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Yale College „ 61
Origen Storrs Seymour, B.A. 1894.
Bom April 19,1872, in Bridgeport, Conn.
Died May 22,1940, in Tornngton, Conn
Father, Morns Woodruff Seymour (B A. 1866) Mother, Charlotte
(Sanford) Seymour Yale relatives mclude Horatio Seymour (B A 1797)
(great-great-uncle); Ongen S Seymour (B A 1824) (grandfather),
George C. Woodruff (B A. 1825), Lewis B Woodruff (B A 1830),
James H Sanford (B A 1831), Charles F Sanford (B A 1847) (great-
uncles); Edward W Seymour (B A 1853), Storrs O Seymour (B A
1857), and George B Sanford (B A 1863) (uncles)
Philhps-Exeter and Phdhps-Andover Elocution prize m readmg
Sophomore year, on Class football team Semor year; member Exeter,
Andover, and Umversity clubs, Psi Upsdon, and Wolf's Head.
Attended Yale School of Law 1894-97 (LLB 1896, LLM 1897;
member Corbey Court), admitted to Connecticut bar 1896 and New
York bar 1897; m law offices of Watrous [George D , '79] & Buckland
[Edward G , '89 L ], New Haven, 1895-97 and of Hornblower, Byrne,
Taylor & Miller, New York City, 1897-99 (managmg clerk 1898-99);
member firms Taylor 8c Seymour (later Taylor, Anderson & Seymour),
New York City, 1899-1905, Huntington, Rhinelander & Seymour
(later Rhinelander, Seymour & Barnard) 1905-21, and Sprague, Seymour and Sprague [Wdham B, '06] 1921-32, practiced m Litchfield,
Conn, smce 1932, judge Litchfield County Court of Common Pleas
1936-40; president Litchfield Board of Education 1937-40, director
Litchfield Mutual Life Insurance Company, Litchfield Water Company,
Litchfield Land Company, and Norumbega Company of New York,
trustee Norwich State Hospital 1935-40, was active m affairs of Episcopal
Church, chancellor Diocese of Connecticut 1933-40; delegate to every
general convention of the church smce 1922, trustee General Theological
Seminary 1925-40, an organizer and trustee for over thirty years New
York Training School for Deaconesses, director Church Pension Fund,
Church Life Insurance Corporation, and Church Properties Fire Insurance Company; author* The Beginnings of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut (pamphlet, 1934), and of introduction to Reports of Cases Adjudged
in the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut From the Year 178$, to
January 1789 (1933), president Downtown Association, New York
City, 1925-31, chairman Class dinner committee for a number of years,
member Association of the Bar of the City of New York (chairman committee on professional ethics), Amencan Bar Association, New York Histoncal Society, New England Society, Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati (vice-president 1937-40), The Pdgnms, Society of Colonial
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1935-1940 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1935-1940 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 61 |
| Transcript | Yale College „ 61 Origen Storrs Seymour, B.A. 1894. Bom April 19,1872, in Bridgeport, Conn. Died May 22,1940, in Tornngton, Conn Father, Morns Woodruff Seymour (B A. 1866) Mother, Charlotte (Sanford) Seymour Yale relatives mclude Horatio Seymour (B A 1797) (great-great-uncle); Ongen S Seymour (B A 1824) (grandfather), George C. Woodruff (B A. 1825), Lewis B Woodruff (B A 1830), James H Sanford (B A 1831), Charles F Sanford (B A 1847) (great- uncles); Edward W Seymour (B A 1853), Storrs O Seymour (B A 1857), and George B Sanford (B A 1863) (uncles) Philhps-Exeter and Phdhps-Andover Elocution prize m readmg Sophomore year, on Class football team Semor year; member Exeter, Andover, and Umversity clubs, Psi Upsdon, and Wolf's Head. Attended Yale School of Law 1894-97 (LLB 1896, LLM 1897; member Corbey Court), admitted to Connecticut bar 1896 and New York bar 1897; m law offices of Watrous [George D , '79] & Buckland [Edward G , '89 L ], New Haven, 1895-97 and of Hornblower, Byrne, Taylor & Miller, New York City, 1897-99 (managmg clerk 1898-99); member firms Taylor 8c Seymour (later Taylor, Anderson & Seymour), New York City, 1899-1905, Huntington, Rhinelander & Seymour (later Rhinelander, Seymour & Barnard) 1905-21, and Sprague, Seymour and Sprague [Wdham B, '06] 1921-32, practiced m Litchfield, Conn, smce 1932, judge Litchfield County Court of Common Pleas 1936-40; president Litchfield Board of Education 1937-40, director Litchfield Mutual Life Insurance Company, Litchfield Water Company, Litchfield Land Company, and Norumbega Company of New York, trustee Norwich State Hospital 1935-40, was active m affairs of Episcopal Church, chancellor Diocese of Connecticut 1933-40; delegate to every general convention of the church smce 1922, trustee General Theological Seminary 1925-40, an organizer and trustee for over thirty years New York Training School for Deaconesses, director Church Pension Fund, Church Life Insurance Corporation, and Church Properties Fire Insurance Company; author* The Beginnings of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut (pamphlet, 1934), and of introduction to Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut From the Year 178$, to January 1789 (1933), president Downtown Association, New York City, 1925-31, chairman Class dinner committee for a number of years, member Association of the Bar of the City of New York (chairman committee on professional ethics), Amencan Bar Association, New York Histoncal Society, New England Society, Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati (vice-president 1937-40), The Pdgnms, Society of Colonial |