2nd of 2 children of WILLIAM AUGUSTUS SEYMOUR & SARAH DUNHAM

Married: Aug 11, 1851, GEORGE ALEXANDER CLARKE, II, Dubuque Co., Iowa
Seven children:
1. Ella Wilhelmina CLARKE
1852 - 1862
2. Marcus Augustus CLARKE
1854 - 1862
3. Walter Scott "Wallie" CLARKE
1859 - in 1880 census
4. Sidney Alexis CLARKE
1863 - 1912
5. Lenna Gertrude CLARKE
1865 - 1939
6. Donald S. CLARKE
1868 - 1952
7. Morton S. CLARKE
1870 – (1927?)

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In July 1879 Augusta (Seymour) Clark writes the following letter to her mother Sarah (Dunham) Seymour:

Brownville July / 79
Dear Mother,
I have been up to NY and Hubert paid me the amount due you, four hundred and 36 dollars and 90 cents. I saw the receipts of E. Coffin her brother and all the rest of the heirs. I can not see that he has kept any thing back, he was very kind to me and so was Julia. He took me up the Hudson River where his family were boarding and I stayed 4 days up there and Julia came down with me to go round with me while I did a little shopping, for things were dirt cheap in the city as the season was well advanced. I saved a good deal on the price of things here. I got 3 ?combine? dresses for 7 dollars and a good common hat for Lenna for 95 cents, the only hat she has had this summer. H. paid all my expenses except my fare up there and back and that was only 17 dollars. I had a real nice visit. His children are very pious and the girls dress quite plain. He is getting on well I think but Julia says about two years ago he came so near going that he could not sleep nights. She says only the closest management saved him from failing. They none of them have good health. Edd's wife is going to have another baby this month. She is older than I am and older than Edd. Her mother is married again and is visiting there at Edd's and her two sisters. They keep two girls. They wanted me to come down to Connecticut. Sent for me but I could not spare either money or time. Hobart saw about my bonds and said the 3rd man he went to offered me 30 dollars for each $1000 bond but H. said no, I of course would not take it. He advised me to hold on to them. He seems a very shrewd business man. I could not stand the city, I got diarhea while there, have not got over it yet. I want pure air and fresh food. Julia would like to move away from the city. She says H. is killing himself driving business, so she is anxious he should wind up and live in the country. Morton Judd has better health than any of them. He is adding to his house this summer. I have put the money in the bank I got there except the 30 odd dollars, I kept that out for I really needed it, but I can pay you it back if you say so and if you do not need the $400 I would be glad to borrow it for a year as I have run short by having to make repairs on this and the other house and will have to sell another bond to meet my payments. I did nothing only what was really necessary nothing for ornament or show. I thing Hobart will get Walter and maybe Ralph a situation or give one in his establishment, that will be a great favor if he does. Now summer is going, winter will soon be here. What are your plans for the winter? I want to help you and I think the land should be sold at a sacrifice even, as you can not tend it properly. They will cheat a woman do the best she will in farm property. I believe I told you I have rented the Canada place for $2.00 [$200.00?] a year. Please write soon, I want to hear all your plans. Love to Father.
From your affectionate daughter
Augusta
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Letter contributed by Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson
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Village Cemetery Brownville, NY
George Alexander Clarke, d. Sep 1, 1870, age 72.
Annie Augusta Seymour, 1835 - 1914.
Ella Wilhelmina Clarke, d. Jul 20, 1862, age 9 yrs 10 mos.
Marcus Augustus Clarke, d. Jul 22, 1862, age 8 yrs 4 mos.
Sidney Alexis Clarke, 1863 - 1912.
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