Lacrosse-Fond Du Lac-Brown County WI Archives Biographies.....Seymour, Mark L. 1858 - 
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MARK L. SEYMOUR, engineer at the City Mill; was born in the city of Fond du 
Lac, Wis., in 1858. His father, Frank Seymour, a native of Oswego Co., N. Y., 
came to Fond du Lac in 1844; he remained there till 1868, then went to Green 
Bay, Wis., and ran on the lakes three years as an engineer; then returned to 
Fond du Lac, and came from there to La Crosse in the spring of 1875; while in 
Fond du Lac, he ran the mill of Moore, Galloway & Baker, and after coming to 
La Crosse had charge of C. L. Coleman's mill one year, and after that worked 
at millwright work most of the time till his death, which occurred in April, 
1880, leaving three children - Ralph (now an engineer in Watertown, Minn.), 
Mark L. and May in La Crosse. Mrs. Seymour is still living in La Crosse with 
her son Mark, who is unmarried; her maiden name was Orpha Tompkins, daughter 
of Col. Isaac Tompkins, one of the old settlers and prominent business men of 
Fond du Lac, Wis. Horace Seymour, who built and owned the old Seymour 
Gristmill of Fond du Lac, was grandfather of Mark L.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 791.

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