
DR.. Seymour had been afflicted with a
heart affection for many years and had
been a great sufferer. He commenced
to fail about IL o'clock Thursday night,
and sank gradually until the end, which
came peacefully and painlessly.
DR.. William Pierce Seymour was born
in Troy October 18th, 1925, and was the
third son of Israel and Lucinda Pierce
Seymour. He was in the seventh gener-
alton IN the direct line from Richard
Seymour, who was one of the first set
tiers of Hartford, Conn, in 1886, and was
the last of his Immediate family He
had one sister and four brothers, all of
whom are dead. The were Charles E.,
Walter, Jr., Henry j. and George r..
Seymour and Mrs. Samuel b. Scott of
Toledo, o.
DR.. Seymour was married to Miss Hell
en- WOtkyus, daughter of the late Dr. AL
fred Wotkyns. May 18th, 1852. His wife
died in Troy, February 18th, 1854 DR..
Seymour received his preparatory educa-
ton in Troy and graduated with the de-
gree of A. b. from Williams college in
NJ. ID. frem the University of Pennsylva-
MIA in 1913. He had been professor of
materia medica, obstetrics and gynecol-
ogy in the Berkshire medical college at
Pittsfeld, Mass, and of obstetrics and
diseases of women in the Albany medi-
cal college and the University of YER
mont. lie was a member of the Rens-
selaer County Medical Society, the New
York State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association. During
the war DR.. Seymour was sent for on two
occasions, once after the battle of Get
tysburg aud again after the battle of An
tietam, to 90 to Washington, and he gave
his services to the government for quite
a time.
During the cholera epidemic in Troy
in 1854 DR.. Seymour was health officer,
and rendered valuable service. His com
pilatiOns of the origin, course and treat
ment of cholera when corrected and ed
tied will furnish valuable information
and be an authoritative reference in re-
spect to the disease.
He was man of cultured tastes and
high education, deep thinker and pro-
found student, and it was his delight to
gather about him bright minds for dis
cussiOns. 1t was the wont of such men
as David A. Wells, one of the most prom
! inent statisticians of the country, DIR.
! Thayer, an eminent Brooklyn physician,
George Harding of Philadelphia, j. II.
Parsons of New York, Fitz Edward Hall,
the eminent philologist, Esek Cowen, the
late Benjamin III. Hall, Prof Ricketts,,
| and Prof. w. 2. Mason, William e. Ha-
gan aud other bright minds to assemble
as opportunity offered at DR.. SeymOur's,
and many an intellectual treat was the
outcome of these meetings. One of his
most intimate friends was the late Gov.
Thos. II. Seymour of Connecticut, who
was q distant relative. DIR. Seymour is
survived by two sons, DIR. William Wot-
kyDs Seymour of Troy and Alfred
Wotkyns Seymour of Chicago.
A high idea of ethics, and their rigid
enforcement in the medical profession
made DR.. Seymour appear belligerent at
times and gave rise to antagonism; but
these features of his character were born
from, and had their origin in his sterling
| integrity, aud were not in any sense the
offspring of professional jealousy. Tor
! tured with heart disease and the con-
dominant effects which bad circulation
had upon cerebration, DR.. Seymour was
often the subject of impulses that were
demonstrtiVe in character when antago-
nizing what he considered wrong, and
for the emphasis he gave TO these i'm
pulses he had seemingly no control.
Those who knew and understood these
manifestations buried them deep amongst
those other best developed characteris-
ties of his life which made him beloved
and honored.