 seymour family seymour family ray mon 4122010 1158 early  seymour   family settlements  although the seymour family has been in this area since colonial times there is not much published information on this clan brother jerome lepre of new orleans et al have been working several years on the seymour family another cog in his gulf coasthave been working several years on  the seymour family  another cog in his gulf coast genealogy series titled early mississippi coast families brother lepre has already written thirteen early mississippi coast family history books  cannettemoorefayardlafontainegraveline  1983  the despau family  1984  the caillavet family  1984  the saujon family  1984  the carriere family  1985  the ignacio sierra family  1987  the delaunay family  1988  the krohn family  1989  the santa cruz family  1990  the trochesset family  1991  the fountain family  1992  the meaut family  1995 and  the seymour family  2001 which have proven to be invaluable to local genealogical researchers in addition brother lepre has provided researchers important references works such as  catholic church records diocese of biloxi  volume i 1991  catholic church records of biloxi  volume ii 1995  catholic church records of biloxi  volume iii 1995 and  index to the records of old mobilecathedral of the immaculate conception 17041891  1992 this essay is not meant to compete with brother jerome lepre and his cohorts or other seymour family historians but rather to complement their genealogical research with early seymour land records to define locales where the primal seymour families lived an admonition to seymour descendants although there is much genealogical information in this article i know that some of it must be incorrect this is the nature of family research one strives for perfection but it is seldom attained if i have erred in describing your seymour ancestors please forgive me other researchers known to this writer who have published on the seymour family are ellen e kuehn seymour family annette r seymour seymour family and john chester seymour and annette raley and betty clark rodgers lazarus seymour and nancy seaman all published in  the history of jackson county mississippi  1989 pauline h entrekin wrote the seymore family tree for the mississippi coast history and genealogical society journal volume 20 no 2 in june 1984 the seymour family is mentioned briefly in  a history of the mississippi beef cattle industry  1985 the author has utilized these and other common genealogical sources to create this essay the chancery court land deed records of jackson and harrison county mississippi as well as the jackson county archives directed by betty c rodgers and lois castigliola at pascagoula were invaluable to this study the genesis of the large seymour family of the mississippi gulf coast traces its ancestry from st cyr seymour 17881845 and mariejosephe ryan 17861876 the origin of the name seymour is quite obfuscated by the roman catholic church records of colonial times and later in july 1995 brother lepre published an article solution to a mystery leblancwhitemoorezamoraseymour in the mississippi coast history and genealogical society journal jerome lepre relates that the man we know today as st cyr seymour is referred to in various catholic church documents as st cyr leblanc st cyr white jose st cyr st cyr zamora jose zamora and joseph s moore the name on his tombstone in section b of the old biloxi cemetery is st cyr zamor st cyr seymour died on january 1 1845 at new orleans regardless of this ubiquitous nomenclature from leblanc to zamora the name seymour has survived in various forms such as seamore seymore and seymoure their appears to be absolute certitude that the man who was once commonly called joseph s moore the patriarch of all mississippi coastal seymours is st cyr seymour in june 1808 st cyr seymour married mariejosephe ryan the daughter of jean ryan and marie gargaret at st mary s church on chartres street in new orleans lepre 1995 their known children were edward seymour 18091868 pierre seymour 181018 jeanbaptiste seymour 18111887 lazarus seymour 18161902 narcisse seymour b 1818 victoria seymour fayard 18191904 josephine seymour fayard c 18251852 and st cyr seymour ii 18271903  fontainebleau the patriarch s settlement the homestead of st cyr seymour is clearly defined in the american state papers and the early land records of the chancery court of jackson county mississippi in january 1816 william crawford land commissioner for the district east of the pearl river submitted report no 234 to the 14th congress his abstract no 12 included the 174 settlers who had land claims east of the pearl river whose land claims were not derived from the french british or spanish joseph s moore st cyr seymour was one of these claimants his land claim claim no 161 was at belle fontaine fontainebleau and was settled in 1799 by himself american state papers 1994 the joseph s moore claim no 161 consisting of 640 acres in section 5 t8sr7w jackson county mississippi claim no 161 was confirmed by an act of congress in march 1819 it was surveyed in 18271828 by thomas bilbo deputy surveyor the seymour donation encompassed section 5 t8sr7w which contains 640 acres the st cyr seymour acreage was highly variable topographically the south perimeter consisted of a large estuarine marsh on the west which became the open waters of graveline lake to the east above the tidal marsh the western half of section 5 t8sr7w is a broad northwestsoutheast striking ridge which reaches a maximum elevation of 20 feet above mean sea level the culmination of this ridge in the s 2 of the nw 4 of section is the most desireable location for a settlement a small southeast meandering bayou which was alluded to as bayou derion on the 18351838 tax rolls flows into graveline lake in the se 4 of section 5 t8sr7w diagonally transects the east half of section 5 usgs topographic maps gautier and south gautier francois rillieux and jeanbaptise baudrau dit graveline and his heirs very early settlers of the general pascagoula area with the krebs and la pointe families were also land claimants near the st cyr seymour parcel higginbotham 1967 early maps depict what we know today as graveline bayou as bayou rilicax sic 1 this name had degraded to bayou pilicox by the 1920s probably due to typographical errors by the cartographers vincent rillieux 17401800 a son of francois rillieux and marie chenet is the great grandfather of edgar degas 18341917 a french painter and sculptor and friend of the french impressionist movement of the late 19th century the rillieux family left the pascagoula area for new orleans prior to 1763 higginbotham 1967 french canadian adventurer jeanbaptiste baudrau 16711761 called graveline who came to fort maurepas at present day ocean springs of the louisiana colony with d iberville 16611706 in 1700 remained and settled permanently in what became in december 1812 jackson county of the mississippi territory today his descendants from daughter magdeline and her spouse pierre paquet number in the thousands graveline s granddaughter catherinelouise baudreau 17421806 wedded joseph bosarge 17331794 a native of poitiers france in 1763 founding another large coast family lepre 1983 another early settler in the fontainebleau area was charles c russell his claim claim no 148 was at bayou relliaux sic east of st cyr seymour russell settled here in april 1809 his claim included 160 acres comprising the e 2 of the ne 4 and the e 2 of the se 4 of section 5 t8sr7w american state papers 1994 in september 1848 the heirs of st cyr seymour quitclaimed their rights titles claims and interests in this parcel to alfred e lewis 18121885 jxco ms land deed bk 3 pp 2830 the charles c russell claim lies for the most part on the east side of a small unnamed bayou which should fittingly be called st cyr or seymour bayou although low topographically this land is suitable for habitation the old shell landing road takes a sinuous path across the northern perimeter of the ne 4 of section 5 ae lewis had purchased the russell claim from thomas l fletcher in august 1842 jxco ms land deed bk 3 pp 2324 a federal land patent was issued on november 22 1895 to st cyr seymour his legal representatives and heirs on 480 acres in section 5 t8sr7w the heirs of charles c russell received their federal land patent on october 9 1895 on 160 acres in the e 2 of the e 2 of section 5 t8sr7w jxco ms land deed bk bk 242 pp 457459 and bk 17 p 151 the seymour name has long been linked to beef cattle their maternal ancestor jeanbaptiste baudreau 1671ca 1762 dit graveline is credited with the importation of cattle into the louisiana colony during colonial times in june 1748 pierre de rigaud marquis de vaudreuil then governor of french louisiana in a letter to jerome phelypeaux comte de maurepas minister of marine for louis xv king of france wrote the following about graveline   he has generously risked so many times for the service of his majesty first in expeditions in which he took part in canada against the iroquois where he always distinguished himself as well as in the journeys that were made there by sea to take hudson s bay and ravage the coasts of newfoundland and since he has been in louisiana in the difficult journeys he has undertaken both to manage certain indian nations for us and to suppress the insolence of several others having marched at the head of the militia of which he is the oldest captain whenever we have formed an army to fight them   graveline one of the first voyagers from canada who came here for the settlement of the colony at which he has worked steadily both by the frequent voyages which he made to france to contract and conduct people here and by the voyages he has made to vera cruz and havana in order to open commerce there and to have transported to this country the first purebred horned livestock seen here rowland et al 1984 when thomas hutchins 17301789 surveyorgeneral of the united states came to the area in 1784 he observed  there are still a few inhabitants at  biloxi  some of whom are the offspring of the original settlers their chief employment is raising cattle and stock and making pitch and tar but the natives indians are very troublesome to them hutchins 1784 hutchins had first come to the area in 1772 when he was a young lieutenant in the british navy at pensacola he was searching for an english military vessel  mercury  which went aground at free masons island in the bernard roman s hurricane of september 1772 while at biloxi hutchins   was advised that all the coastal islands had been awash during the storm cattle and hogs had been lost some said as many as three hundred from horn buck deer and  ship  island rea 1990 p 58 cattle were kept on the barrier islands to reduce their theft by the native americans possibly one of the earliest corroborations of the seymour link to cattle is the 1827 tax roll of jackson county which indicates that st cyr seymour was residing at belle fontaine and possessed 300 cattle 4 per head and 8 horses valued at 300 worth 1500 by 1856 the county tax rolls indicate that the widow seymour mariejosephe ryan and her four sons still owned over 300 cattle and seven slaves many of st cyr seymour s descendants became wellknown stockmen and butchers in towns along the mississippi coast when the children of st cyr seymour and mariejoseph ryan became of marriageable age one could speculate that the sparse population in the belle fontainefontainebleau area and the probable desire to select spouses of the roman catholic faith led their children to seek mates in other areas of the county at this time their particular environs near fontainebleau were inhabited for the most part by strongly protestant families such as those of william ramsay daniel h ramsay 18141867 and daniel webb to understand population distributions at this time one can observe the 1840 federal census for jackson county which indicates that there were only 1459 caucasians residing in over 1300 square miles with the religious factor and paucity of eligible women near their fontainebleau homestead it is easy to imagine how the first three seymour sons found mates at east biloxi now ocean springs here in the early 1800s on the eastern shore of the bay of biloxi resided the family of andre fournier ii died pre1851 and catherine bouzage 17801841 they occupied a three arpent tract on the east end of the lafontaine tract a small bayou on the eastern perimeter of the fournier land called bayou bouzage is now the main channel of the ocean springs inner harbor the present home of mrs alice t austin at 545 front beach drive probably occupies the same site as the primal fournier settlement the fourniers came to ocean springs from the bayou la batre area of coastal alabama they had a large family with many daughters gertrude f carco 18051850 andre fournier iii 18091878 emilie f bouzage ca 18111850 maria evaline foretich 18131854 louise f seymour 18151860 marie f seymour 18171890 catherine f ryan moran 18191887 delphine f llado 18191906 and adele f seymour 18231890 adkinson et al 1991 in december 1849 andre fournier iii 18091878 also acquired land at ocean springs his tract consisted of 160 acres in the sw 4 of section 19 t7sr8w this tract is east of martin avenue projected north along the range line between range 8w and range 9w to fort bayou and includes all land south of fort bayou to government street projected to the range line the eastern perimeter of the fournier parcel is a line from blount avenue north of government to fort bayou george a cox 18111887 acquired 78 acres in the western portion of the fournier tract in december 1859 here this entrepreneur from yazoo city homesteaded on the old fournier place which was probably located near the present day pfg precision optic plant at 733 bienville the road leading to his home became known as cox avenue and a family burial plot was commenced near the west boundary of the former coca cola bottling plant schmidt 1972 p 29 from the andre fournier ii family at east biloxi edward seymour married adele fournier pierre seymour married louise fournier and jeanbaptiste seymour married marie fournier the tax rolls of jackson county mississippi indicate that these seymour brothers and st cyr ii and their families continued to reside in the fontainbleau area as late as 1856 their father st cyr seymour had passed on january 1 1845 as we will see the children of st cyr seymour and mariejosephe ryan eventually moved to the western side of jackson county and into eastern harrison county with the exception of jeanbaptise seymour who settled at ocean springs with his wife marie fournier the other seymour male siblings found habitations to the north and west of fort bayou in what today we know as the st martin and latimer communities this area of western jackson county is also the primal haunts of the jean ryan family from which the seymours were maternally related the seymour girls victoria and josephine married fayard cousins narcisse fayard 18251896 and charles fayard 18221897 and settled at heavily roman catholic biloxi before leaving the original st cyr seymour settlement at fontainebleau it is important to know that as late as 1914 the children of st cyr seymour ii 18271903 were involved in litigation concerning the western 480 acres of section 5 t8sr7w in the chancery court of jackson county mississippi it is from depositions in these chancery court cases that much interesting information on the original seymour claim was revealed in what may be described as a story within a story the following is generally what transpired on the primal st cyr seymour homestead after his demise at new orleans in january 1845 we will probably never know precisely why the family of st cyr seymour abandoned their home place north of lake graveline after his demise as previously suggested the paucity of eligible life mates in the immediate area of the seymour settlement with similar religious tenets may have been a contributing factor another consideration in the seymour migration to the western end of jackson county is that between august 1852 and october 1860 no fewer than six hurricanes struck the coast of the mexican gulf the great mobile hurricane of august 1852 landed between pascagoula and mobile and was particularly devastating in the pascagoula region the year 1860 saw three storms affect the mississippi coast the august 1860 tempest passed between biloxi and pascagoula which was very near the st cyr seymour homestead the september 1860 hurricane saw sea level rise seven feet in 20 minutes inundating the village of pascagoula sullivan the third tempest hit louisiana in early october 1860 and did some damage to the west side of the mississippi coast sparing the fontainebleau area sullivan one can only imagine the effects of a tidal surge emerging swiftly through the churning waters of lake graveline over the lower elevations of the seymour plantation during one of these tropical storms how did their home large herd of cattle and other livestock and virgin forests fare during the bansheescreaming tornado winds and driving rain of these great tempests regardless of all suppositions it is known from the land deed records land rolls and tax rolls of the chancery courts of jackson and harrison counties that the six surviving heirs of st cyr seymour one daughter josephine s fayard had expired childless in february 1852 began selling their legacy at fontainebleau in the late 1860s in december 1868 the first seymour heir to sell his interest at fontainbleau was edward seymour who sold to james mulholland 18231871 jxco ms land deed bk 6 pp 548549 mr mulholland was an irish immigrant who operated a store on the daisyvestry road now old biloxi road his daughter elizabeth mulholland 18591936 married calvin seymour 18501922 the eldest son of st cyr seymour ii and anne mccarty a son jeff davis mulholland 18611930 sometimes in alliance with the quave family was a leading merchant and entrepreneur at north biloxi in the late 19th and early 20th century bellande 1992 in january 1876 narcisse fayard 18251896 and his wife victoria seymour 18191904 sold their 16 interest to alfred e lewis 18121885 for 50 jxco ms land deed book 3 pp 7475 jeanbaptiste seymour sold for 100 his interest which was described as onehalf in the joseph s moore grant to his son moses seymour in august 1887 jxco ms land deed bk 10 p 32 he must have acquired the interests of his brothers pierre seymour and st cyr ii these conveyances were lost or destroyed as they were never recorded in the chancery court post1875 lazarus seymour and martha fayard for 100 conveyed to delmas and emily seymour their 16 interest in february 1890 jxco ms land deed bk 10 p 547 delmas seymour was the son of jeanbaptise seymour the heirs of st cyr seymour ii claimed that he never sold his 16 interest in his father s fontainebleau estate they pursued unsuccessfully for many years in the chancery court of jackson county to be remunerated for their alleged interest in the st cyr seymour homestead by 1893 md russell a land speculator from iowa who was residing in the o keefe cottage at ocean springs with his new bride was in control of the old st cyr seymour tract young russell and his father doctor dp russell a veterinarian who resided at belle fontaine were involved with colonel wr snyder 18641918 in local land speculation the three men were alleged partners in the sale of the ae lewis estate a small portion which had been the st cyr seymour homestead to the john b lyon 18291904 family of chicago jxco miss chancery court cause no 413 snyder v russell june 1890 the lewis tract later became known as the hamill farm in the fontainebleau area from depositions given in jackson county mississippi chancery court cause no 3336 hf russell v calvin seymour et al march 1914 the following information was revealed concerning the seymour land in section 5 t8sr7w hf russell 18581940 the plaintiff in the case testified that dp russell called doc russell and the father of md russell was the agent for the owners in the 1890s between 1895 and 1901 the virgin timber was cut or worked off the property by the timber crews of doc russell richmond spradley 18471900 became the tenant for then proprietors moses l pervin and wilson spradley lived in a frame and log house with his wife elizabeth 18331900 and son elias 18781900 their country house was located on the middle bayou near the center of section 5 here spradley cultivated a garden and burned charcoal to make his livelihood he left the land in 1906 when his wife became ill others who worked on the land were john webb 18541900 and ab spradley 18741900 thomas e ramsay 18451934 who owned the seymour tract with hf russell 18581940 from 1902 to 1909 testified that mr spradley was the tenant of md russell and that he resided on the land for about eleven years ramsay said that spradley built one or two houses and  raised some mighty fine sugar cane and potatoes   john webb testified to the chancery court that dp russell lived on the seymour land and had logs cut and charcoal burned there during his occupancy webb stated that he dp russell lived on what they call the seymour place russell built a house barn and a structure for his teamsters to occupy john webb further averred that this was the same site that richmond spradley later resided on commencing in 1895 or 1896 webb also revealed that there were hundreds of charcoal kilns on the property the average kiln produced about 350 barrels of charcoal when asked if he ever knew of any seymours living on the tract john webb replied negatively he did say that   there was an old man living there once that we called uncle baptiste   webb did not know with any degree of certitude that this man uncle baptiste was jeanbaptiste seymour the son of st cyr seymour from testimony given in cause no 3336 hf russell v calvin seymour et al one could conclude that the homestead of st cyr seymour was located in the se 4 of the nw 4 of section 5 t8sr7w here the tenant situated near a navigable bayou and protected from the hurricane prone shores of the mississippi sound to the south was ideally situated to take advantage of the fecund waters of graveline lake with its fine oysters and fish access to the open waters of the gulf of mexico and a window to the outside world via coastal schooner was available through graveline bayou high land suitable for cultivation and stock raising lie nearby as well as lush tidal marshes suitable for winter foraging for livestock  camp   graveline  today this area of jackson county is still sparsely settled in august 1977 louis a fayard inc and mary c mahoney inc opened a subdivision called the father mullin lake graveline properties it consists of nineteen lots on the north shore of lake graveline in the southern 34 of the s 2 of the joseph s moore claim jxco ms land plat book 15 p 37 a second unit consisting of twenty lots was added in section 19 t8sr7w on the john baptiste beaudreaux sic claim in august 1978 jxco ms land plat book 16 p 3 in the same general area graveline pointe subdivision is now being developed by james reeves development inc of laurel mississippi the reverend herbert mullin and monsignor geofrey o connell roman catholic irish priests acquired this land in april 1944 from charles s gerth of new orleans jxco ms land deed bk 87 pp 491492 here with the assistance of the brothers of the sacred heart from bay st louis they developed camp graveline at graveline point just west of where st cyr bayou enters graveline lake according to bob mahoney of biloxi who spent many summers of his youth here camp graveline was a vacation camp which catered to the recreational needs of the coast s juveniles it offered two sessions and could accommodate about 150 campers girls went for four weeks commencing in june the boys session was six weeks terminating in august both groups enjoyed fishing swimming sailing water skiing hiking and horseback riding in addition to bob mahoney a well known coast restaurateur and amateur golfer singersong writerauthor jimmy buffett b 1946 of pascagoula and key west may be camp graveline s most famous alumni camp graveline was owned by the sisters of mercy from may 1958 until march 1961 when it was quitclaimed to father mullin et al jxco ms land deed bk 185 pp 357359 it is believed that camp graveline ceased to function as a summer holiday resort in the late 1950s and was subsequently a victim of hurricane camille in august 1969 the creare corporation purchased it from the catholic priests mullin and o connell in june 1969 jxco ms land deed bk 357 p 467 we are now ready to investigate the migration of the children of st cyr seymour and mariejosephe ryan from the primal seymour homestead at fontainebleau to other areas of the mississippi coast primarily western jackson county for the most part they settled in what we know today as the latimer community the primary focus of this late 1860 seymour settlement is in and around the intersection of tucker road and the old biloxi road daisyvestry road north of the big ridge on the east side of the tchoutacabouffa river water shed is an area that could be described as an inland peninsula with bayou costapia to the north perigal creek to the north and east and cypress creek to the south some of the seymour family chose the high land amidst these waterways to settle here elevations range between 40 and feet above sea level it is interesting to note that this general locale was the childhood home of their mother mariejosephe seymour nee ryan she was reared on the jean ryan settlement about two to three miles south in the vicinity of present day bayou porteauxgulf hills it was a homecoming for her  edward seymour settlementlatimer larue  edward seymour 18091898 the eldest of the seymour children married adele fournier 18181890 the daughter of andre fournier and catherine bouzage circa 1829 they may have started their lives south of edward s birthplace at fontainebleau the 1833 tax roll of jackson county demonstrates that edward seymour was at belle fontaine pointe where he owned 10 acres of land by 1842 he owned 60 head of cattle the mississippi agricultural census of 1850 reported edward seymour s holdings as  10 acres of improved land 400 acres of unimproved land cash value of farm 300 stock included 4 horses 1 mule 30 milch cows 4 working oxen 10 other cattle and 38 swine valued at 850  seymour  also owned 50 bushels of indian corn and 50 pounds of butter by 1856 the tax rolls have edward seymour in possession of 80 cattle and one slave it cannot be ascertained with a high degree of certitude when edward seymour and family left the fontainebleau area for the latimer area in western jackson county the land deed records of jackson county indicate that in june and november 1851 edward seymour purchased two contiguous tracts of land on the daisyvestry road old biloxi road about one mile southwest of its intersection with present day tucker road from james l condry seymour acquired the nw 4 of the se 4 and the sw 4 of the se 4 of section 27 t6s9rw jxco ms land deed bk 10 p 384 he bought from peter scarborough of harrison county in november 1851 with tenements the nw 4 of the ne 4 of section 34 t6sr9w jxco ms land deed bk 10 p 383 edward seymour and his wife reared a large family consisting of the following children raymour seymour 18291911 elizabeth richard 18361905 suzanne dupree b 1839 lewis seymour b 1939 antoine seymour b 1840 joseph edward seymour b 1842 josephine coriene cates 18431929 and clement fayard seymour 18461915 some corroboration for the relocation of edward seymour to the latimer area is given in 1867 at this time his mother mariejosephe or mary seymour purchased 160 acres in the north half of section 26 t6sr9w from the state of mississippi jxco ms land deed book 22 p 368 also at the same time his son clement seymour soninlaw fred dupree 18331911 and grandson edward richard bought the se 4 of section 26 t6sr9w from the state of mississippi these tracts are all on the northeast side of tucker road varying from one mile southeast of its intersection with the old biloxi road to the intersection with same in the nw 4 of section 26 in 1872 edward seymour sold his land in the latimer area to clement seymour and st cyr seymour ii it appears from the land assessment records of jackson county that by 1875 edward seymour who was approximately sixtysix years of age had disposed of all land holdings in the county his name is not on the 1875 land rolls of jackson county one would assume that he and his wife were residing with an offspring annette raley seymour the wife of john chester seymour b 1929 relates in the seymour family in  the history of jackson county mississippi  1989 that edwour seymour lived with his son raymour and his wife lucinda williams for about four years after his wife died his death occurred on august 1 1898 and he is buried in the wilkerson cemetery in larue community john chester seymour is the great greatgrandson of edward seymour and adele fournier the seymour encroachment into the larue area began in 1891 in september 1891 raymour seymour acquired federal patents on the following lands in t5sr9w of the larue area sw 4 of sw 4 of section 14 se 4 of se 4 of section 15 and the ne 4 and the nw 4 of the ne 4 of section 22 at the same time his brother clement seymour and son albert jackson seymour 18671951 received federal patents also on lands in t5sr9w clement received the nw 4 and sw 4 of the ne 4 of section 10 while albert got 160 acres in section 11  pierre seymour settlementfort bayou  pierre seymour 18101888 married louise fournier the daughter of andre fournier and catherine bouzage circa 1833 their known children are joseph lazarus seymour 18351920 william seymour 18371908 clo seymour b 1842 louisa s garlotte 18381916 adele s bullock 18441913 sherrod seymour 18461928 may seymour b 1847 and john peter seymour 18521938 the early tax rolls of jackson county have very little information on pierre seymour one could deduce that he resided in the fontainebleau area probably on the st cyr seymour homestead with his siblings until he relocated to the fort bayou area of jackson county like his brothers pierre seymour owned cattle in 1843 he was assessed with 40 bovines by 1856 his herd had grown to 50 beef cattle in the 1860 federal census pierre is a butcher making his livelihood from the sale of beef and other animal meat he is a farmer in 1870 there is a high degree of certitude that pierre seymour and his family settled on the north shore of fort bayou in section 17 t7sr8w he acquired land patents from the federal government as well as the state of mississippi on lands here as early as 1847 in fact the first federal patent acquired by pierre seymour in january 1847 the se 4 of the sw 4 of section 17 is the most probable homestead he paid 5000 for this land jxco ms land tract book 1 p 199 the peter seymour site rests at an elevation of 25 feet above sea level with good drainage and easy access to fort bayou topographically this habitat is very similar to the original seymour land at fontainebleau here pierre seymour encountered navigable water marsh timber and some flat areas suitable for subsistence agriculture by 1875 pierre seymour owned about 300 acres of land in section 17 and several tracts to the south in section 20 t7sr8w the pierre seymour family cemetery developed in the ne 4 of the ne 4 of section 20 it appears that several of the children of pierre and louise fournier found settlements near their primal haunts on fort bayou the 1875 land assessment book of jackson county reveals that william seymour 18371908 owned 320 acres in sections 7 8 and 9 of t7sr8w while brother sherrod seymour 18461928 possessed 40 acres in section 8 the old fort bayou road is near or transects several of these parcels which indicates that these seymour brothers may have lived just north of their parents many of their descendants still reside in the immediate area ina goff clarke a descendant of peter sherrod seymour 18701934 remembers that as a child in the 1930s she was brought to the william seymour place it was located just west of the seymour cemetery there are groves of live oaks in these areas today which may indicate old seymour home places today the former lands of pierre seymour in section 17 and section 20 t7sr8w are for the most part owned by the heirs of j duncan moran 19251995 and his brother alfred r moran 19301981 with the exception of the woodfield subdivion and the windsor park subdivision on the northeast and southwest perimeters respectively and bayou talla road which goes to the seymour cemetery this land is lightly timbered and undeveloped directly across fort bayou to the south maurepas landing subdivision is presently developing on the former wrighthunt property in section 20 it is believed that these pierre seymour lands came into the moran family through their grandparents may v minor 18661910 and hf russell 18581940 who acquired much real estate in jackson county for taxes during their lifetime in october 1910 hf russell conveyed one acre in the nw corner of the ne 4 of the ne 4 of section 20 t7sr8w to the heirs of william seymour jxco ms land deed book 39 pp 182183 an excerpt from this conveyance reads as follows  it is understood and agreed by all parties interested in this deed that the one acre here in conveyed is to be used as a family cemetery only it is also understood and agreed that the said heirs and their family shall have the right to go to and from said cemetery through the ne 4 of  the ne 4 at any time that they may deem necessary    jeanbaptiste seymour settlementocean springs  jeanbaptise seymour 18121887 married marie fournier 18171890 circa 1835 she was born at ocean springs after the andre fournier family had relocated post1813 from the bayou la batre area of mobile county her parents andre fournier and catherine bouzage resided on a three arpent tract fronting biloxi bay just west of the present day inner harbor the louis auguste lafontaine family were their western neighbors as previously mentioned marie s brother andre fournier iii 18091878 acquired the sw 4 of section 19 t7sr8w at ocean springs in 1849 he sold his land and relocated to the north biloxi area where many of his descendants reside to day before arriving at ocean springs jeanbaptiste seymour resided at fontainebleau early jackson county mississippi tax records indicate that his land holdings at the seashore and belle fontaine increased from 43 acres to 280 acres between 1836 and 1839 by 1856 he was the most successful of the seymour brothers running over 170 head of cattle in the lake graveline area he also owned 4 slaves attesting to his affluence jeanbaptiste seymour and marie fournier reared a large family in jackson county their children were zeolide s krohn 18361898 moses seymour 18381893 anatole seymour b 1840 jean seymour 18431903 henry seymour 18441924 narcisse seymour 18491931 cecilia s mathieu 18501903 rose seymour b 1852 marie s borries 18531900 louise s meaut 18551939 caroline s beaugez 18581933 and delmas seymour 18631912 it is not known with a high degree of certitude when jeanbaptiste seymour and family quit the fontainebleau area for ocean springs it is known that on september 15 1849 jeanbaptiste seymour purchased a 13acre tract of land at ocean springs from dr andrew b dodd 18061850 a kentucky born physician the seymour tract ran from government street to lafontaine avenue and was only 150 feet wide except on its southern termination near present day lafontaine avenue where it widened to 165 feet its western perimeter began 200 feet east of dewey avenue the jeanbaptise seymour tract was originally a part of andre fournier s three arpent tract on the bay of biloxi and bayou bauzage inner harbor seymour paid dr dodd 1154 per acre for this land before jeanbaptise seymour expired on october 14 1887 he began selling his land at ocean springs to his children and others in october 1875 thomas cochran 18521883 purchased all of jeanbaptiste seymour s land north of porter avenue to government street for 200 he obtained 7752 per acre for this tract as compared to his original cost of 1154 per acre this particular plot was soon purchased by joseph kotzum 18421915 who incorporated it into his kotzum addition subdivision of january 1895  moses seymour son moses seymour 18381893 was the first sibling of the family to acquire land in the seymour tract from his parents in september 1877 jeanbaptiste and marie seymour sold him and his wife adolphine bellman 18381920 for 25 a 300foot deep lot on the south side of porter avenue near present day minor lane it appears that the homestead of jeanbaptiste seymour and marie fournier was also located on this tract in july 1890 when delmas seymour sold a house for 35 to his brother moses the deed concerning this structure read a certain house built by me in ocean springs for the use of my mother during her life on the said moses seymour lot south of his residence on porter avenue from his obituary it appears moses seymour was a resident of scranton pascagoula at the time of his demise he expired suddenly probably from a heart attack at the l n depot in new orleans as he awaited for a train to return home moses was a well known butcher he had married adolphine bellman 18381893 the daughter of charles bellman 18061860 and pauline ryan 18151899 their children were edwin mclan seymour b 1864 isabella s white 18661928 norman a seymour 18681910 robert f seymour 18701939 and ernest adolph seymour 18751877 at pasacagoula norman a seymour married and later divorced condalaura flechas 18721935 the daughter of captain joseph flechas 18241883 and condalaura villar 18421908 like his father moses he made his livelihood as a butcher their family was hilda seymour b 1897 mildred seymour b 1899 lois seymour b 1901 hulbert seymour b 1903 norman seymour b 1905 blanche seymour b 1907 and bernard seymour b 1910 robert f seymour also appears to have settled at pascagoula with laura tousell 18691909 he had at least two children martin van buren seymour 18971897 and leo r seymour 19021934 members of both these seymour families are buried in the greenwood cemetery at pascagoula  narcisse j seymour  narcisse j seymour 18491931 was the next of the children to acquire land from his parents in the jeanbaptiste seymour strip in september 1879 he purchased a lot on the south side of calhoun avenue from his parents for 50 the warranty deed states that calhoun had not been laid out yet it is known that narcisse seymour contracted with westbrook and buehler to erect two cottages on calhoun in the spring of 1892 one of these queen anne style homes is extant and owned by harriet perry at 1108 calhoun avenue narcisse seymour acquired other lands in the immediate area in april 1881 he bought lots 13 in block 41 culmseig map of 1854 from edward clark of philadelphia pennsylvania through his agent george a cox 18111887 for 100 these lots were contiguous with his calhoun property and in fact today make up the southeast corner of dewey and calhoun land for the construction of dewey avenue was acquired by the city of ocean springs from joseph bellande in may 1898 but wasn t completed until later it is believed that aldermanatlarge george e arndt 1857 1945 recommended that the new route be named for commodore and later admiral george dewey 18371917 the hero of the battle of manilla bay in the philippines during the spanishamerican war narcisse seymour acquired additional lands on dewey avenue in february 1912 when he purchased for 1500 two distinct tracts on the west side of dewey avenue the first parcel ran 656 feet south of the bellande cemetery to the bruno reus property and then 200 feet west towards washington avenue the second tract was a lot with a front of 150 feet on the west side of dewey commencing north of the shanahan hotel tract now little childrens park it was also 200 feet deep these parcels were sold to seymour by commissioner taylor as the result of a forced heirship suit mrs delphine bellande ryan et al vs eugene bellande et al cause no 1779 narcisse seymour and his family had a large impact on the economic history of ocean springs they with antonio catchot 18281885 and his son joseph joe tony catchot 18581919 were early leaders of the fledgling commercial seafood industry at ocean springs fresh seafood and seymour were synonymous at ocean springs for many decades narcisse had married amelia kendall 1840ca 1873 the daughter of louis kendall 18221894 and celestine ryan 18291894 circa 1868 she had been reared on lot 4 in the jerome ryan tract on the east side of present day martin avenue before her demise narcisse and amelia had three children marie cecilia dick 18691953 louis seymour 18711871 and nacisse joseph seymour 18731873 after the untimely death of his wife narcisse seymour married in september 1873 caroline v krohn 18471895 the daughter of henry a krohn 18111850 and marie solitelle cuevas quave 18071860 his sister zeolide seymour had married her brother john h krohn 18311912 the children of narcisse and caroline krohn were raymond seymour b 1874 charles hugh seymour 18761913 harriet s dale 18771956 john r seymour 18791938 alice s bellman 18801957 benjamin seymour 18821904 j frank seymour 18841933 wilhemine seymour 18861889 carrie s ames 18891979 george j seymour b 1889 and leona a seymour 18911900 mrs narcisse seymour acquired property on calhoun avenue in june 1883 when she purchased lot 1block 36 culmseig map of 1854 from ew clark it was sold for 2000 to local realtor fe lee 18741932 in january 1926 as a result of jackson county chancery court cause no 4633 narcisse seymour v mrs eugene dick et al this parcel was contiguous with the earlier land acquisitions of narcisse seymour along calhoun avenue it gave the family over 450 feet fronting on calhoun east of dewey avenue  seafood near the turn of the century narcisse seymour 19491931 and some of his children and their spouses continued to acquire land on the east side of dewey avenue between calhoun and lafontaine which comprises ten lots in block 41 culmseig map of 1854 they and their kindred families the beaugezs bellmans and dicks made their livelihoods in the seafood industry as fishermen and oystermen their neighborhood on the east side of dewey avenue became the primary hub of an early 20th century seafood culture at ocean springs without question seymour avenue is now a more appropriate historic appellation for the present thoroughfare in time several local seafood enterprises some of regional distinction arose from the incipient organization of narcisse seymour son which was established in the 1890s they were hugh c seymour vancourt seymour db vancourt and jr seymour the eagle point oyster company phillip m bellman jr seymour fish oyster company the seymour brothers bennie and oscar seymour the grace seymour crab plant and j l seafood john h seymour and lydia beaugez for the most part these families resided on the east side of dewey avenue as previously mentioned narcisse seymour had acquired lots 13 of block 41 in 1881 lot 1 of block 41 commenced on the southeast corner of calhoun and dewey while lot 10 of block 41 was on the northeast corner of lafontaine and dewey through the years the narcisse seymour clan and affiliated families have had transactions on all lots on dewey south of calhoun avenue with the exception of lot 9 and lot 10block 41 which is the location of green lawns the floodsnyder home at 200 dewey avenue on the northeast corner of lafontaine this property evolved from scot immigrant jane flood 18391904 to henry wirth to virginia lecand 18871925 in october 1917 wh lewis platted the edgewater court subdivision on the south side of lafontaine in september 1950 the chronology of the various seymour properties in block 41 culmseig map of 1854 is as follows  lot  3block 41  in february 1885 narcisse seymour sold lot 3block 41 to benjamin dick 18691904 dick had married louise z seymour 1875ca 1903 the daughter of jean seymour and almenia miller in november 1891 dick died mysteriously after he had gone hunting in the marshes of the weeks bayou area in late january 1904 his remains were not found until early march 1904 the dick orphans were benedict dick jr 18921967 mamie dick b 1894 herman dick 18961941 gertrude dick b 1898 and edwina dick b 1904 the progress the local journal at the time collected money for the financial assistance of these children before his demise in 1904 ben dick had sold lot 3 to thomas a friar 18711896 in april 1892 mr friar s father thomas r friar 18451916 a local building contractor and seafood producer probably had a cottage erected here he conveyed it to manuel gonzales fernandez in july 1896 manuel gonzales of mobile  see pds 671895 p 3   it is interesting to note that in the federal census of 1900 a henry seymour b 1873 possibly the son of henry seymour 18441924 is married to a lizzie slater b 1870 a native of louisiana they are residing in the dewey avenue area her father is mexican could this manuel gonzales fernandez be her father lizzie seymour has a son wesley slater 18821900 by a prior marriage regardless of this coincidence senor fernandez sold lot 3 of block 41 to carrie seymour 18891979 later mrs theodore ames for 500 in september 1906 this home would become the property of mark seymour 19101944 in september 1938 his widow ruth clark sold it to irving l cox in february 1948 it is believed that mr cox had the old structure demolished gordon mathieu jr and family reside here today at 304 dewey avenue  lot  2block 41  narcisse seymour conveyed lot 2block 41 to caroline seymour 18471895 in may 1888 for 50 in august 1918 narcisse seymour sold a part of lot 2 100 feet by 86 feet to john r woodcock cora a woodcock 18721934 vended a 50foot lot fronting on dewey avenue to louis r boy ryan 18801960 in january 1922 mr ryan built a vernacular cottage which is extant at 308 dewey avenue jeweler phil n kreutz once resided here and later the crysell family cassie m parker acquired the south 50 feet of the woodcock lot from louis ryan in september 1944 this residence is extant at 306 dewey avenue carrie seymour ames was quitclaimed the remainder of lot 2 from the heirs of caroline k seymour her mother in march 1936  lot  1block 41  lot 1block 41 is located on the southeast corner of calhoun and dewey narcisse seymour had several rental houses here a portion of lot 1 became the possession of carrie s ames in october 1914 when her father narcisse seymour deeded it to her after the old rental cottages burned or were demolished she conveyed a lot 100 feet by 84 feet on the southeast corner of calhoun and dewey to john j seymour 18981962 in february 1945 mr seymour built a house which is extant at 1102 calhoun it was formerly owned by vernon f seymour and was acquired by glen r and rose skelton in may 1965 the skeltons had previously obtained a smaller tract 25 feet by 84 feet at 310 dewey south of this lot from vernon f seymour in april 1962   lot  6block 41  charlotte franco cochran 18641939 sold lot 6block 41 to mary cecile seymour 18691953 wife of eugene dick 18681918 in september 1897 by 1916 h minor russell was in possession of this property and conveyed it to caroline m seymour nee domning in april 1946 mrs seymour sold the parcel to joseph h thibodeaux robert j beaugez acquired the old cottage at 214 dewey avenue from the thibodeauxs in may 1969 this edifice has been moved eastward and extensively remodeled  lot 4 and  lot  5block 41 in june 1902 john r seymour 18791938 acquired lot 4 and lot 5block 41 from bartholmew morere of south port jefferson parish louisiana for 350 the old house was demolished and a modern bungaloid erected here in 1928 for mr seymour by jean basly and joseph l dode schrieber the daughter of john r seymour and lula vancourt 18801956 margaret s norman b 1908 resides here at 302 dewey avenue today mrs norman was recently recognized as the oldest living alumnae of the st alphonsus school she is one of our most valuable living historians as her memory of past events is most remarkable mrs norman credits her mental capacity to the daily intake of fresh seafood that she ate while growing up on dewey avenue and working at her father s fish house at the foot of washington avenue the small rental cottage at 300 dewey avenue on her property in lot 5 was erected from lumber taken when the anchor inn of her brother mark seymour which was situated lower washington avenue was demolished in the late 1930s  lot  7block 41  narcisse seymour acquired lot 7block 41 from charlotte f cochran in october 1902 he sold it to his daughterinlaw caroline m domning 18871969 the wife of frank j seymour 18841933 in february 1914 their son oscar seymour 19121964 acquired it from his mother in 1942 after oscar seymour and family moved to the veillonfields cottage at 300 ward avenue in 1944 he sold it back to her in january 1946 mrs seymour then conveyed the home to another son bernard p seymour 19081969 in august 1958 this old seymour residence at 212 dewey avenue has been in the possession of larry and celeste maugh since july 1991 they have done an excellent job of preserving and improving this historic property  lot  8block 41  narcisse seymour acquired lot 8block 41 from herman nill in october 1903 he sold it to caroline m seymour his daughterinlaw in march 1907 this is the homestead of the frank j seymour 18841933 family she conveyed the lot to her son milton j seymour 19171974 in july 1944 the heirs of milton seymour sr and virginia c clifton sold the parcel to david a schmirer 19341988 and his wife gladys m richard in december 1975 the old frank j seymour home is extant at 204 dewey avenue in recent years mrs gladys m schmierer sold her home and a 32acre lot carved from lot 8block 41 to catherine e schmirer et al a new residence at 206 dewey avenue was erected in the rear of 204 dewey about 1988 on the remainder of her original property on the west side of dewey avenue narcisse seymour sold a narrow lot 55 feet by 200 feet to his daughter alice s bellman 18801957 in january 1913 she and spouse philip a bellman 18721927 conveyed it to l morris mcclure 18841940 in 1925 for 800 the mcclure residence was on washington avenue the other acreage on the west side of dewey that narcisse had acquired in february 1912 from the heirs of joseph bellande 18131907 was also conveyed to landowners who had frontage on washington avenue these people of affluence were ea morris 18601946 emma e pace 18511936 amanda shaffer 18411920 sa calogne and elizabeth holloway in march 1976 rita kerry holloway 19121982 vended to the city of ocean springs an 80foot parcel fronting on dewey which became the southern addition to the bellande cemetery  delmas seymour  continuing with the disbursement of the jeanbaptise seymour tract at ocean springs a son delmas seymour 18631912 acquired the southern most 350 feet of the seymour tract from his father jeanbaptise seymour in december 1879 he sold a small lot off his parcel to dr aj whitfield in march 1888 for 50 by may 1913 it belonged to alphonse beaugez jr 18871945 delmas seymour sold off the lower 250 feet of his tract to herman nill 18631904 and his wife caroline vahle 18621949 in july 1889 for 900 in march 1899 the nills with bf joachim 18531925 opened a public street 35 feet wide and 590 feet in length on the southern perimeter it was originally called nill s avenue but is today that portion of lafontaine east of dewey avenue nill was a druggist from new orleans who resided on the old andre fournier tract fronting deer island while mr joachim also from the crescent city operated a small hostel the joachim cottage probably in the vicinity of the jack haviland property on clark avenue delmas seymour 18631912 was born in july 1863 he married emma bosarge in april 1884 they divorced in december 1886 delmas then wedded emily morin forstall 18641922 the daughter of felix morin and emily bernard she had four children by a prior marriage george forstall marie forstall groue b 1877 amanda f kelly b 1878 and georgine f voivedich 18801964 delmas seymour and family moved to biloxi where he was the animal control officer and policeman in the early 1900s brothers jeanbaptiste beaugez 18571913 and alphonse m beaugez 18601942 were sold two lots in the seymour strip by jeanbaptise seymour in march and may 1883 respectively the beaugez lots were between those of narcisse seymour which was on the south side of calhoun and delmas seymour the delmas seymour parcel went as far south as present day lafontaine avenue alphonse m beaugez 18601942 the son of stanislaus beaugez 18131889 and louise ladner 18201897 married caroline seymour 18581933 the daughter of jeanbaptiste seymour and marie fournier in november 1881 their children were alphonsine b domning 18821965 rosa mary beaugez 18841937 alphonse m beaugez jr 18871945 henry p beaugez 18891963 moses h beaugez 18911973 and herbert p beaugez 18951954 it is interesting to note that apparently the only direct descendant of jeanbaptiste seymour to presently reside on the jb seymour tract at ocean springs is oswald p beaugez mr beaugez the grandson of caroline seymour and alphonse beaugez resides at 1116 hellmers lane on a portion of the parcel acquired in 1883 by his grandparents from jeanbaptiste seymour after the death of jeanbaptiste seymour in october 1887 his widow marie fournier sold may v russell 18661910 the wife of hf russell 18581940 a 12acre tract north of calhoun avenue for 145 this sale resulted in a law suit filed in august 1900 jackson county chancery court cause no 921 theodore borries et al v mrs mv russell the borries alleged that since jeanbaptiste seymour had died intestate there was a cloud on the title because his daughter marie eliza seymour 18531900 the wife of gustave theodore borries 18551920 called theodore had not assigned her interest in the warranty deed to mrs russell it appears that there was a small structure built on the tract by borries which duncan minor 18631920 had improved for his sister mrs russell in order that it could be let the borries may have resided here we know this tract today as a portion of the lloyd h catchot 19121995 estate which he acquired in november 1941 from kate wieder 18821963 the children of theodore borries and marie eliza seymour were clara b ramon 18751957 charles borries 18781957 john borries marie eugenie borries b 1883 and agnes borries 18901920 in 1920 mr borries made his livelihood as a butcher in biloxi  john seymour  the final disposition of the original jeanbaptiste seymour tract occurred in september 1890 when his heirs sold their brother jean seymour 18431903 an approximate one acre lot north of mrs russell s tract it was midway between porter and calhoun and south of his mother s house jean or john seymour married armina miller 18521929 in february 1871 some of their children were george seymour 18731950 james seymour 18871948 adolph seymour d 1951 and alphonse seymour  the jackson county times may 7 1948 p 1   their son george seymour 18731950 and his spouse josephine cox 18781927 reared a large family at ocean springs jean seymour served with the 3rd mississippi company a and company e during the civil war  henry seymour  it is unknown why henry seymour 18441924 was the only son of jeanbatiste seymour who did not acquire land in the original seymour tract he was also a veteran of the civil war having served with the 3rd mississippi co a live oak rifles it is believed that henry seymour married circa 1871 armentine ladner who he divorced in december 13 1886 their may have been three children from this union evelina seymour b ca 1871 emilia anna seymour b 1873 and john seymour b 1875 the daughters of jeanbaptise seymour and marie fournier zeolide and louise seymour married local men in july 1854 zeolide seymour 18361898 married john henry krohn 18311912 the son of john henry augustus krohn 18021853 of hamburg germany and marie solitelle cuevas 18081861 they reared a family probably in the ne 4 of section 36 t6sr10w northwest of present day d iberville on the hudsonkrohn road their children were amelia s eglin 18551916 anthony s krohn b 1859 louis h krohn b 1862 moses l krohn b 1864 mary v hosli b 1867 and elizabeth j moran b 1874 john h krohn owned large tracts of valuable lumber and naval stores lands in sections 28 and 29 t6sr9w and sections 25 and 36 in t6sr10w respectively northeast and north of cedar lake in eastern harrison county most of this acreage was acquired from the federal government in 1854 the native lumber company of ln dantzler jr and union naval stores later exploited these krohn properties amelia s krohn married albert m eglin 18521891 an alsatian emigre in october 1873 they settled on the west side of washington avenue south of government and established an entrepreneurial family which was prominent in business real estate and banking at ocean springs until recent years the meat market of charles w eglin 18831966 and the eglin house a tourist home and apartment dwelling of his sister miss annie o eglin 18811963 were very important commercial ventures in our local history the old eglin properties on washington avenue were demolished and the land on which they stood is now incorporated into the villa maria retirement community site on porter and washington louise seymour  in may 1883 louise seymour 18551939 married justin meaut 18471923 and relocated to biloxi here at 437 copp street they reared a family consisting of justin t meaut 18841970 oscar meaut 18851954 mary l michel 18871952 oloff meaut 18901972 justine g elder 18921973 edwin l meaut 18941961 pascal meaut 18961896 mr meaut made his livelihood in the construction business at present the author has very little familial information on cecelia seymour mathieu 18501903 and mary seymour borries 18531900 anyone willing to share their knowledge of these children of jeanbaptiste seymour and marie fournier would be appreciated jeanbaptiste seymour expired on october 14 1887 his remains are interred near those of his father st cyr seymour in section blot 24 of the old biloxi cemetery mrs mary fournier seymour passed on at ocean springs on june 19 1890 she was interred in the narcisse seymour family plot at the bellande cemetery on dewey avenue in ocean springs jeanbaptiste seymour acquired this 11 acre tract in september 1849 from dr andrew b dodd of kentucky other children of the jb seymour family to acquire land in the seymour strip were moses seymour 18381893 delmas seymour 18631912 caroline seymour beaugez 18581933 and jean seymour 18431903 oswald p beaugez who resides on hellmers lane east of dewey is believed to be the only descendant of jeanbaptiste seymour on the original seymour strip  lazarus seymournorth  biloxi  lazarus seymour 18161902 was born on april 18 1816 at fontainebleau like his seymour brothers he engaged in stock raising and farming while in the graveline lake area lazarus married nancy ann seaman 18261853 the daughter of william c seaman 18011844 and catherine sheffield grantham d 1853 after nancy seaman expired in june 1853 lazarus seymour wedded elizabeth martha fayard 18421907 the daughter of augustine fayard 17951857 and louise carco in his obituary of april 29 1902 it relates that lazarus seymour relocated to harrison county and entered the butcher business it is known that in january 1853 lazarus seymour purchased a twoarpent tract of land on the north shore of the back bay of biloxi in the dominique ladner grant section 22 t7sr9w from his brotherinlaw peter lienhard 18121873 for 200 mr lienhard was married to melinda t seaman 18271890 the seymour land was west of the of the la caillavet 17901860 lands and east of lienhard and spanish boat carpenter manuel sanchez 18061877 the present day locale of this seymour tract is in the city of d iberville from just east of pringle avenue west to a point about 500 feet east of church avenue there was approximately 400 feet fronting on the back bay of biloxi and the parcel ran north to a point just south of big ridge road it encompassed about 60 acres of land in november 1866 peter lienhard sold an additional two acretract west of lazarus seymour to lazarus seymour 18351920 a son of peter seymour 18101872 who is often referred to as lazarus seymour jr for 600 lazarus seymour jr and his wife elizabeth seymour 18421917 the daughter of lazarus seymour and nancy ann seaman sold this tract in june 1870 to his fatherinlaw lazarus seymour for 1000 it can get familial confusing here on the north shore of the back bay of biloxi and later at biloxi lazarus seymour engaged in the stock raising and meat slaughtering business his pens were always well stocked with cattle swine and sheep some of the accounting records between the years 1857 and 1862 from the pierre quave store at back bay now d iberville are preserved in the archives of the biloxi public library having been donated to that institution by wallace quave these worn and tattered pages excellently scripted in the finest cursive writing that one can ever hope to view indicate that lazarus seymour his mother mariejosphe ryan who is referred to as old lady seymour and his brothers edward st cyr ii peter and moses traded with the quave family mrs seymour s old lady seymour account indicates that she purchased 1 sack of salt 150 1 bbl of flour 700 5 yards of hicory 75 and 2 12 yards of cottonade 30 in 18581859 it is believed that she was residing at latimer during this period during this antebellum time ramon john quave 18511908 the son of pierre quave 18261862 ran the ferry from back bay to biloxi lazarus seymour his fatherinlaw was a good customer as indicated that in the month of july 1860 he transported 43 cattle 89 sheep and two horses across the waters of back bay lazarus seymour fathered four children with nancy seaman elizabeth seymour 18461917 edmund seymour 18481925 pliny seymour 18521902 and edward seymour 18541944 his children with elizabeth martha fayard were celestine seymour 18581902 josephine s quave 18591934 celina boney 18611902 rosa s boney 18631929 pierre ernest seymour 18651891 marie eliza seymour 18671928 cecile s lepre 18691929 moses maurice seymour 18721928 john adolphe seymour 18731896 louis seymour 18751916 and lillian esperance seymour 18831899 edmund seymour and pliny seymour became butchers like their father lazarus while edward seymour was a storekeeper at north biloxi lazarus seymour remained active as a stock raiser until his final days in his estate harco chancery court cause no 1421 it reveals that he owned 566 sheep and 124 head of cattle at the time of his demise in late april 1902 mr seymour was also possessed of several lots in biloxi the remains of lazarus seymour were interred in the family tomb at the old biloxi cemetery it is believed that his corpse was the first to be transported across the original back bay bridge a wooden structure dedicated in august 1901 prior interments at biloxi required transport by steam ferry across the placid waters of back bay  lazarus post office  joseph lazarus seymour 18351920 the son of pierre seymour and louise fournier who was also called lazarus seymour jr and resided at back bay from about 1870 until his demise in september 16 1920 married elizabeth seymour 18461917 the daughter of lazarus seymour and nancy ann seaman it is not know with any degree of certitude if the us post office here which was called lazarus 19011907 and seymour 19071911 was named for lazarus the son of st cyr seymour or his nephew lazarus the son of pierre edgar p seymour 18801943 a grandson of lazarus seymour 18161902 was the postmaster at lazarus from 1901 to 1905 he was succeeded by mary quave young 18531928 the wife of captain william young 18491911 lazarus seymour jr was the father of albert seymour b 1873 and oscar seymour b 1882 his daughters were catherine santa cruz 18721921 isabella belle price morrison 18731921 clara marchman entrekin 18751965 zulime s gollott 18811921 blanche seymour 18841921 evelyn seymour 18861921 and alphonsine seymour 188819051900 jackson co mississippi federal census t623 812 p 6b ed 43 lazarus seymour jr left laurel hill in his estate consisting of 120 acres in jackson county mississippi and described as the e 2 of nw 4 and the sw 4 of the ne 4 of section 34 t6sr9w his heirs sold this property to edgar p seymour and adolph hunt in may 1921 for 2000  the biloxi daily herald january 25 1905 p 5    st cyr seymour ii settlementlatimer area  st cyr seymour ii 18271903 was born in august 1827 at fontainebleau he survived two spouses his first wife was an english lady anna mccarty 18391872 from new orleans their children as presently known were calvin seymour 18501922 coralie s cannette 18521920 zeolide s delaunay 18541929 clara s mcqueen 18571914 st cyr seymour iii 18591912 octavia s krohn 18611914 pierre seymour b 1863 beauregard seymour b 1866 and margaret ann scarborough 18681908 on november 25 1874 st cyr seymour married victoire delaunay 18481883 the daughter of robert delaunay and clare ladner their known family was morris leger seymour 18751941 leon seymour 18761959 ernest adolph seymour 18781963 mary olevia scarborough 18791960 robert seymour 18811952 and victoria s fayard 18831914 st cyr seymour ii expired on october 15 1903 his obituary states that he lived 72 years at his present home across back bay married twice and had fourteen children i do not believe that st cyr ii lived here 72 years as he would have had to come here in 1831 his remains were interred in the seymour cemetery which is located two miles southeast of the latimer community in section 13 t6sr9w calvin seymour the eldest son of st cyr seymour ii and ann mccarty settled here in about 1885 with his wife elizabeth mulholland 18591936 in august 1912 calvin seymour sold his son carmelious camille seymour 18831945 60 acres of land in section 13 t6sr9w which included the w 2 of the se 4 of the se 4 of section 13 less 12 acre for cemetery purposes in addition to the family of st cyr seymour ii this seymour family cemetery has members of the broadnax deloney delaunay and barthese barthes families interred here the 1875 land roll book of jackson county mississippi indicates that st cyr seymour ii owned 1600 acres of land in t6sr9w of western jackson county these lands were located as follows the se 4 of section 22 160 acres w 2 of the se 4 e 2 of the sw 4 w 2 of the sw 4 and the se 4 of the se 4 of section 23 280 acres section 26 640 acres the ne 4 w 2 of the nw 4 ne 4 of the se 4 and the nw 4 of the se 4 of section 27 320 acres ne 4 of the sw 4 se 4 of the sw 4 of section 34 80 acres and the nw 4 of the ne 4 se 4 of the sw 4 and the ne 4 of the ne 4 of section 35 120 acres the 1902 land roll book of jackson county mississippi demonstrates that near the time of his demise st cyr seymour ii had reduced his land holdings in western jackson county to 240 acres in t6sr9w these parcels were the ne 4 of the ne 4 of section 26 40 acres and the ne 4 and the sw 4 of the sw 4 of section 27 200 acres it would appear from this information that the homestead of st cyr seymour ii was located near the center of the ne 4 of section 27 t6sr9w this site is on a narrow topographic ridge which strikes northwestsoutheast it reaches a maximum elevation of fiftytwo feet above sea level the southeast corner of this tract is transected by the old biloxi road daisyvestry road before the sacred heart mission of the roman catholic church was opened in north biloxi circa 1884 masses were said by a visiting priest at the st cyr seymour ii home place near latimer in december 1908 commissioner fh lewis sold the st cyr seymour ii place to willie p ramsay 18701963 for 320 mr ramsay served the people of jackson county as tax assessor 18921899 sheriff 19041908 and beat four supervisor 19151919 he was married to louise h krebs 18721954 of pascagoula mr ramsay also farmed and dealt in pecans and real estate in the latimer area the st cyr seymour ii estate property remained in the wp ramsay family until november 1989 when current beat four supervisor tommy broadnax inherited it from miss thelma z ramsay 18991989 mr broadnax is presently erecting a home here there are no cultural remains of the seymour or ramsay occupation on this tract today  st cyr seymour ii  st cyr seymour ii 18271903 was born in august 1827 the son of st cyr seymour 17881845 and mariejosephe ryan she was the daughter of jean ryan and marie gargaret st cyr seymour ii was born at fontainebleau where the family were farmers and stockmen 1 st cyr seymour ii survived two spouses his first wife was an english lady anna mccarty 18391872 with whom the following issue are known calvin seymour 18501922 coralie seymour cannette 18521920 zeolide s delaunay 18541929 cora seymour 18571860 st cyr seymour iii 18591912 octavie seymour b 1861 pierre seymour b 1863 beauregard seymour b 1866 and margaret ann seymour scarbrough b 1868 after the demise of anna mccarty st cyr seymour ii married on november 25 1874 victoire delaunay 18481883 the daughter of robert delaunay and clare ladner their known family was morris l seymour 18751941 leon seymour 18761959 ernest adolph seymour 18781963 marie olivia seymour 18791900 robert seymour 18811952 and victoire seymour 18831900 st cyr seymour ii expired on october 15 1903 his obituary states that he lived 72 years at his present home across back bay married twice and had fourteen children 2 his remains are interred in the seymour cemetery located in the w 2 of the se 4 of the se 4 of section 13 t6sr9w two miles southeast of the latimer community 3 the 1875 land roll book of jackson county mississippi indicates that st cyr seymour ii owned 1600 acres of land in t6sr9w of western jackson county these lands were located as follows section 26 640 acres se 4 of section 22 160 acres w 2 of the se 4 e 2 of the sw 4 w 2 of the sw 4 se 4 of the se 4 of section 23 280 acres nw 4 of the ne 4 se 4 of the sw 4 and the ne 4 of the ne 4 of section 35 120 acres ne 4 of the sw 4 se 4 of the sw 4 of section 34 80 acres and the ne 4 w 2 of the nw 4 ne 4 of the se 4 and the nw 4 of the se 4 of section 27 320 acres 4 the 1902 land roll book of jackson county mississippi demonstrates that near the time of his demise st cyr seymour ii had reduced his land holdings in t6sr9w to 240 acres these parcels were the ne 4 of the ne 4 of section 26 40 acres and the ne 4 and the sw 4 of the sw 4 of section 27 200 acres 5 it would appear from this information that the home site of st cyr seymour ii was located near the center of the ne 4 of section 27 t6sr9w this site is on a narrow topographic ridge which strikes northwestsoutheast it reaches a maximum elevation of fiftytwo feet above sea level the southeast corner of this tract is transected by the old biloxi road daisyvestry road the entrance to reach the seymour house from the old biloxi road is about 2500 feet southwest of the juncture of the old biloxi road and tucker road 6 became home of w ramsay the eldest seymour child calvin seymour 18501922 married elizabeth mulholland 18591936 the daughter of irish immigrants james mulholland 18231871 and margaret mayers b 1817 the mulhollands were merchants and settled circa 1858 on the old biloxi road daisyvestry road southwest of the st cyr seymour place calvin seymour and elizabeth mulholland settled in section 13 t6sr9w where they reared a large family the seymour family cemetery is located here  references   jackson county miss township plat book t8sr7w mary louise adkinson et al 1991  bouzagebosarge family  mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1991 pp 5354  american   state  papers  1994 volume 3 18151824 public lands southern historical press inc greenville south carolina1994 p 6 and p 38 jay higginbotham 1967  pascagoula   singing river city  gill press mobile alabama1967 p 5 the history of  jackson county mississippi  seymour family the jackson county genealogical societypascagoula mississippi1989 p 346 thomas hutchins 1784  an historical narrative and topographical description of  louisiana and west florida    university of florida press gainesville florida1968 a facsimile reproduction of the 1784 edition p 63 lepre jerome 1983 mississippi coast historical and genealogical society   cannettemoorefayardlafontainegraveline   special issue no 2 august 1983 pp 3133 lepre jerome 1995 mississippi coast historical and genealogical society   solution to a mystery leblancwhitemoore zamora  seymour volume 31 no 2 july 1995 p 56 robert r rea 1990  gulf   coast  historical review    lieutenant hutchins to the rescue the wreck and recovery of the mercury 1772   volume 5 no 2 spring 1990 p 58 dunbar rowland and ag sanders revised and edited by pat galloway 1984  mississippi provincial archives french dominion 17291748  volume iv document 73 louisiana state university press baton rouge1984 pp 321322 ce schmidt 1972  ocean springs french beachhead  lewis printing servicespascagoula mississippi1972 p 29 charles l sullivan  hurricanes of the  mississippi gulf coast  1717 to present  gulf publishing company biloxi mississippi p 25 and p 28 usgs topographic maps ocean springs 1954 gautier and gautier south scale 1 represents 2000 feet  chancery court causes jackson county miss chancery court cause no 413   snyder v russell   june 1890 3664 views  