Background
Seymour, William Wolcott was born on July 20, 1861 in Saint Albans. Vermont. Son of Henry Edmund and Susan Catherine (Hubbell) Seymour.
Seymour, William Wolcott was born on July 20, 1861 in Saint Albans. Vermont. Son of Henry Edmund and Susan Catherine (Hubbell) Seymour.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1884. Göttingen and Berlin, 1884-1886.
With Seymour. Barto & Company, Tacoma, Washington, 1890-1896, Seymour Brothers & Company, 1896-1900. President Taeoma Gas Company, 1900-1906. Now president North Pacific Public Service Company, Ellensburg Gas & Water Company, Seymour Land & Timber Company, Washington State Land Company, Eaton Land Company: director Shaffer Box Company, Tacoma.
President Park Board, Tacoma.
1909-1911; mayor of Tacoma. 1911-1914. Trustee Whitman College, Tacoma Chamber Commerce, Ferry Museum (Tacoma).
Washington Children’s Home (Seattle). Chairman War Camp Community Service, and Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Club House.
Tacoma. during first year of war.
Member at large of National Council Boy Scouts of America.
Married Emily Wells Risley, January 4, 1910. Children (adopted): William Seymour Leake, Jane Seymour Leake, Virginia Leake, Barbara Leake.