Dr. Christopher Seymour, of Northampton, Mass., was the son-in-law of Olive Dunham Barrow and the husband of Frances Barrows Seymour. It was his home that appeared in the August issue of DD. The Hampshire Gazette of May 19, 1917, reported his death as follows:
DEATH OF DR. SEYhOUR... Dr. Christopher Seymour passed away at his home on Elm St. Friday night or early this morning. When his daughter went to call him at about half past seven this morning she found him dead in his bed, having died from heart disease. The doctor had been in poor health for a number of years. He Was feeling, however, quite well for him
[Friday] & was downtown in the evening out riding his bicycle. He had practised his profession in Northampton 50 years, coming to Northampton from Hinsdale when 27 years old. He soon became one of the leading physicians of Hampshire County. He was the family physician for many years of the prominent families of Northampton & was a friend to them as well as their physician & was held in high esteem by them. Dr. Seymour was regarded as one of the solid, substantial men of Northampton, one who always took a decided stand for every thing that was of real merit, whether it related to the good of any individual or to the whole community. He was pronounced in his opinions and a man of decision. He was for many years a medical examiner of Hampshire County and for a long time president of the Dickinson hospital board of trustees & a member of the Hampshire District Medical Society. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Mary H. Seymour, at home, and Mrs. Fannie Hulse, wife of Rev. Hiram R. Hulse of Havana, Cuba, bishop of the Episcopal churches in Cuba. The funeral arrangenents can not be made until word has been received from Mrs. Hulse, who has been communicated with by cable.