Robert Gillin Seymour

Background

Seymour, Robert Gillin was born on February 27, 1841 in New York, United States. Son of James W. and Katharine (Fitzgerald) Seymour.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Colgate, 1866, Master of Arts, 1871. (Doctor of Divinity, University of Chicago, 1882).

Career

Served as Second lieutenant Company Doctorate, 79th United States.C.T., in Civil War. Ordained Baptist ministry, 1864. Pastor New Orleans, 1864-1866, Great Falls, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1866-1869, Boston, Massachusetts, 1869-1889, Auburn.

New York, 1889-1891.

District secretary American Baptist Missionary Union, 1891-1893. Pastor Lowell, Massachusetts, 1893-1895. Secretary American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, since 1895.

Chaplain Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1878-1884.

Trustee Colgate University Author: Light for the Journey, 1894. Pastor’s Companion, 1900.

Fresh Water from Old Wells, 1907. Home: Narberth. Pennsylvania

Achievements

• Robert Gillin Seymour has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as Second lieutenant Company Doctorate, 79th United States.C.T., in Civil War.

Connections

Married Annie East. Hadden, October 2, 1865.