Gideon Seymour
Gideon Seymour, attorney, Ravenna, was born in East Granville, Hampden Co., Mass., February 23, 1836, son of Gideon D. and Corintha (Gibbons) Seymour, natives of Massachusetts, who came to Ohio in 1841 and settled in Rootstown Township, this county, where Gideon D. was a man of influence. Our subject was raised on a farm, receiving his education at the common schools of Rootstown Township, and employing the earlier years of his life in teaching. He studied law in the office of Hart & Reed, served as Justice of the Peace nine years, and for the same period as Probate Judge, to which he was first elected in 1872. He was Clerk, Treasurer and Assessor (1858) of Rootstown Township, and made the assessment of real estate for 1870, in that township. On September 15, 1859, he was married in Trumbull County, Ohio, to Lucy J., born in Ellsworth, Ohio, daughter of Frederick A. Parker, now of Newton Falls, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Seymour are the parents of the following children now living: Corintha M. and Fred P. Our subject and wife have been connected with the Congregational Church for years. The family are highly esteemed.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885