Background
Seymour, James Alward was born on October 11, 1864 in Auburn, New York, United States. Son of James, Junior, and Mary Osborne (Lodewick) S.
Seymour, James Alward was born on October 11, 1864 in Auburn, New York, United States. Son of James, Junior, and Mary Osborne (Lodewick) S.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1885, Mechanical Engineering, 1890.
Associated with John East. McIntosh, 1886, founding McIntosh, Seymour & Company, manufacturers of steam engines, Auburn, New York, and employing 700 persons. Firm incorporated, 1911, as McIntosh & Seymour Company, of which was president Business sold, 1913, to McIntosh & Seymour Corporation, manufacturers of diesel engines, of which became president and later Chairman of the Board and construction engineering until 1922, retired (director until 1936).
Member Seymour (Public) library association, Auburn City Hospital Association Honorary. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member American Society Naval Engineers.
Clubs: University, Yale (New York).
Married Marion Melita Smith, April. Children: Jane Chedell (Mistress Paul West. Hills), Mary Melita (Mistress Pennington Sefton), James Sayre.